Editing Ken Russell (section)

===Later work===
In the 1990 film ''[[The Russia House (film)|The Russia House]]'', starring [[Sean Connery]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], Russell made one of his first significant acting appearances, portraying Walter, an ambiguously gay British [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] [[intelligence officer]] who discomfits his more strait-laced [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] counterparts. Russell thenceforth occasionally acted.

He directed a segment of ''[[Women and Men: Stories of Seduction]]'' (1990) and for TV did ''[[The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner]]'' (1991).

In 1991, Russell directed ''[[Whore (1991 film)|Whore]]''. It was highly controversial and branded with an [[NC-17]] rating for its sexual content. The MPAA and the theatre chains also refused to release posters or advertise a film called ''Whore'', so for this purpose the film was re-titled ''If You Can't Say It, Just See It''. Russell protested his film being given such a rating when ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' got an [[Film ratings#Restricted|R]], on the grounds that his film showed the real hardships of being a [[Prostitution|prostitute]], and the other glorified it.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

The film ''[[Prisoner of Honor]]'' (1991) allowed Russell a further opportunity to explore his abiding interest in [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitism]] through a factually-based account of the [[Dreyfus affair]] in the [[French Third Republic]].  The movie featured [[Richard Dreyfuss]] in the central role of Colonel [[Georges Picquart]], the [[French Army]] investigator who exposed the army establishment's framing of the Jewish officer Captain [[Alfred Dreyfus]].

By the early 1990s, Russell had become a celebrity: his notoriety and persona attracted more attention than his recent work. He became largely reliant on his own finances to continue making films. Much of his work after 1990 was commissioned for television (e.g. his 1993 TV film ''The Mystery of Dr Martinu''), and he contributed regularly to ''[[The South Bank Show]]'' including documentaries such as ''Classic Widows'' about the widows of four leading British composers; dance sections in these were choreographed by [[Amir Hosseinpour]].

''[[Prisoner of Honor]]'' (1991) was Russell's final work with Oliver Reed. His final film with Glenda Jackson before she gave up acting for politics was ''[[The Secret Life of Arnold Bax]]'' (1992).

He directed ''[[Lady Chatterley (TV serial)|Lady Chatterley]]'' (1993), ''[[The Mystery of Dr Martinu]]'' (1993), a version of ''[[Treasure Island (1995 film)|Treasure Island]]'' (1995), ''Alice in Russialand'' (1995), ''[[Mindbender (1995 film)|Mindbender]]'' (1995) (about [[Uri Geller]]), and an episode of ''[[Tales of Erotica]]''.

In May 1995, he was honoured with a retrospective of his work presented in Hollywood by the [[American Cinematheque]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Majendie|first=Paul|title=Ken Russell: Living proof that nothing succeeds like excess|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19951128&id=HJMVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6525,4387573|newspaper=Manila Standard|date=28 November 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995/may/12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919145148/http://articles.latimes.com/1995/may/12| url-status=dead| archive-date=19 September 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|title=What happened on 12 May 1995}}</ref> Titled ''Shock Value'', it included some of Russell's most successful and controversial films and also several of his early BBC productions. Russell attended the festival and engaged in lengthy post-screening discussions of each film with audiences and moderator [[Martin Lewis (humorist)|Martin Lewis]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Perform-Ography |url=http://www.martinlewis.com/perform.html |website=The Martin Lewis Website |access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref> who had instigated and curated the retrospective.<ref>{{cite web|first=Gary |last=Wayne |url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/Meet/Cinematheque.shtml |title=American Cinematheque |publisher=Seeing-stars.com |access-date=26 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-12-ca-65305-story.html|title='Shock Value': A Ken Russell Weekend at Directors Guild|first=Kevin |last=Thomas|work=Los Angeles Times|date=12 May 1995}}</ref>

Later films include ''[[Dogboys]]'' (1998), ''[[The Fall of the Louse of Usher]]'' (2002), and ''[[Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle]]'' (2002).

Russell had a cameo in the 2006 film adaptation of [[Brian Aldiss]]'s novel ''[[Brothers of the Head]]'' by the directors of ''[[Lost in La Mancha]]''. He also had a cameo in the 2006 film ''[[Colour Me Kubrick]]''. He directed a segment for the horror anthology ''[[Trapped Ashes]]'' (2007), which also included segments directed by [[Sean S. Cunningham]], [[Monte Hellman]], and [[Joe Dante]]. Prior to his death in 2011 he was reputed to be in pre-production for two films: ''The Pearl of the Orient'' and ''Kings X''.

[[File:Ken_Russell_2008.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Russell in 2002]]
Efforts such as ''[[The Lion's Mouth]]'' (2000) and ''[[The Fall of the Louse of Usher]]'' (2002) have suffered from low production values (for example, being shot on video on Russell's estate, often featuring Russell himself) and limited distribution.

In 2003 he was a member of the jury at the [[25th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2003 |title=25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003) |access-date=1 April 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403123906/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2003 |archive-date= 3 April 2013 }}</ref> He also acted in "Final Cut", an episode of the [[BBC Television]] series ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Flanagan|first=Kevin|title=Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist|date=3 August 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn= 978-0810869554|page=xi|chapter=Introduction}}</ref> playing the role of an aging director of a notorious 1960s crime drama similar to ''[[Performance (film)|Performance]]''.

From 2004, Russell was visiting professor at the [[University of Wales]], [[University of Wales, Newport|Newport Film School]]. One of his many tasks was to advise students on the making of their graduate films. He also presented the Finest Film Awards (for graduate filmmakers of Newport) in June 2005.

Russell was appointed visiting fellow at [[Southampton Solent University]] and later at the [[University of Southampton]] in April 2007, where he acted in a similar capacity to his role at the Newport Film School, until March 2008. His arrival was celebrated with a screening of the rare director's cut of ''The Devils'' hosted by [[Mark Kermode]].

He began production of his first full-length film in almost five years, ''Moll Flanders'', an adaptation of [[Daniel Defoe]]'s [[Moll Flanders|novel]], starring [[Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty]] and [[Barry Humphries]], but a finished film failed to materialise.

In 2007, Russell produced ''[[A Kitten for Hitler]]'', a short film hosted by the Comedybox.tv website. Russell commented that "Ten years ago, while working on ''The South Bank Show'', [[Melvyn Bragg]] and I had a heated discussion on the pros and cons of film censorship. Broadly speaking, Melvyn was against it, while I, much to his surprise, was absolutely for it. He then dared me to write a script that I thought should be banned. I accepted the challenge and a month or so later sent him a short subject entitled ''A Kitten for Hitler''. 'Ken,' he said, 'if ever you make this film and it is shown, you will be lynched.'&nbsp;"<ref>{{cite news | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2538424.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530004032/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2538424.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 May 2010 | location=London | work=[[The Times]] | first=Ken | last=Russell | title=My Kitten for Hitler is all in the best bad taste | date=27 September 2007}}</ref>

Russell joined the cast of the British reality television show ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 5)|Celebrity Big Brother]]'' in January 2007, at the start of the series, but left voluntarily within a week after an altercation with fellow housemate [[Jade Goody]]. At the age of 79, he was then the oldest person to be a contestant on the programme.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-01-08 |title=Russell walks out of Big Brother |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6239457.stm |access-date=2022-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-01-08 |title=Russell walks out on Celebrity Big Brother |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/russell-walks-out-on-celebrity-big-brother-431286.html |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

Russell and his wife Elize "[[Lisi Tribble|Lisi" Tribble]] were invited by New York film writer [[Shade Rupe]] on a six-week journey across North America, beginning with a Lifetime Achievement Award given by [[Mitch Davis]] at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival|Fantasia]] film festival on 20 July 2010, followed by a screening of Russell's most notorious film, ''[[The Devils (film)|The Devils]]''. The next day, a near complete 35mm print retrospective of Russell's work at the [[Cinémathèque québécoise]] including ''[[Billion Dollar Brain]]'', ''[[Women in Love (film)|Women in Love]]'', ''[[The Music Lovers]]'', ''[[Crimes of Passion (1984 film)|Crimes of Passion]]'', ''[[The Rainbow (1989 film)|The Rainbow]]'', ''[[Whore (1991 film)|Whore]]'', and many more found projection along with an exhibition of several of Russell's photographs from the 1950s. The next stop was Russellmania! at the [[Lincoln Center]], a nine-film overview of Russell's work from ''Women in Love'' through ''[[Valentino (1977 film)|Valentino]]'', with Russell present at each evening screening for a nearly sold-out weeklong festival. On 30 July 2010, for the opening night, Russell was joined by [[Vanessa Redgrave]] for a 40th anniversary screening of ''[[The Devils (film)|The Devils]]'' and the next evening saw ''[[The Music Lovers]]'' and ''Women in Love'' projected with Russell in attendance. [[Tommy Tune]] joined Russell the next evening for ''[[The Boy Friend (1971 film)|The Boy Friend]]'' and followed the screening with a live stage dance number from the film.

The [[American Cinematheque]] in [[Los Angeles]] next hosted Russell at the [[Aero Theatre]] in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] with screenings of ''[[The Devils (film)|The Devils]]'' and ''[[Altered States]]'' with [[Charles Haid]] and [[Stuart Baird]] in attendance, and ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]'' and ''[[Lisztomania (film)|Lisztomania]]'' at the [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre|Egyptian]] the following evening. Director [[Mick Garris]] extended an invitation and  Russell, Tribble, and Rupe joined the [[Masters of Horror]] for one of their rarified dinners. The tour wrapped up in [[Toronto]] at the [[Rue Morgue Festival of Fear]] and a packed screening of ''[[The Devils (film)|The Devils]]'' at the [[Bloor Cinema]] hosted by [[Richard Crouse]].

In 2008, he made his New York directorial debut with the [[Off-Broadway]] production of ''Mindgame'' at the [[SoHo Playhouse]] produced by [[Monica Tidwell]], a thriller by [[Anthony Horowitz]] and starring [[Keith Carradine]], Lee Godart and Kathleen McNenny.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}

Towards the end of his life, Russell was planning a remake of the 1976 erotic musical comedy ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1976 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.<ref name=Kemp>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/remake-erotic-alice-wonderland-written-271896 |title=Remake of Erotic 'Alice In Wonderland' Co-Written By the Late Ken Russell a Go |last=Kemp |first=Stuart |date=December 9, 2011 |publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref>