Don’t Shoot the Composer

Synopsis

DON’T SHOOT THE COMPOSER is far from an ordinary profile of Georges Delerue. It also serves as a calling card for Ken Russell, whose work would define the 1970s as Delerue’s did in the 1960s. It begins with a sly work of pastiche, parodying the conventions of French noir. It goes onto encompass slapstick, verité scenes of the Delerue family and a harrowing montage of the Vietnam War. This eclectic approach gives us a sense of the different facets of Delerue’s life- his love of cinema, his home life, his work ethic. It also prefigures Russell’s feature length biopics of Mahler and Liszt, though in a more modest- and lucid- fashion.

Main Cast

Georges Delerue

Himself

Age : 67 | Popularity : 25%

Ken Russell

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 96%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ken Russell
Sound	Sound	Stan Morcom John Murphy
Crew	Cinematography	Ken Westbury
Editing	Editor	Gitta Zadek
Production	Producer	Ken Russell
Department	Role	Name

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