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In a TV debate, this director whacked critic Alexander Walker with a rolled-up copy of Walker’s own review. By having screenwriter Larry Kramer follow a novel “to the letter,” this director got censors to approve a scene in which two nude men shake hands in front of a fireplace before wrestling. The white-tiled, boxy sets of a film by this director were inspired by the line “rape in a public lavatory” from its source novel by Aldous Huxley. This director’s Betty Boop socks convinced William Hurt to make his film debut as a character who harvests Mexican mushrooms after seeing a crucified seven-eyed (*) goat-man. This director clashed over that sci-fi film’s script with its writer Paddy Chayefsky. Derek Jarman’s film career began as set designer for a film by this director in which 17th-century priest Urban Grandier is accused of witchcraft by Sister Jeanne des Anges. For 10 points, name this English director of Women in Love, Altered States, and The Devils. ■END■
ANSWER: Ken Russell [or Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell] (The Devils was partially based on Aldous Huxley’s novel The Devils of Loudun. When asked if he regretted hitting Walker, Russell responded “I wish it had been an iron bar.”)
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