A Way of Life Making Quadrophenia

Two rival youth cults emerge the mods and the rockers with explosive consequences For Jimmy Phil Daniels and his sharpsuited pillpopping scooterriding mates being a mod is a way of life its their generation Together they head off to Brighton for an orgy of drugs thrills headlinemaking and violent clashes with the rockers Set to the music of The Whos seminal rock opera Quadrophenia is still one of the most definitive films of its time vividly capturing the youth culture of Britain in the 1960s Its over 30 years since the film Quadrophenia hit the worlds cinema screens Jimmy the Mods search for identity against the backdrop of the May Bank Holiday riots of the 1960s is regarded as the finest example of a British youth movie and a warmly remembered timepiece for a generation