When I first watched The Big Lebowski (1998), I didn’t like it. The viewing took place sometime around 2011, while I was a wet-behind-the-ears film student at the University of Georgia. I can’t tell you exactly why I didn’t like the film, I just felt that it wasn’t for me. I knew beforehand that The […]
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Reel World: Quadrophenia
The notorious clashes between the warring tribes of Mods and Rockers during the 1960s formed the centrepiece of Franc Roddam’s loose adaptation of The Who’s 1973 ‘rock opera’ double album of the same name. The opposing youth cults descended on England’s seaside resorts on bank holiday ‘weekenders’, often with violent and chaotic consequences for themselves, […]