The British invasion of the mid-1960s was a multi-pronged attack, an assault led above all by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who. Their seismic impact on American and world culture has been well documented. But of the leaders of those three mega-bands, perhaps the most mysterious remains Pete Townshend, The Who’s songwriter and enigmatic eminence, thrashing chords and smashing guitars while Roger Daltry handled lead vocals.
His sheer brilliance and rock innovation is captured in the documentary Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes, which held its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. It’s directed by Frank Marshall (The
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