Quadrophenia [DVD] [1979]

Oldish film but a classic. If you haven’t seen it get it now

Legend of a film!

A fairly typical view of the lives of teenagers in the sixties and seventies.

A classic film with great soundtrack

Although most of us watched this over 25years ago, thus timelessclassis is still a revitting watch, brilliant classic must watch (buy don't rent).

I first saw this film in my teens. And ever since then, its been up there amongst my favourites. I was already into The Who at this point, and my dad had been telling me about when he was in his 20's in the 1960's - he was a Rocker. Rode a Triumph T100, called scooters 'hairdryers', had crappy tattoos done to rebel against general public conformity. Having picked up all this new information, I figured I'd give Quadrophenia a go.In mine, and my dads opinion, this film really captures the essence and grittiness of young-gang life of the 60s. The struggles, the riots, rebellion. There's not many other pictures that really grasp this as well as Quadrophenia does. Because on the front of it all, its all fashion, looking smart, having a flash scooter. No one really gets to see what happens underneath. In The Who's own words, from the song 'Cut My Hair', "Why do I have to move with a crowd of kids that hardly notice I'm around; I work myself to death, just to fit in". Kind of says it all really.But amongst all this, its a very fun and enjoyable watch. One that I will enjoy watching time and time again.Even though I am more on the Rockers side, I really do appreciate this film. And I am glad that it exists. Not to mention, the amazing music that comes with it! Highly recommended.

Would buy again

This review was written by someone else but is absolutely spot on, so thought I would copy and paste it, as it says exactly what you need to know about purchasing this USA Blu-ray DVD.4.0 out of 5 stars USA blu-ray release is the best version!Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2020Verified PurchaseAmazon lump all reviews of the same titled product together unfortunately which means you are reading loads of meaningless comments that are NOT pertaining to this particular version...this review is of the USA Region 1 blu-ray Criterion special edition. You will need a multi-region blu-ray player capable of playing back region 1 titles to view this release in the U.K. A multi region DVD player is of no use so please check your equipment playback capability carefully before purchase as many so called multi-region U.K. blu-ray players only have DVD multi playback not blu-ray as well.There are many comments concerning the poor grainy U.K. hi definition transfer on Amazon. Neither the USA or U.K. blu-ray releases have been digitally computer repaired. This means that although colour grading has taken place on this release to fix the washed out dull previous prints, there are still some scenes that have an evident grainy picture and some minor print blemishes such as scratches and dirt. The colour and soundtrack on the USA version are far superior to the previous U.K. DVD releases. Also the American version has around 2 hours of extras and a 40 page booklet which are not included on the U.K. blu-ray.There are 2 original 1960’s tv documentaries on Mods, an original BBC programme from 1979 about Quadrophenia plus other interviews and the booklet compared to the standard vanilla U.K. version which just has some minor fillers that were on the previous DVD release. If you have a machine capable of playing region 1/A discs from America this is definitely the version to go for.