Quadrophenia / / Stephen Glynn ; book design by Elsa Mathern

• Autore: Glynn Stephen
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York : , : Wallflower Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4372
• Soggetto topico: Motion pictures - Production and direction; Mod culture (Subculture); Rocker culture
• Soggetto geografico: England 20th century Social conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Prequel: Cult into Music -- 2. Production: Cult into Film -- 3. Analysis: Film of Cult -- 4. Reception and Afterlife: Film into Cult -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. 2013: almost fifty years on from Brighton, this first academic study explores the lasting appeal of 'England's Rebel Without a Cause'. 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; it excites because we all know that, at some point in our lives, 'I was there!'
• Titolo autorizzato: Quadrophenia
• ISBN: 0-231-85055-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812763903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cultographies.