Tommy in Quintophonic Sound!

[innerSpaceman]

What a surreal evening.

Tommy was better than I remembered it. When I first saw it in the mid-seventies, I was disappointed in the inferior renditions of the music, and the corny performances and visuals. But as an artifact, it has aged rather well. Gotten better with time, in fact - - and seems a more delightful depiction of a certain era than it was during that actual era.


The Q&A with Ken Russell afterwards was nothing short of surreal, but also quite disappointing. The interviewer was a senile, lame old fart who couldn't form a decent question. And Russell was having none of it, refusing to respond to the absence of questions.

So basically NOTHING was revealed about the making of Tommy. And it was most painful to watch, though at times really funny - and for one moment I thought Russell and the interviewer were going to come to blows - that's how hostile it was.

After far too long, the interviewer decided to call it quits. Whew. But one of the more "interesting" Q&A's I've witnessed. Certainly surreal to match the film, and the evening was worth every penny of the five dollar admission fee.

The print was beautiful, btw. And, ahem, despite a specific announcement before the film, an actual screen credit shows the proper spelling to be "Quintophonic."



A lovely midnight snack at Dupars with great company, and off-duty-bartender band with fog-enshrouded, bikini-clad go-go dancers for entertainment, completed a wonderful night.