Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V4 #310 - various

[BearInLV <BearInLV@aol.com>]

>>He has been criticized at length for his adaptation of Tommy.

>Not by me.  It's not flawless, but I always enjoy it.

>Alan

I can't believe it!  Someone else who likes Tommy, the movie.  I love it
because its fun.

I might have posted this to this list a while back, but I can't remember.  So
I'll do it again.

What I love about Tommy (the movie)

1.  The casting - Elton John! Tina Turner!  Jack Nicholson sings!  So
ludicrous it worked.  And Ann-Margaret got an Oscar nomination...along with
Pete.

2.  The sets and costumes - Don't you love when they have matching outfits
(like in "Amazing Journey")  and it coordinates with the wallpaper?  I like
the white satin bedroom set the best when all the beans, chocolate, and suds
spill all over it.  Can you believe they actually cleaned it up for a second
take?

3.  The Who - Naturally......remember, this was in the days before VCRs, and
the movie was the first time I'd ever seen them perform.  That's really THEM
playing "Pinball Wizard".  The soundtrack LP is a different recording by Elton
John's band.

4.Other cool stuff - Kieth Moon playing that moving organ with his feet, the
subliminal projection of Frank's face during the skeleton part of "Acid
Queen", I really like the song "TV Studio", the camera jumping in and out at
Tommy's toy car in "Christmas".

I sometimes tell people that they took the album everybody took too seriously
(Tommy), and turned it into a silly movie, and the album nobody took seriously
enough (Quad) and turned it into a serious film.

John