Ken Russell had wanted to make a film about the composer Edward Elgar as early as 1959.
Ken Russell's film about Claude Debussy is a curious mixture of narratives that converge to tell the story of a film crew making a film about the life and work of the French composer.
Based closely on Eric Fenby's book entitled Delius as I Knew Him, Ken Russell's 1968 documentary is considered by many to be the finest of his biographical productions for the BBC.