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TOMMY vs. QUAD (the movies)
The TOMMY movie is indeed a very big piece of celluloid. I saw it originally
at a midnight showing right before the Who played Inianapolis in 1982.
Yeek--was that movie a depiction of Ken Russel's favorite masturbation
fantasy?
QUADROPHENIA was a very good movie. I found the drama honest with respect to
the story as conveyed on the LP. My wife and I saw it when we were in
college at another midnight showing on campus. The house was packed
(although my college was never a Who haven). True story--halfway through the
flick, this chick behind us said: "Hey, does this take place in England?"
Everybody around her just turned and glared. I'm sure that chick is having a
nice career as a flight attendant. Nah, knowing where I went to school, she
probably married some rich frat kid.
Jim