Re: Quad the movie

[thelash@juno.com (Robert A Klajda)]

On Thu, 8 May 1997 17:36:29 -0400 "Stuart Pittman" <stoo@cae.ca> writes:
>Brian wrote from Atlanta:
>
>>Which brings up something to ponder.  When does "Quadrophenia" take
>>place?  Not the movie, the album?  If it's Autumn 1964 as the 
>presence
>>of The High Numbers would imply, why the reference to "My Generation"
>>and the snippet of "The Kids Are Alright?"
>
>    Good observation, Bri.
>    Also, in the film, how could a 1964 Jimmy, be watching a 31st of 
>May
>'65 broadcast of "Ready Steady Go"?
>    On that note, there is another anachronism in the movie which I 
>have
>not heard mentioned. In Brighton, on the morning after the dance there 
>is a
>shot of Jimmy strolling along the beach in front of the West Pier. In 
>the
>background one can clearly see the Brighton Marina which was not 
>officially
>opened until 1978.* True, its construction took close to a decade but 
>it
>definitely did not exist in 1964. One would have seen only the open 
>"sea".
>
>    * This info was provided by my good friend from Brighton, Simon 
>Pigott
>(and his Mum).
>
>Stoo
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