Ken Russellâs âThe Devilsâ Feels More Relevant Than It Did 55 Years Ago. Thatâs Because Itâs About a World Gone Mad
Iâm an ardent fan of Ken Russell, yet I always considered âThe Devilsâ to be a transgressive novelty: a voluptuous exercise in extreme blasphemy and extreme horror. No doubt: Itâs both those things. Yet I didnât think it was anything more than that. (For me, that was enough.) When the film came out, in 1971, [âŠ]