What is The Music Lovers / Women in Love about?

THE MUSIC LOVERS, 1970, MGM Repertory, 123 min. Dir. Ken Russell. Ken Russell applies his typically outrageous and original sensibility to the story of 19th century composer Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain) who feels compelled to marry a woman (Glenda Jackson) whom he eventually abandons as he stuggles with his homosexual desires. Eschewing the usual biopic conventions, Russell follows the life of the great composer through expressionistic flashbacks, nightmares and fantasy sequences. WOMEN IN LOVE, 1969, MGM Repertory, 131 min. Director Ken Russell. In the 1920’s British Midlands, Alan Bates is Rupert, a free-spirited intellectual writer who becomes enamored of feisty schoolteacher Ursula (Jennie Linden). Bates’ best friend, rich coal-mining heir Gerald (Oliver Reed) is in love with Ursula’s sculptress sister, Gudrun (Glenda Jackson, Best Actress Oscar winner). But only one of these couples is able to keep from spiraling into self-destruction.

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What is The Music Lovers / Women in Love about?: THE MUSIC LOVERS, 1970, MGM Repertory, 123 min. Dir. Ken Russell. Ken Russell applies his typically outrageous and original sensibility to the story of 19th century composer Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain) who feels compelled to marry a woman (Glenda Jackson) whom he eventually abandons as he stuggles with his homosexual desires. Eschewing the usual biopic conventions, Russell follows the life of the great composer through expressionistic flashbacks, nightmares and fantasy sequences.
WOMEN IN LOVE, 1969, MGM Repertory, 131 min. Director Ken Russell. In the 1920’s British Midlands, Alan Bates is Rupert, a free-spirited intellectual writer who becomes enamored of feisty schoolteacher Ursula (Jennie Linden). Bates’ best friend, rich coal-mining heir Gerald (Oliver Reed) is in love with Ursula’s sculptress sister, Gudrun (Glenda Jackson, Best Actress Oscar winner). But only one of these couples is able to keep from spiraling into self-destruction.