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“Sick and kinky”: The BBFC and Ken Russell’s The Devils
The then British Board of Film Censors was not the only obstacle to Ken Russell's conception of The Devils in the 1970s – and nor was it monolithic in its judgement. Linda Ruth Williams reveals the tussles between the director's admirers and disgusted critics on the board, a schism that reflected wider ideological shifts in the country at large.
By Linda Ruth Williams
“Sick and kinky”: The BBFC and Ken Russell’s The Devils