The Alphabet Project: Q is for...

Quadrophenia (1979)

Set against the soundtrack of The Who's 1973 mighty concept album Quadrophenia. Phil Daniels play's working class Jimmy, the drug-induced mod, who hates his job and is misunderstood by his parents, but by night, he comes alive, with the all-nighters, his pills and his scooter riding friends. Always on a high, life can't get any better, then there's the Brighton scooter run, where both mod's and rocker's converge, ending in the battle of the cults on Brighton beach. What goes up must come down, and with Jimmy's comedown his life is turned around, so begins his downward spiral into paranoia and isolation, and the four faceted mindset: Quadrophenia. With its extremely realistic language and violent overtones and classic sixties soundtrack this illness is bound to be contagious. Come along for the ride as hilarity ensues.

Trivia: The Who appear not just on the episode of 'Ready Steady Go!' that Jimmy watches and an album sleeve at the house party but also a portrait of Pete Townsend is on the boy's bedroom wall.

Well, this wasn't much in terms of plot and tends to be more of character development, but it doesn't quite make it for me. The title "Quadrophenia" is like schizophrenia with four distinct personalities and is supposed to represent the four personalities of the members of the Who. I didn't see four personalities, at most I saw two but that is stretching it a bit, it could have just been a young teen who has trouble with his parents and rebels at night with his friends. The Mods vs Rockers aspect was cool to watch, and the music was great, but that was about it.

Well, Impman and Anonymous Ken were able to guess correctly so they get to pick movies for me to watch, that is two in a row for Impman, I guess I need to make this a little harder. So...

Up Next: "R" movies. This week's clue: A plot within a plot within a plot. If Ninquelosse checks in she might get this one since I picked it based in her love for it...so Emily? Are you there? And now for...this week's...guesses? Dang it, AK and Impman got it right off the bat! Not a single incorrect guess.