A musical directed by Ken Russel with music by The Who.A boy witnesses his mother's new boyfriend killing his real father and ceases to hear and see. He eventually becomes a pinball champion and regains his senses, only to become an unsucessful Christ figure.I usually don't like musicals because I can't play guitar while watching them. This one was alright because it was the true purpose of the band, The Who to create it. Illuminati symbolism abounds as the church-goers worship Marilyn Monroe (queen semiramis) and Tommy sits in his hang-glider (the triangular pyramid shaped riding section). I'm sure there is much more of this type of thing in the film, but I don't have the patience to go into detail about it here. A musical getting an o.k. is like any other film getting "worthy", so if you like this, watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show or some other musical from the 70s.
A science fiction directed by Ken Russel and based on a book by Paddy Chayefsky.A scientist who specializes in sensory deprivation tanks brings home some amanita muscaria brew from Mexico to experiment with.The audio was good and the video was GREAT! The hallucination sequences of this film are legendary.check out: The ram. How many eyes and how many horns?I've seen this film quite a few times, so my opinion may be biased. I also have some experience with altered states of consciousness leading to other-worldly visions. The visions were not what is usually seen in such situations (they would need the team that made "Avatar" working closely with H.R. Giger to convey my visions to an audience.), there weren't enough of them, and I didn't like the ending. Otherwise, this film is great. The only reason that I sold my copy was to "fund my experiments". I had also just watched it 7 or 8 times in a month. This is a good one, watch it.
