Maker of brilliant tv biographies,probably the best ever British Musical,but ending up making movies that seem to have been made as a "f*** you" to the rest of the world,Mr Russell will forever be sui generis.
With "French Dressing" he is given free reign to play with all his toys at once,quickly tiring of one then moving on to the next.
Slapstick?Check.NewWave?Check.Goon Show? Check.
Running,jumping and standing still?Why not.Bunuel?Well,alright then.
Too many balls in the air and not enough jugglers?Just maybe.
But who cares,it's a dazzling display of cinematic mash up.
I loved it in 1964 and I love it now.
Perhaps if it had been better received back in the day Russel would not have turned into the petulant over the top monster he later became.Who knows.
If you doubt his genius watch "The Boyfriend","The Devils" and "The music lovers".
No director had a more varied palette.
Review of French Dressing
