Quadrophenia (2 Disc Special Edition) [Region 2]
by Franc Roddam
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DVD Cover Information
Director: Franc RoddamPrimary Contributor: Phil Daniels
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: PAL
Running Time: 115 minutes
Product features:
- Feature Commentary
- A way of life: making qudrophenia
- On location with Franc
Movie Reviews of Quadrophenia (2 Disc Special Edition) [Region 2]
Movie Review: We are the Mods!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had to sneak in to see this movie screened at the theatre when it was initially released in 1979. For years, I had a bootleg VHS copy that had been censored for drugs, violence and full frontal male nudity that I would watch and now I can't wait to see it on DVD. The combination of the Who's music, a great story line about an era I knew nothing about and the great English locations simply blew me away.
The story is set during a five-day period in the early 60s and revolves around Jimmy, a young Englishman who is pretty disaffected but who has a job, a crush on a pretty girl and still lives at home. He is a "Mod"-drives a scooter, takes drugs and dresses in suits. He is totally committed to their creedo, not the least of which is a hatred for "Rockers"-guys just like him who wear Levis and leather jackets and ride motorcycles!
We watch Jimmy's world collapse around him during an ill-fated bank holiday in which gangs of Mods and Rockers go to Brighton, a quaint seashore town and fueled by drugs/alcohol/testosterone proceed to tear the place apart.
Director Franc Rodham did a brilliant job with the subtle insights into working class British life-the baths, the food, the clothing, the class differences-and they are backed by an amazing sound track of original Who songs + the great rock and roll songs of the era. Rock star Sting has a small but pivotal part as The Ace Face, an angry sharp-dressed Mod everyone look up to and as the story unfolds you begin to understand the forces that fuel his rage and Jimmy's drug fueled depression.
I really thought by now that opera companies and symphony orchestras would be performing Quadrophenia because Pete Townsend is a musical genius who just chose to wrote and perform rock instead of classical.
Summary of Quadrophenia (2 Disc Special Edition) [Region 2]
Two rival youth cults emerge - the mods and the rockers - with explosive consequences. For Jimmy (Phil Daniels) and his sharp-suited, pill-popping, scooter-riding mates, being a mod is a way of life, it's their generation. Together they head off to Brighton for an orgy of drugs, thrills and headline-making, violent clashes with the rockers. Set to the music of The Who's seminal rock opera, Quadrophenia is still one of the most definitive films of its time, vividly capturing the youth culture of Britain in the 1960's.Similar DVD Movies
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