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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 445787" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Quadrophenia (1979)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]59805[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This looks very good and it's also very convincing as a 1960s period drama. The only moments that took me out of the story were the scenes with Sting in it (because he looks like seventies Sting).</p><p>For me, the bigger issue is the hodgepodge of themes that makes it difficult to understand what I'm supposed to take away from Quadrophenia.</p><p>It's partially kitchen sink commentary, partially a music culture war, partially coming-of-age drama and it's <em>also</em> based on The Who's rock opera album.</p><p>I have no idea what that album is all about but I'd be hard-pressed to mention something from this film that looks rock opera-esque.</p><p>The main character's craving for individuality doesn't quite overlap with the aggressive desire to belong to a certain group (mods) and the result is a very busy and angry hooligan film that never finds anything to root in.</p><p>I mostly enjoyed the party scenes featuring actors dancing to the Doo Ron Ron and Be My Baby, and the music played in the mods ballroom reminded me of the 1993 house hit <em>Plastic Dreams</em> by Jaydee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 445787, member: 8"] Quadrophenia (1979) [ATTACH type="full"]59805[/ATTACH] This looks very good and it's also very convincing as a 1960s period drama. The only moments that took me out of the story were the scenes with Sting in it (because he looks like seventies Sting). For me, the bigger issue is the hodgepodge of themes that makes it difficult to understand what I'm supposed to take away from Quadrophenia. It's partially kitchen sink commentary, partially a music culture war, partially coming-of-age drama and it's [I]also[/I] based on The Who's rock opera album. I have no idea what that album is all about but I'd be hard-pressed to mention something from this film that looks rock opera-esque. The main character's craving for individuality doesn't quite overlap with the aggressive desire to belong to a certain group (mods) and the result is a very busy and angry hooligan film that never finds anything to root in. I mostly enjoyed the party scenes featuring actors dancing to the Doo Ron Ron and Be My Baby, and the music played in the mods ballroom reminded me of the 1993 house hit [I]Plastic Dreams[/I] by Jaydee. [/QUOTE]
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