The Grauniad asks some of those who worked with him to share their memories of the late Ken Russell. Among them, Glenda Jackson, who recalls:
As a director he never said anything very specific. He’d say, “It needs to be a bit more … urrrgh, or a bit less hmmm“, and you knew exactly what he meant.
That’s so true, isn’t it? Paying due attention to the ellipsis, Hooting Yard has been on a constant mission to be a bit more … urrrgh, and a bit less hmmm, and we shall redouble our efforts in memory of the great man, until it’s entirely … urrrgh and there is not a trace of hmmm whatsoever.
Hmmm… Are you sure about that?
I second Pansy’s uncertainty here. More hmmmm is whats needed, not less, I feel.
Alas for Ken , its difficult to be an enfant terrible once you have grandenfants of your own.
Sad to see how he had become pretty much forgotten until yesterday. There is nothing like death to remind people that you were still alive.