商品の詳細

• 発売日: 1999-10-01
• 評価レベル: R (Restricted)
• アスペクト比: 1.33:1
• ディスク枚数: 1
• 形式: Import
• オリジナル言語: 英語
• 字幕: ドイツ語, フランス語, オランダ語, スペイン語, イタリア語, スウェーデン語, ノルウェー語, デンマーク語
• 実行時間: 117 分

Amazon.com
Franc Roddam's terrifically energetic movie, set to music from the Who's Quadrophenia, is--at the very least, the best film ever based on a rock album (and, yes, that includes, Tommy, Pink Floyd: The Wall, and Jesus Christ Superstar). Actually, this tale of the battle between two early '60s youth subcultures--Mods and Rockers--in the seaside teenage wasteland of Brighton, England, isn't so much a cinematic "version" of the Who's 1979 double-record rock opera as it is a story based on the sequence of songs on the album. Quadrophenia is about that crucial time in teenhood when the lion's share of your sense of identity is tied up in the music you listen to, the clothes you wear, and the groups you hang out with. Jimmy (Phil Daniels) identifies himself with the sharp-dressing, scooter-riding Mods, who listen to American soul and British pop-rock (The Who themselves were once rather Mod). The Rockers, on the other hand, are leather-jacketed, black-booted, motorcycle-riding tough guys who listen primarily to classic American rock & roll. The film captures this minor pop-culture revolution perfectly. Look for Sting as a club-hopping slickster, who's shameful secret is that he's a hotel bellboy by day. --Jim Emerson

DVD features
"It's a celebration of energy, the energy of youth," describes director Franc Roddam, talking about his generation in the DVD's rich commentary track that revisits the Mod phenomenon and describes working with Pete Townsend and the Who. The energy was generated by rewriting on the fly and improvising with his hungry young cast. Sting (instantly iconic as supercool Mod leader Ace) also reminisces in a short new interview. You can click the thoroughly modern "pop- up" subtitle track for film trivia on the fly, or tour back to the swinging '60s through a funky Vespa featurette, a well-documented compendium of British mod films, an animated location map contrasting now-and-then, and the tongue-in- cheek quiz "Are you a Mod or a Rocker?" And for one last jolt of youthful energy, take the time-lapse London to Brighton tour, all amped-up 60 seconds of it. --Sean Axmaker

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字幕がなくてもへっちゃら
　邦題『さらば青春の光』。むちゃくちゃなタイトルが多いなかで、これは内容に即した良いものだと思います。
　今見ても決して古臭くなく、ファッションの勉強の優秀な教材として役立つことうけあい。
　このビデオが置いてあるレンタルビデオ屋が減って行く中で、たったこの値段で自分のものに出来るなんて最高です。

　モッズの人も、そうでない人も、必見です。