Tommy (1975)

Tommy: Directed by Ken Russell. With Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Roger Daltrey, Elton John. A psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult.

“My older brother bought an LP The Whou0026#39;s u0026quot;Tommyu0026quot; in the 60u0026#39;s. I was very young but I liked it. It was a project ahead of its time. In the 70u0026#39;s I had a fantastic music teacher who played music soundtracks of several rock artists for my class, included was The Whou0026#39;s Tommy which I remembered immediately. Three years later, this movie came out directed by Ken Russell. I didnu0026#39;t get it at all. I loved the new soundtrack, still do. I loved the performances in the movie by Elton John and Tina Turner. But as a young teen, the movie I didnu0026#39;t get. Well, 20 years went by and on cable I saw Tommy again. This time, I got it. I understood what Ken Russellu0026#39;s vision was and for 1975 it was WAY ahead of its time. It is, in fact, a brilliant masterpiece of 20th Century pop culture: a brave, warped and cartoon mixture of sex, violence, war, religion and celebrity worship with the backdrop of one heck of a rock opera and story by The Who but focusing on the burning questions…what IS the central focus in our lives? Do we choose to look up to the right thing in our lives? And what do they look up to? Do they understand the power they have? Do we? Tommy is an experience in film, not for everyone. Its u0026quot;out thereu0026quot; but a vision in its tale.”