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Quadrophenia

By Franc , Glynn , Stephen;Roddam

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780231167413, 9780231850551, 0231850557
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2072030 bytes)
Series
Cultographies
Pages
illustrations (black and white)\169
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Criticismetc;Quadrophenia (Motion picture);RoddamFranc -- Criticism and interpretationinterpretation

Description

1964: Mods clash with Rockers in Brighton, creating a moral panic. 1973: ex-Mod band The Who release Quadrophenia, a concept album following young Mod Jimmy Cooper to the Brighton riots and beyond. 1979: Franc Roddam directs Quadrophenia, a film based on Pete Townshend's album narrative; its cult status is immediate. Investigating academic, music, press, and fan-based responses, Glynn argues that the 'Modyssey' enacted in Quadrophenia intrigues because it opens a hermetic subculture to its social-realist context; it enriches because it is a cult film that dares to explore the dangers in being part of a cult; it endures because of its 'emotional honesty', showing Jimmy as failing, with family, job, girl, and group.

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