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Rating:  - Quadrophenia DVD
I always liked the movie and only had a used VHS copy. The DVD I bought was in good shape and I enjoyed watching QUADROPHENIA ON THE DVD format.
I have watched it a couple of times. I did have some trouble with the extra features (sub titles) coming on when I switched scenes during movie using the main menu. I would have to go back in main menu and keep turning the sub titles off. But if I watch the DVD all the way through without interruption I had no words popping up on me. Just For Today.
James Shoemaker
Rating:  - Teenage Wasteland
There are any number of reasons why rock concept albums do not necessarily translate to cinema, but director Franc Roddam takes the double-album of the same name from The Who and delivers a classic and timeless exploration of rebellion and turf warfare.
With the backdrop of the early-1960s clashes between the Mods and Rockers, Roddam masterfully utilizes the music and coming-of-age themes to weave a story that transcends the era being chronicled.
The impressions from the viewer comes from the lens that is worn - youth, misfit, in-crowd, adult, class - which is arguably the most intriguing aspect of this scorched field of teenage wasteland.
Rating: - Quadrophenia (Special Edition)
The Movie is set in the late 60's central London (UK) I am not sure who or what was the staring role, was it the actors or the Lambretta's not sure but both were just excellent. Language at times is a little blue, but this all fits in with the culture and the times.
If you're a real scooter buff this is the movie to add to your collection, I have had many a good hour watching over and over this classic epic don't let this slip by.
Rating:  - Ken what I mean?
A bible for the mod gen. And Sting, what a babe back in the day!
Rating: - "And So Castles Made of Sand..
..fall in the sea........ eventually."
Oh, wait a minute - quoting the wrong rock star. This is a Who movie.. And yet, they could've used Hendrix's tune for this one as well! The theme certainly fits.
The photography was pretty cool. I thought it'd been made in the late 60s due to the grainy texture of the film. Actually made in 1979, the characters, including the main, while not immediately likeable in my opinion, tend to grow on you. Their scene is both petty and desructive, the essence of rebellious youth. Mods against rockers? It's high school clickishness to the extreme. It's beleiveable though. It happened. And most people have been there (in some form or other) in teen years.
BUT - I was so happy to see, and really what redeems the film, is that it's not about glorifying "mods" or the lifestyle - actually when the realities of life start kicking in - you know, the need for a job, a girl, etc., the film really takes us to the psychological brink where realities confront illusions, where one stage prepares to meet the next. Set against white-washed cliffs and the sea, a boy on his scooter (well, actually that was Sting's scooter) has to decide what the future is going to be.
This is an interesting movie in it's own right. The Who were multi-talented.
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