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Tommy (1975)
A Poptacular Epic!
Made in 1975 this movie, (thanks to director Ken Russell) is an over-the- top rock opera, with the emphasis on opera. 'Tommy' is the tale of boy who witnesses the murder of his father (who was thought to be dead) by his stepfather (Oliver Reed). When his mother (Ann-Margret) and stepdad insist he didn't hear or see it and that he not tell anybody about it Tommy goes into a permanent state of shock and becomes deaf, dumb and blind. The result is a hallucinogenic, visually arresting, campy, explosion of a film. The casting is wonderful with Oliver Reed as the seedy stepfather, Tina Turner as the insane Acid Queen, Roger Daltrey as the title character and Keith Moon as the lecherous Uncle Ernie. The standout (in my mind) has to be Ann-Margret,a brave casting choice by Russell. Ann-Margret approaches the whole affair with the intensity of a Wagnerian opera, which earned her an Academy Award nomination. Sure, not everything works and The Who went a little heavy on the synthesizer, but hey, it was 1975! All and all, a brilliant film with miles of vision.
Intimate Stranger (1991)
Cheesy, but entertaining...,
Deborah Harry plays a burnt out musician/phone-sex operator Cory Wheeler in 'Intimate Stranger', a made for cable 'adult thriller".
The movie would be a yawn if not for Ms. Harry's smoky, heavy-lidded performance. The rest of the cast is fine too, but but only so much can be done to make this 'erotic thriller' sustain viewers interest, besides adding some gratuitous nudity and violence, of course.