Review of Quadrophenia (1979) by George W — 25 Dec 2014
Franc Roddam's directorial debut, is one of the first looks at working class life, teenage angst, sex, drugs & violence based in 1964 Britain, based on the semjnal rock opera by The Who. Roddam's approach is a realistic one, he turned away original writter, Pete Townsend's idea of using a complete orchestral version of his rock opera.
Rodam directs as if its a documentary following a week in a young mod's footsteps, Roddam's approach makes the film extremely realistic, and is one of the first films to be made which has frequent bad language, adding more realism of how the working class speak.
Filled with some great music from the late 50's & early 60's, with of course music from its source (which was released in the 70's), excellent performances from its then unknown cast & with real mods & rockers as extras, this is an extremely realistic film about teenage life in the 60's, through anger, sex, drugs and violence.
This is a modern classic & you'd be quite surprised on how much of the content can still be relative in today's society.
This review of Quadrophenia (1979) was written by George W on 25 Dec 2014.
Quadrophenia has generally received very positive reviews.
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