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www.modamag.com - : Almost every major force in rock of the 60s and 70s has its defining album. The Beatles have “Sgt. Pepper,” The Rolling Stones have “Exile On Main Street,” Pink Floyd has “The Wall,” and The Who have “Tommy.” In 1975, flamboyant director Ken Russell (“Altered States,” “Crimes of Passion”) was hired to bring this quiet, subtle concept album of a deaf, dumb, and blind pinball wizard who conquers the world to the screen. The end result was one of the strangest, yet compulsively enjoyable rock operas of the genre. more...
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