when I got to london in 1979 the first thing I wanted to do was see Quadrophenia. It had already finished it's run at the major cinemas so I ended up going to this cinema in Soho which was in an office building. The place was quite small but packed out. I heard it was good but I wasn't prepared for how good the film was. No wonder Mod took off with this picture. It made being a Mod look very cool. I had the album it was based on but probably the best thing about the album was the photo booklet that came with it. This film could have been based on that.
When I got back to Melbourne the Mods regularly went to to twin screenings of this and The Kids Are Alright the story of the Who. We'd quote the film wherever possible. Scooter runs. At the Locomotion Mod nightclub we'd take turns diving off the speakers to be caught by the crowd.
Thanks to videos and then DVDs it's a film we can always go back to again and again. Only last year I managed to get a widescreen version.
"Steph: Going to be one of the faces?
Jimmy: What do you mean going to be? I AM one of the faces!
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Jimmy: What do you mean going to be? I AM one of the faces!
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