madaunty
Quietly, Very Confused
It was the first “18” film I saw at “the pictures” (as we called the cinema in those days). I was 17 and to be fair I was a bit of an innocent and a lot of it wouldn’t have properly registered with me.One of my favourite films but boy is it dark and melancholy despite the brilliant soundtrack and the dance classes that all us ladies of a certain age attended when we were kids?! I tried, and failed 3 times to get into see the film when it first came out, and if I remember rightly a dumbed down version was made a bit later and I wasn't interested in that but I managed to see the original version on video when I was in my mid twenties. I actually wonder whether had I got to see it when I was 13 whether I would have been less traumatised (for want of a better word) by some of the scenes and themes than I was when I was old enough to understand them - Gang rape, violence, racism, suicide and the general air of sadness. Yes, I'm sure it would probably have washed over me and I'd've only seen John Travolta busting his moves on the dancefloor to the music of the moment! Quadrophenia is also a favourite of mine and again I was too young to see it when it came out but I got in alright and since watching it time and time again I do find it quite melancholy. At the time to me it was just a cool movie that tied in with the mod revival of the day and of course like SNF there's a brilliant soundtrack to go with it! Grease on the other hand was just a massive dose of fun and one of my favourites too - I even liked Grease 2, Staying Alive on the other hand was complete crap!
They did bring out an edited PG version a couples of years later, chopped about 10 minutes out of it to sanitise it so they could capitalise on a younger audience.
Also found this
In 2010, Saturday Night Fever was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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