A feat that fully matches its title, an alphabetical trawl through both the history of British music and Russell's own likes and dislikes, the latter summed up by a scene in which he takes a phone call and listens for a bit before concluding that 'it's either an obscene call or the beginning of Michael Tippett's Fourth Symphony.' Gleefully exploiting an already contrived format, Russell uses alphabetical coincidence as an excuse to throw wildly disparate material together: Elgar is fused with Elton John, Holst with Heavy Metal and Punk with Purcell.
Ken Russell
Writer, Director
Ken Russell
Himself
Edward Elgar
Self (archive)
Benjamin Britten
Self (archive)
John Lennon
Self (archive)
Janet Baker
Self (archive)
Vernon Handley
Self (archive)
Noël Coward
Self (archive)
Elton John
Self (archive)
Thomas Dolby
Self (archive)
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