Nureyev's Valentino
October, 1977
The casting at first seems unlikely--Rudolf Nureyev, arguably the world's greatest male ballet dancer, playing the legendary screen lover Rudolph Valentino, he of the flaring nostrils and endearing cruelty. But Valentino is a Ken (The Devils, Tommy, Lisztomania) Russell film and, therefore, not subject to the usual rules. On the other hand, given his similar name, his foreign mystique, his seemingly effortless grace and, of course, his fanatical female following, Nureyev may give the Sheik a run...
