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0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Savage Messiah</i><br />by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ede" title="Jim Ede">H. S. Ede</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Ken Russell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Tutin" title="Dorothy Tutin">Dorothy Tutin</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Scott_Antony" title="Scott Antony">Scott Antony</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Bush" title="Dick Bush">Dick Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Michael Bradsell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Garrett_(composer)" title="Michael Garrett (composer)">Michael Garrett</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Russ-Arts</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">MGM</a>-<a href="/wiki/EMI_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="EMI Films">EMI</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>June 28, 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-06-28</span>)</span> (Portugal)</li> <li>September 14, 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-09-14</span>)</span> (United Kingdom)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">103 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$705,000<sup id="cite_ref-bart_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bart-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Savage Messiah</b></i> is a 1972 British <a href="/wiki/Biographical_film" title="Biographical film">biographical</a> <a href="/wiki/Drama_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Drama film">drama film</a> of the life of French <a href="/wiki/Sculptor" class="mw-redirect" title="Sculptor">sculptor</a> <a href="/wiki/Henri_Gaudier-Brzeska" title="Henri Gaudier-Brzeska">Henri Gaudier-Brzeska</a>, made by Russ-Arts and distributed by <a href="/wiki/MGM" class="mw-redirect" title="MGM">MGM</a>. It was directed and produced by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Russell" title="Ken Russell">Ken Russell</a>, with Harry Benn as associate producer, from a <a href="/wiki/Screenplay" title="Screenplay">screenplay</a> by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Logue" title="Christopher Logue">Christopher Logue</a>, based on the 1931 book <i>Savage Messiah</i> by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ede" title="Jim Ede">H. S. Ede</a>. Much of the content of Ede's book came from letters sent between Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and his lover <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Brzeska" title="Sophie Brzeska">Sophie Brzeska</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savage_Messiah_(1972_film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Tutin" title="Dorothy Tutin">Dorothy Tutin</a> as <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Brzeska" title="Sophie Brzeska">Sophie Brzeska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Antony" title="Scott Antony">Scott Antony</a> as <a href="/wiki/Henri_Gaudier-Brzeska" title="Henri Gaudier-Brzeska">Henri Gaudier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> as Gosh Boyle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Kemp" title="Lindsay Kemp">Lindsay Kemp</a> as Angus Corky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gough" title="Michael Gough">Michael Gough</a> as M. Gaudier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Justin" title="John Justin">John Justin</a> as Lionel Shaw</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Richards" title="Aubrey Richards">Aubrey Richards</a> as Mayor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Vaughan" title="Peter Vaughan">Peter Vaughan</a> as Museum Attendant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Aris" title="Ben Aris">Ben Aris</a> as Thomas Buff</li> <li>Eleanor Fazan as Madam Gaudier</li> <li>Otto Diamant as Mr. Saltzman</li> <li>Imogen Claire as Mavis</li> <li>Judith Paris as Kate</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savage_Messiah_(1972_film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savage_Messiah_(1972_film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film was based on the biography by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ede" title="Jim Ede">Jim Ede</a>, who had discovered the story while working at the Tate Gallery.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ede had acquired Sophie Brzeska's estate in 1927 from the British <a href="/wiki/Treasury_Solicitor" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasury Solicitor">Treasury Solicitor</a> after she died <a href="/wiki/Intestate" class="mw-redirect" title="Intestate">intestate</a>. This acquisition included not only her writings, but also the estate of Henri Gaudier, with many of his works and papers. Ede drew extensively on the letters written by Gaudier to Brzeska, and her writings and other material, when he published <i>A Life of Gaudier-Brzeska</i> (London: W. Heinemann) in 1930; the 1931 and later editions are entitled <i>Savage Messiah</i>. </p><p>The book was admired by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Russell" title="Ken Russell">Ken Russell</a> who said "it will ever be an inspiration to anyone down on their luck with a belief in their own talent, despite the hostility of those who should know better. Here was a tale worth telling on film... although for years it seemed to be nothing but a pipe dream."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell had made a number of films about artists, mostly for television, starting with <i>Two Scottish Painters</i>. His success with feature films such as <i>Women in Love</i> encouraged him to turn the book into a feature.<sup id="cite_ref-Russell_p_88_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell_p_88-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell says because the film was about an artist it was considered an "art film" and was difficult to finance. "I ended up double mortgaging my house and finding most of the money myself," he later wrote. "There was a chance I'd end up on the street but I felt I owed Gaudier something. It would have been so easy to go into my father's business and opted for the easy life but Gaudier taught me there was a life outside commerce and it was well worth fighting for."<sup id="cite_ref-Russell_p_88_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell_p_88-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell said the project "was austere and simple... my least glamorous film. I was satiated with flamboyance."<sup id="cite_ref-bart_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bart-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said "I wanted to show artists as workers not people who live in ivory towers."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell later wrote "it was about passion and sweat... it was about revolution and fuck the art dealers."<sup id="cite_ref-Russell_p_89_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell_p_89-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The production designer was <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jarman" title="Derek Jarman">Derek Jarman</a> who had worked on <i>The Devils</i> and who Russell called "the last true bohemian."<sup id="cite_ref-Russell_p_89_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell_p_89-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the budget was provided by the Lee brothers, who also let Russell use their studio. </p><p>Russell arranged distribution through MGM, for whom he had just made <i>The Boy Friend</i>. "My deal with MGM is that they'll show my version for three weeks at least," he said just before the film was released. "Then they can hack it up."<sup id="cite_ref-bart_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bart-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sets were designed by <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jarman" title="Derek Jarman">Derek Jarman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The musical score was by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Garrett_(composer)" title="Michael Garrett (composer)">Michael Garrett</a> – though music by <a href="/wiki/Claude_Debussy" title="Claude Debussy">Claude Debussy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Scriabin" title="Alexander Scriabin">Alexander Scriabin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev" title="Sergei Prokofiev">Sergei Prokofiev</a> was also used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting">Casting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savage_Messiah_(1972_film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He gave the lead roles to Dorothy Tutin, one of Britain's top stage actresses, and Scott Antony, a newcomer from drama school. Russell said Anthony "was chosen out of 300 actors I saw because he was the only one I thought could pick up a hammer and hit a stone. Being an artist is a physical thing."<sup id="cite_ref-bart_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bart-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savage_Messiah_(1972_film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Rex_Reed" title="Rex Reed">Rex Reed</a> the film was a "tremendous hit with audiences" at the Venice Film Festival although not with critics.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Los Angeles Times</i> said the film was "utterly unconvincing."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell described the film as "just two people talking". He said it and <i><a href="/wiki/Song_of_Summer" title="Song of Summer">Song of Summer</a></i> helped get him the job of directing <i><a href="/wiki/Altered_States" title="Altered States">Altered States</a></i>, because it showed he could handle actors.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savage_Messiah_(1972_film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dilys_Powell" title="Dilys Powell">Dilys Powell</a> "The sorcerer's apprentice" (film review in <i>The Sunday Times</i>; 17 Sept. 1972)</li> <li>Richard Combs "Savage Messiah" (review) in: <i><a href="/wiki/Monthly_Film_Bulletin" class="mw-redirect" title="Monthly Film Bulletin">Monthly Film Bulletin</a></i>; 1972, p. 217</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRussell1991" class="citation book cs1">Russell, Ken (1991). <i>Alternate States</i>. Bantam Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Alternate+States&rft.pub=Bantam+Books&rft.date=1991&rft.aulast=Russell&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASavage+Messiah+%281972+film%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savage_Messiah_(1972_film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/savage-messiah-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yotiwndm">"Savage Messiah (1972)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBFC" class="mw-redirect" title="BBFC">BBFC</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 March</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBFC&rft.atitle=Savage+Messiah+%281972%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbfc.co.uk%2Frelease%2Fsavage-messiah-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yotiwndm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASavage+Messiah+%281972+film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bart-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bart_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bart_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bart_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bart_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMills1972" class="citation news cs1">Mills, Bart (16 July 1972). "Looking at the London Movie Scene". <i>New York Times</i>. p. D20.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Looking+at+the+London+Movie+Scene&rft.pages=D20&rft.date=1972-07-16&rft.aulast=Mills&rft.aufirst=Bart&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASavage+Messiah+%281972+film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">GENIUS DRIVEN BY LOVE: "Savage Messiah" Tells Strange Story of Gaudier, Sculptor in Thrall to Querulous Woman Ford, Lillian C. Los Angeles Times 8 Mar 1931: 26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Russell p 87</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Russell_p_88-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Russell_p_88_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Russell_p_88_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Russell p 88</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vogue Movies: Coolers, Chillers/Dorothy Tutin Vogue; New York Vol. 160, Iss. 4, (Sep 1, 1972): 194.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Russell_p_89-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Russell_p_89_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Russell_p_89_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Russell p 89</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">SAVAGE MESSIAH <i>Monthly Film Bulletin</i>; London Vol. 39, Iss. 456, (Jan 1, 1972): 217.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">REX REED REPORTS: Two films buoy sinking gondola of Venice festival Reed, Rex. Chicago Tribune 17 Sep 1972: l7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MOVIE REVIEW: Portrait of Artist as an Odd Couple Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 20 Oct 1972: d18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">I thought I was all washed up The Guardian 9 July 1981: 13.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Savage_Messiah_(1972_film)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069225/"><i>Savage Messiah</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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title="Valentino (1977 film)">Valentino</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Altered_States" title="Altered States">Altered States</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crimes_of_Passion_(1984_film)" title="Crimes of Passion (1984 film)">Crimes of Passion</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gothic_(film)" title="Gothic (film)">Gothic</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salome%27s_Last_Dance" title="Salome's Last Dance">Salome's Last Dance</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lair_of_the_White_Worm_(film)" title="The Lair of the White Worm (film)">The Lair of the White Worm</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rainbow_(1989_film)" title="The Rainbow (1989 film)">The Rainbow</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Women_%26_Men:_Stories_of_Seduction" title="Women & Men: Stories of Seduction">Women & Men: Stories of Seduction</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Whore_(1991_film)" title="Whore (1991 film)">Whore</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mindbender_(film)" title="Mindbender (film)">Mindbender</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_Louse_of_Usher" title="The Fall of the Louse of Usher">The Fall of the Louse of Usher</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trapped_Ashes" title="Trapped Ashes">Trapped Ashes</a></i> (2006)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/John_Betjeman:_A_Poet_in_London" title="John Betjeman: A Poet in London">John Betjeman: A Poet in London</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Jacob_(film)" title="Gordon Jacob (film)">Gordon Jacob</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_House_in_Bayswater" title="A House in Bayswater">A House in Bayswater</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pop_Goes_the_Easel_(1962_film)" title="Pop Goes the Easel (1962 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World</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dante%27s_Inferno_(1967_film)" title="Dante's Inferno (1967 film)">Dante's Inferno</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Song_of_Summer" title="Song of Summer">Song of Summer</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dance_of_the_Seven_Veils_(film)" title="Dance of the Seven Veils (film)">Dance of the Seven Veils</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_and_Dorothy" title="William and Dorothy">William and Dorothy</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner_(film)" title="The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (film)">The Rime of the Ancient Mariner</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Planets_(film)" title="The Planets (film)">The Planets</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vaughan_Williams:_A_Symphonic_Portrait" title="Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait">Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ken_Russell%27s_ABC_of_British_Music" title="Ken Russell's ABC of British Music">Ken Russell's ABC of British Music</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Strange_Affliction_of_Anton_Bruckner" title="The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner">The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Dr_Martinu" title="The Mystery of Dr Martinu">The Mystery of Dr Martinu</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elgar:_Fantasy_on_a_Composer_on_a_Bicycle" title="Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle">Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle</a></i> (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shorts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Peep_Show_(film)" title="Peep Show (film)">Peep Show</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amelia_and_the_Angel" title="Amelia and the Angel">Amelia and the Angel</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><a 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