tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post7132656568884035443..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Quadrophenia (1979)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-57457493179097026722024-02-04T22:30:31.854-08:002024-02-04T22:30:31.854-08:00While Howard Hampton compares "Quadrophenia&q...While Howard Hampton compares "Quadrophenia" to Martin Scorsese’s "Mean Streets" in an essay written for the Criterion DVD release, the film is closest in topic, theme, and format to disco-drenched "Saturday Night Fever" (1977). The Who vocalist Roger Daltrey makes the connection in a 1979 making-of featurette included among the DVD extras. Daltrey, who expresses his admiration of "Saturday Night Fever", felt at the time that its release 2 years before "Quadrophenia" detracted from his film’s impact, given that both were built around a soundtrack and both dealt with a young man reassessing his life against the backdrop of music, fashion, and a particular cultural scene. Barry Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573287218366341637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-19024939473442635002021-10-02T13:32:59.076-07:002021-10-02T13:32:59.076-07:00I know I'm nine years late and it's a lot ...I know I'm nine years late and it's a lot longer than that since I saw the movie but I am sure the climax occurs at the Seven Sisters near Eastbourne not at the White Cliffs of Dover.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04021900141547917550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-22574775625485412532013-03-20T22:41:53.326-07:002013-03-20T22:41:53.326-07:00I have to comment on this one being in music and a...I have to comment on this one being in music and also a Who fan. You really nailed it in this review when you said the last half hour it starts to go somewhere. We get to reap the benefits of the powerful combination that can happen with images and music during "5:15" and "love reign on me" perhaps with the right director and script this could have been the masterpiece that the audio album was.Tommy Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150131602787950689noreply@blogger.com