Stayed at the Grand and talked to the very same concierge as in your video ‘ he told me loads of mods shout in the doorway “bell boy “ !! And talked to the chap that owns the Quadrophenia shop right next the alley , he knew all the locations
🤣🤣 l am 66 and was there by the time of filming it . Many of my friends worked as extras . And some got hurt iswell . It is a privilege l have never forgotten. 😍🥰🤩👍
👍 I've been watching the film again. It looked like filming was fun but 'health and safety' wasn't an issue, especially on those fight scenes. It must have been quite chaotic with all those extras.
I remember coming to work one morning, I was managing a store in St James's Street at the time. I walked down from the station as I had to commute in daily. I wondered why there was a long queue of mainly young people along the Steine. I was surprised that it was an extremely long queue and went around a very long block passing my store and nearby Woolworths. That was the queue with young people applying at the Job Centre to work as extras on Quadrophenia.
Brilliant video mate, I was born and bred in Brighton, but went to Swansea to study for my M.Phil and then Ph.D in 2003. I go back to Brighton when I can, and your video gives me a little slice of home! I grew up in Brighton in the 1970’s
Another great video Marcus. Love exploring home-grown movie locations. I haven't seen Quadrophenia in a few years, need to check it out again - I remember it was full of stars of the big & small screen. And as for 'Carry on ...' '70's Cinema & TV - it has a lot to answer for 🤣🤣
Nice one fella and just subscribed. I do love the filming floors in Quadrophenia especially in your clip 4m 08s when Brighton Marina is seen in the background ( finished in the mid to late 70's) of the group of Mods, it doesn't bother me though as it's an epic film. 👍
Nice video and good to see the locations of the three films. Like you, I am an avid fan of the Carry On films. They are full of comedy gems. One of my favorite nonverbal comedy moment in carry on girls is when the two police officers enter the room to check to see if Valerie Leon is a “man”. The smile and the licking of the lip by constable Cookson (the bobby behind David Lodge the Inspector) when Valerie reveals her beauty is priceless. - Happy days.
I used to live two roads down from Nick Cave in Kemptown he was an interesting man and his kids were very polite so I felt very sad for Nick when his son passed away unfortunately Nick has left to move to London now .
I never been to Brighton. But I absolutely adore Quadrophenia. In fact I meet Phil Daniels at a Blur gig at the Alexandra Palace in London. But that's another story. Also love The Who album. And the soundtrack not bad.
Hi, I remember watching it on video in the early 80s when there was a bit of a mod revival. It was interesting to see the places. I sometimes have coffee with an old bloke in the morning who was a 'rocker' and ride down there in the mid 60s
I always wondered and still do, did he jump off the scooter before it went over the cliff or did he go down own with it? The ending makes you think he did die that way but as we didn’t a ‘body’ falling I guess it’s up to each individual to make their own minds up. Lots of stuff in the movie that’s relevant to today, drug use, depression, mental health and suicide etc. seems time goes by but some things will always be the same just in a different context.
Yes, agree, it's still very relevant. Regarding the end scene and the crashing scooter, the film actually starts (just before the titles) with Jimmy walking away from the cliff with the sun behind him.
Bud if u look at the end u c him on the cliff ,,,but at the start of the 📽️ film u c him walking back as the sun goes down ,,he did no jump , best wishes from Durham
I think it did. On a side note, my friend lived in the block of flats near Kings Cross in London which did feature in the film. They had the old lift (elevator) open metal frame door you had to slide open and close by hand.
@@flydriveexplore Oh yes, I know the scene in Mona LIsa very well, must have seen that movie eight times already! That must be some building to live in.
Nobody's ever heard of the Carry On films in USA here. I only heard vaguely of them a year or two ago from YTube. I don't even think they're in print on DVD in America as yet. Not sure. Libraries don't have them here. Not sure why. Also I saw some of the early Peter Sellers films a few years ago on Cable TV here, but some I still cannot find, such as I'm Alright, Jack.
@@flydriveexplore I see, that's what I had figured since there's so little profile on those films here. Then again I was a baby when most of them came out, or not around at all. I don't think they would have gone over that well here. They should have gotten Benny HIll to be in a few of those, unless he was? That would have been a riot.
@@flydriveexplore Some Americans can’t wrap their head around British comedy or film. I’ve always considered myself very lucky that early exposure to US public television in my youth allowed me to be indoctrinated to it by the loving arms of Auntie Beeb.
