Re: Thoughts on the Quad film

[Gary L <RayHigh@lifehouse.demon.co.uk>]

Yellow, re.

>Watched the Quadrophenia movie again today and had many thoughts, but 
>only three that I will share with everyone here. :)

>
>1. A while back someone (forgot who, sorry) said that at the end of 
>Quad you could see Jimmy standing on the cliff as the scooter falls.  

That would've been me!


>I checked this out in slow motion and there is definitely SOMETHING 
>up on that cliff.  You can even see this shape without slow motion if 
>you're alert.  But I myself can't say for sure whether it is Phil 
>Daniels, a member of the film crew, or even a piece of camera 
>equipment.  The more ambiguous the ending is the happier I am, so I 
>am choosing to believe that the mysterious shape was not Jimmy.  The 
>rest of you can think whatever makes YOU happy.

It's definitely Phil Daniels.  The new print features a close up of him on the
cliff edge.


>
>2. When Jimmy decides to purloin the Ace Face's scooter, he starts it 
>up with a key he takes out of his pocket.  I rewound back to the part 
>where Jimmy first sees the scooter parked by the hotel, and he does 
>not take the key from the Ace's scooter and then put it in his pocket.
>  It was a key he already had on him.  How is this possible?  I don't 
>know much about scooters, but I can't believe that the keys would 
>just be interchangeable like that, especially since Jimmy's scooter 
>was a Lambretta and the Ace's was a Vespa.  As silly as it seems, I'm 
>really bothered by this little continuity error and I just had to 
>vent a bit.

Jimmy had several keys on his keyring.  You'd be surprised just how
interchangeable the old keysets were.  However I do agree that this
pushes the boundaries of belief a little bit!

>
>3. Does anyone else feel really sorry for Monkey?  I always have, 
>ever since the first time I saw Quad.  I think I feel at least as 
>sorry for her as I do for Jimmy.  The poor girl.  You can tell she 
>really likes Jimmy, but he doesn't pay any attention to her except 
>when he wants some pills!  What a jerk!  Idea for any film students 
>out there: make a movie about Monkey, I think it could be really good.
>  I'd want to see it, at least.

You'd want to see a film following the trials and tribulations of single
parenting?


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Gary L

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