{"id":19815,"date":"2014-06-20T12:51:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T11:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=19815"},"modified":"2014-07-19T15:12:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T14:12:03","slug":"quadrophenia-inside-the-making-of-britains-greatest-youth-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/quadrophenia-inside-the-making-of-britains-greatest-youth-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadrophenia: A Way Of Life &#8211; Published Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countdownbooks.com\/dir\/?page_id=439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/countdownbooks.com\/dir\/?page_id=439\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19816 alignleft\" style=\"border: 6px solid white;\" alt=\"quaditmo14a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/quaditmo14a.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a>The book marking the 35th anniversary of the release of the film, <em>Quadrophenia: A Way Of Life &#8211; Inside The Making Of Britain&#8217;s Greatest Youth Film<\/em>, by Simon Wells is published today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s 35 years since the film Quadrophenia first hit the world\u2019s cinema screens. Jimmy the Mod\u2019s search for identity against the backdrop of the May Bank Holiday riots of the 1960\u2032s, is regarded as the finest example of a British \u201cyouth\u201d movie and a warmly remembered timepiece.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the generation that first saw it now approach their fifties with teenagers of their own, Quadrophenia has become a glorious benchmark for their own youthful excesses, hopes, dreams and nostalgia. To critics, admirers and casual observers, it\u2019s intriguing: what makes a 30 plus year-old film like Quadrophenia so appealing? And similarly, why do people return to it time and time again?<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, QUADROPHENIA\u2026 A WAY OF LIFE explores the making of Britain\u2019s finest youth film and its subsequent influence on popular culture. With interviews with principal cast members, director Franc Roddam, scriptwriter Martin Stellman and other involved in the creation of the film, this is the definitive account of Britain\u2019s greatest cult movie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 View further details and buy the book at <a href=\"http:\/\/countdownbooks.com\/dir\/?page_id=439\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Countdown Books<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The book marking the 35th anniversary of the release of the film, Quadrophenia: A Way Of Life &#8211; Inside The Making Of Britain&#8217;s Greatest Youth Film, by Simon Wells is published today. It\u2019s 35 years since the film Quadrophenia first hit the world\u2019s cinema screens. Jimmy the Mod\u2019s search for identity against the backdrop of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,25,149],"tags":[1125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19815"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19820,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19815\/revisions\/19820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}