China Blue

Midnight on a neon-crusted boulevard, the hum of a faulty neon sign. Joanna Crane stitches silk by day, sells silk by night. China Blue’s shadow grows long enough to catch the eye of a detective obsessed with the streets he polices. A priest slips rosary beads into a leather case lined with teeth. Russell’s fever-dream flick weaves lust and violence like stained glass.

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Ken Russell directed China Blue in 1984. See Ken Russell's full filmography, where to start with Ken Russell, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ken Russell.

China Blue was released in 1984 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 107 minutes.