Don’t Shoot the Composer (1966)
Far from an ordinary profile of Georges Delerue; it also serves as a calling card for Russell, whose work would define the 1970s as Delerue’s did in the 1960s. Opening with a sly work of pastiche, parodying the conventions of French noir, it goes on to encompass slapstick, verité scenes of the Delerue family and a harrowing montage of the Vietnam War.
Director: Ken Russell
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Georges Delerue as Himself |
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Ken Russell as Himself |
| Sound | Stan Morcom | Sound |
| Crew | Ken Westbury | Cinematography |
| Editing | Gitta Zadek | Editor |
| Directing | Ken Russell | Director |
| Sound | John Murphy | Sound |
| Production | Ken Russell | Producer |