Interested in seeing more of We Are What We Are? Check out our collection of clips and the updated list of theaters that will be screening the movie in the Us.
“In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, The Master) and Rose (Julia Garner, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret...
“In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, The Master) and Rose (Julia Garner, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret...
- 10/3/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
If you’re anywhere near New York City or Los Angeles this weekend, we have details on special screenings of We Are What We Are taking place with Jim Mickle, Bill Sage, Nick Damici, and Michael Parks in attendance.
“In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, The Master) and Rose (Julia Garner, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover...
“In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, The Master) and Rose (Julia Garner, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover...
- 9/27/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are hits theaters September 27th and Twitch is proud to present a new behind the scenes featurette from what is proving to be one of the most critically acclaimed titles of the year.In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, "Boardwalk Empire") rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, The Master) and Rose (Julia Garner, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For) are forced to assume responsibilities...
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- 9/26/2013
- Screen Anarchy
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at an interactive photo for Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are , the psychological horror film starring Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Wyatt Russell, Kelly McGillis and Michael Parks. In We Are What We Are , opening September 27, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers) and Rose (Julia Garner) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour...
- 9/25/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Jim Mickle, director of Stake Land and Mulberry Street, is veering into new territory that is decidely much, much different than his previous efforts with We Are What We Are, opening in select theaters on September 27th.
Inside, we scored an exclusive featurette about the film which finds some of the talent involved discussing the project.
Here's the plot crunch: A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to...
Inside, we scored an exclusive featurette about the film which finds some of the talent involved discussing the project.
Here's the plot crunch: A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to...
- 9/19/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
We're big fans of one Mr. Jim Mickle in these here parts. His first cinematic effort in the feature length realm, the mutant rat/pandemic horror Mulberry Street, proved justly claustrophobic, while his road trippin vampire apocalypse Stake Land was a fresh take on both the bloodsucker mythology and the American Gothic. He's now bringing us his version of We Are What We Are, once a Spanish language thriller about a family of cannibals (which we also really dug).In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, "Boardwalk Empire") rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any...
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- 9/17/2013
- Screen Anarchy
In the same way Let The Right One In reinvented the vampire brand and [Rec] put a clever twist on the epedemic /zombie film, We Are What We Are reinvigorates the cannibal genre with an emotional portrait of a family bound by a terrible secret and driven by monstrous appetites. This of course, is a remake of the excellent Mexican horror film of the same name. We’ve been covering it since it premiered at Sundance and it seems everyone here at Sound On Sight is a big fan. Ed Doyle just dropped a review of the film which screened at Frightfest this week saying, “The director understands all too well the importance of cinematic catharsis. Whereas other filmmakers at Frightfest have eagerly blown their bloody wad in the opening minutes, Mickle instead plants the idea of his physical horrors in our minds well before we’re granted any supreme visual...
- 8/30/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
We Are What We Are is a reimagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name. Today we have the official trailer and a bunch of images for the film that will be released on September 27 2013. In We Are What We Are a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family the Parkers have always kept to themselves and for good reason. Behind closed doors patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous fervor determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town the local authorities begin to...
- 8/29/2013
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Julia Garner and Ambyr Childers in We Are What We ArePhoto: Entertainment One Entertainment One picked up Jim Mickie's We Are What We Are out of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and now I have the trailer, poster and eight pictures from the film, which follows a family of ritualistic cannibals will be hitting theaters on September 27. In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, "Boardwalk Empire") rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, The Master) and Rose (Julia Garner, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family.
- 8/29/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Creepy cannibal film We Are What We Are consumes viewers with new trailer I wouldn't lend a hand in anything this family offers, they may take it literally. The new trailer is up for eOne's most-intriguing film under director Jim Mickle, who wrote the screenplay alongside Nick Damici. The cast is frontlined by Michael Parks, Kelly McGillis, scribe Damici, Wyatt Russell, Jack Gore, Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers and Julia Garner. n We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs...
- 8/29/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We Are What We Are is a remake of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name, directed by Stake Land‘s Jim Mickle. The movie will be making its way to select Us theaters on September 27th and we have a look at the new We Are What We Are trailer.
“In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, The Master) and Rose (Julia Garner, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour...
“In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, The Master) and Rose (Julia Garner, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour...
- 8/29/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Check out the first trailer for “Stake Land” director Jim Mickle’s “We Are What We Are”, a remake of Jorge Michel Grau’s Mexican film of the same name about a strange little family and their, er, strange eating habits. Mickle’s movie certainly looks way more gritty, not to mention uber depressing, as he seems to be going for less of an action-heavy approach to the story. Which is a real surprise. Usually American remakes of foreign films crank up the action/horror, while the original is a slow-burn affair. Not so in this case. Go figure. As they say, a family that eats together … well, you know the rest. A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules the roost with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost.
- 8/28/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Want to see a crazy intense movie that will mess you up? That's exactly what the reaction will be for We Are What We Are, which is a cannibal-inspired thriller. This movie is freakin' crazy, and this trailer will give you a sense of how jacked up it is. I will tell you though, there is nothing that can prepare you for how this movie ends.
To read our review for it, click here, and watch our video review for it here. Here's the synopsis:
A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules the roost with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family.
To read our review for it, click here, and watch our video review for it here. Here's the synopsis:
A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules the roost with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family.
- 8/28/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
One film that I have been looking forward to this year is Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are. I have been so impressed with Mickle’s work since I have seen Mulberry Street and my admiration continued with Stake Land. While We Are What We Are is a remake of Jorge Michel Grau’s 2010 film, from what we have been hearing, Mickle takes a different approach. Add in the fact that some St. Louis flavor were involved in this film including underground cult director Eric Stanze and Aaron Crozier.
IGN premiered the trailer last night. The film looks pretty somber, which is what I would expect from Mickle based off of Stake Land. “Gothic Americana” is a term I used when describing Stake Land and it looks like that might even more fitting to what I can see here.
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In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family,...
IGN premiered the trailer last night. The film looks pretty somber, which is what I would expect from Mickle based off of Stake Land. “Gothic Americana” is a term I used when describing Stake Land and it looks like that might even more fitting to what I can see here.
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In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family,...
- 8/28/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Just in case you didn’t get your fill of the horror genre recently with films like The Conjuring and You’re Next, there no need to fret as next month sees the release of Jim Mickle’s horror-thriller We Are What We Are, a film that premiered earlier this year at the Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals.
Before we go any further, take a brief look at the non-spoilerish synopsis:
A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the...
Before we go any further, take a brief look at the non-spoilerish synopsis:
A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the...
- 8/28/2013
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
eOne Films has released the trailer for the upcoming horror film “We Are What We Are” the re-imagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name directed this time by Jim Mickle.
“We Are What We Are” stars Kelly McGillis, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Nick Damici, and Bill Sage.
A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years.
“We Are What We Are” stars Kelly McGillis, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Nick Damici, and Bill Sage.
A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years.
- 8/27/2013
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Everyone has odd family traditions, but the Parker family will do whatever it takes to keep their ancestral customs intact. The family seems wholesome from the outside, but they are commanded by an intimidating patriarch (Bill Sage). However, when an unexpected death in the family puts the fate of the family into the hands of Rose (Julia Garner) and Iris (Ambyr Childers) as authorities come closer to uncovering their dark secret, everything is at stake. The first trailer for We Are What We Are paints a quiet, creepy piece of horror that audiences haven't seen in awhile. Michael Parks & Kelly McGillis also star in the film. Watch! Here's the first trailer for Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are from IGN: A seemingly wholesome family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined...
- 8/27/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The trailer for eOne Entertainment's upcoming horror thriller We Are What We Are is now online! Check it out in the player after the break, courtesy of IGN.
A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years.
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A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years.
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- 8/27/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The trailer for eOne's upcoming horror thriller We Are What We Are is now online! Check it out in the player below, courtesy of IGN . A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years. Directed by Jim Mickle...
- 8/27/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Stepping out for a social call, Lana Del Rey showed up at a friend’s house in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon (August 13).
The “Ride” singer channeled her inner-child with a Mickey Mouse t-shirt and backwards ball cap as she strolled away from her black Jaguar convertible.
And it sounds like yet another one of Lana’s unreleased tracks has leaked onto the internet, following her previous songs “So Legit,” “Black Beauty” and “Maha Maha.”
“Behind Closed Doors” is a sexual confessional in which Miss Del Rey proclaims she wants to be thrown around “like a pizza pie.”
Lana sings, "Everybody saying you're no good for me, / But they don't see the dirty stuff you do to me, / I only shout a little but you give me more, / Yeah, behind closed doors.”...
The “Ride” singer channeled her inner-child with a Mickey Mouse t-shirt and backwards ball cap as she strolled away from her black Jaguar convertible.
And it sounds like yet another one of Lana’s unreleased tracks has leaked onto the internet, following her previous songs “So Legit,” “Black Beauty” and “Maha Maha.”
“Behind Closed Doors” is a sexual confessional in which Miss Del Rey proclaims she wants to be thrown around “like a pizza pie.”
Lana sings, "Everybody saying you're no good for me, / But they don't see the dirty stuff you do to me, / I only shout a little but you give me more, / Yeah, behind closed doors.”...
- 8/14/2013
- GossipCenter
We haven't heard much about Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are remake lately, but with a September 27th release scheduled for NYC and La and a nationwide roll-out to follow, we thought now was the perfect time to meet the film's characters.
Premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and screening at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight, Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are is a Gothic drama told through the eyes of the Parker daughters (played by Julia Garner and Ambyr Childers). Read on for more about them and the rest of the major characters as portrayed by Michael Parks, Kelly McGillis, Nick Damici, Bill Sage, Wyatt Russell, and newcomer Jack Gore.
Julia Garner is Rose Parker
Julia plays Rose, the middle child and youngest daughter of the Parkers. She’s old enough to understand right from wrong but has trouble with following her gut.
Ambyr Childers...
Premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and screening at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight, Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are is a Gothic drama told through the eyes of the Parker daughters (played by Julia Garner and Ambyr Childers). Read on for more about them and the rest of the major characters as portrayed by Michael Parks, Kelly McGillis, Nick Damici, Bill Sage, Wyatt Russell, and newcomer Jack Gore.
Julia Garner is Rose Parker
Julia plays Rose, the middle child and youngest daughter of the Parkers. She’s old enough to understand right from wrong but has trouble with following her gut.
Ambyr Childers...
- 7/25/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Director: Richard Linklater; Screenwriters: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy; Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Prior, Charlotte Prior; Running time: 109 mins; Certificate: 15
In 2004, Before Sunset offered a glimmer of hope for lovers Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) on the quest for happily ever after. But was it really meant to be? Spoiler alert! The question is answered - though, only in part - in the opening scene of the second scintillating sequel that comes 18 years after Before Sunrise when the couple first met on a train bound for Vienna.
From there, to Paris and now in their early 40s, Jesse and Celine are in sunny Greece where Jesse is trying too hard to be a cool dad. He sees off his son at the airport and obsesses over the bad rap he'll get from the boy's mother at the other end as it quickly becomes...
In 2004, Before Sunset offered a glimmer of hope for lovers Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) on the quest for happily ever after. But was it really meant to be? Spoiler alert! The question is answered - though, only in part - in the opening scene of the second scintillating sequel that comes 18 years after Before Sunrise when the couple first met on a train bound for Vienna.
From there, to Paris and now in their early 40s, Jesse and Celine are in sunny Greece where Jesse is trying too hard to be a cool dad. He sees off his son at the airport and obsesses over the bad rap he'll get from the boy's mother at the other end as it quickly becomes...
- 6/17/2013
- Digital Spy
By Allen Gardner
Quadrophenia (Criterion) Franc Roddam’s 1979 film based on The Who’s classic rock opera tells the story of working class lad Jimmy (Phil Daniels) struggling to find his identity in a rapidly changing Britain, circa 1965. Jimmy is a “mod,” a youth movement dedicated to wearing snappy suits, driving Vespa motor scooters bedecked with side mirrors, popping amphetamines and obsessed with the new sound of bands like The Who and The Kinks. Their other pastime is engaging in bloody brawls with “rockers,” throwbacks to the 1950s, who listen to Elvis and Gene Vincent, wear leather biker gear, grease in their hair and drive massive motorcycles a la Marlon Brando in “The Wild One.” Often cited as a worthy successor to “Rebel Without a Cause” as the greatest angry youth picture ever made, it is that and more, including a first cousin to the “kitchen sink” dramas of scribes John Osborne,...
Quadrophenia (Criterion) Franc Roddam’s 1979 film based on The Who’s classic rock opera tells the story of working class lad Jimmy (Phil Daniels) struggling to find his identity in a rapidly changing Britain, circa 1965. Jimmy is a “mod,” a youth movement dedicated to wearing snappy suits, driving Vespa motor scooters bedecked with side mirrors, popping amphetamines and obsessed with the new sound of bands like The Who and The Kinks. Their other pastime is engaging in bloody brawls with “rockers,” throwbacks to the 1950s, who listen to Elvis and Gene Vincent, wear leather biker gear, grease in their hair and drive massive motorcycles a la Marlon Brando in “The Wild One.” Often cited as a worthy successor to “Rebel Without a Cause” as the greatest angry youth picture ever made, it is that and more, including a first cousin to the “kitchen sink” dramas of scribes John Osborne,...
- 9/4/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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