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Overview1964: 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!' Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen GlynnPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Wallflower Press Dimensions: Width: 11.10cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 17.50cm Weight: 0.156kg ISBN: 9780231167413ISBN 10: 0231167415 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 18 February 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 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 IndexReviews... An insightful and multifaceted study of hte four faces of one of the very best pop films. Psychobabble 4/26/14 Author InformationStephen Glynn is Associate Research Fellow at De Montfort University, UK. His writings on rock movies range from the particular, A Hard Day's Night (2004), to the general, The British Pop Music Film (2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |