Ewen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Im hoping some over 40s can back me up here, my wife thinks Ive lost it.... While posting in the 'Whats your earliest memory' thread earlier, I remembered seeing on TV in the mid sixties, a film clip showing several half-naked women, cucified on crosses on a beach, being shot with arrows and moaning as though they were enjoying it.....I hope Id seen some art-house film, or am I as odd as a few think....looked on the web but no luck yet PS, Im sober, and this aint a joke ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Are you thinking of the Debussy film that Ken Russell made for the BBC? The bit you are thinking of is the opening and is a reference to Debussy's The Martyrdom of St Sebastian. I might be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 Its a start, Ill look this up on the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 Bloody hell RedM I think youve cracked it....1965....only bit Ive remembered wrong is there is only one woman not several....nice one, how did you come up with this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 I hope I meet you one day... just to find out if your as scary as you sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 My late grandfather was an obsessive collector of all things classical. I often accompanied him to record shops and can remember, on many, many occasions, him asking about the film and if it was out on video. For some reason, it has just stuck in my head. Right place , right time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 ....only bit Ive remembered wrong is there is only one woman not several.... WELL, when you're younger, you're not THINKING of SEVERAL women at once............... ARE YOU ! ? ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 WELL, when you're younger, you're not THINKING of SEVERAL women at once............... ARE YOU ! ? ! OMFG.......... Steve!!! What rock did you finally crawl from under m8?!? Where ya been?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 Hi GeordieSteve, Im not scary, Im Northumbrian Thanks RedM.....Im impressed, just goes to prove what a wealth of knowledge is lurking on this site ! My wifes into film and media and she is now very happy that I was not in fact a very disturbed 6 year old with some bizarre fantasy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 I'm pretty sure I've seen that clip recently. Didn't someone do a Ken Russell life story a while back? Maybe the Biography channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Interesting. I thought it sounded like something Ken Russell would do, because it isn't a million miles away from 'The Devils', in fact, initially I thought it might have been from that. I had a search after I read the first post. I didn't find 'The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian', but putting 'crucified women' 'beach' 'film' into the search engines certainly turned up some disturbing sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 I immediately thought of The Devils too. That led to Ken Russell then, I swear, a lightbulb came on over my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Isn't there a scene like this is ALL Ken Russell films..? He's like the 'arty' Russ Meyer isn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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