Directed by Ken Russell
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
Rock star Roger Daltrey plays 19th century pianist Franz Liszt who has a similarly fanatic, mostly female, fan base. An elaborately staged concert turns into a full-fledged riot as he is mobbed on stage. His friend Richard Wagner morphs into the devil, stealing his music and creating a guitar slinging, machine gun wielding Adolf Hitler. It's up to Daltrey to save the world, even if he is dead, defeating Wagner in his spaceship from heaven. Perhaps Russell's most audacious picture, filled with overt phallic symbolism, over-the-top sets and a healthy sense of humor. Rick Wakeman's soundtrack is a perfect complement to the visual overload, subtle it is not.
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