Quadrophenia Director Hits Out At Sequel Plans

The director of Quadrophenia has said that he would oppose any plans to make a sequel.

Franc Roddam helmed the 1979 movie adaptation of the classic Who rock opera, which starred Phil Daniels, and is about to release a director's cut on Blu-ray, which will be accompanied by a new version of the album.

When asked by Digital Spy if he would have liked to have been involved in a sequel, Roddam replied: "There was talk of a sequel, but it never really came to anything. There's even talk of a sequel now - not with me, but with other people.

"Martin Stellman, one of the writers who worked with me, is in conversation with The Who's management about it, but it depends. Would I prefer there not to be a sequel? Probably.

He continued: "I'm not a great sequel kind of guy. It's a bit of commercialism, isn't it? It breaks away from the authenticity. When you say, 'Why are we making this movie?'

"If you're making it because you're riding on the back of something else - it's a different thing. I want to authentically show how young people feel about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll."

Of his film, which has become a true cult classic, Roddam said: "It's about teenage angst. It's an honest film. I think there's tremendous integrity to the piece. We were very sincere about what we were doing. It's authentic, it's authentic emotion.

"James Joyce once said that sentimentality is unearned emotion and I see a lot of movies with unearned emotion - you're supposed to care about people you don't even know."

When asked who he would cast in a modern version of the film, Roddam answered: "It would not be Justin Bieber! The great thing about Quad was we were allowed to take people from the street, virtually... a lot of them were better than the trained actors."

Quadrophenia is now available to buy on Blu-ray.