{"id":103993,"date":"2020-11-03T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/almost-famous-makes-you-want-to-be-uncool-film\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T15:00:53","slug":"almost-famous-makes-you-want-to-be-uncool-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/almost-famous-makes-you-want-to-be-uncool-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Almost Famous’ Makes You Want to be Uncool \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Almost Famous’ Makes You Want to be Uncool \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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(Welcome to\u00a0The Quarantine Stream<\/strong><\/a>, a new series<\/a> where the \/Film team shares what they\u2019ve been watching while social<\/a> distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Movie:\u00a0<\/strong>Almost Famous<\/i><\/p>\n

Where You Can Stream It:\u00a0<\/strong>Amazon Prime Video
\nThe Pitch: <\/strong>Based loosely on the actual experiences of writer\/director\u00a0Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous<\/em> chronicles the coming-of-age journey of teenage journalist William Miller (Patrick Fugit) tasked with following an up-and-coming rock band on tour in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n

Why It\u2019s Essential Viewing: <\/strong>Rewatching this for the first time in about fifteen years, it\u2019s easy to see why it\u2019s one of \/Film\u2019s collective all-time favorite movies. It\u2019s the type of film that sweeps you away \u2013 an intoxicating mixture of story, style, and music that, even though it chronicles a few stereotypical moments of rock excess and revelry, still feels unique in the pantheon of movies about music.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blending his own memories with some fictionalized flourishes, Crowe manages to recreate an insular world which feels totally authentic \u2013 a subculture most are never privy to, but one that\u2019s endlessly fascinating to explore. Penny Lane (the Oscar-nominated Kate Hudson) and the Band-Aids serve as a subculture within that subculture, providing yet another layer of relationship dynamics for the 15-year-old William to observe and sift through.<\/p>\n

Since \/Film loves this movie so much, I won\u2019t go too long here: we\u2019ve covered the movie from many different angles over the years. But there are just a few little aspects I wanted to highlight, and one of them is the accidental genius of Stillwater. A composite of the real bands Crowe actually followed and chronicled in his teen years, Stillwater is one of my favorite fictional bands in film history \u2013 partly because of the fraught relationships between the members off stage, and partly because of the larger-than-life personalities involved. Billy Crudup\u2019s lead guitarist Russell Hammond has, in many ways, the most crucial arc of the entire film: that of a selfish egotist being pushed in incremental steps toward becoming, in the words of Frances McDormand\u2019s Elaine Miller, \u201ca person of substance.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s the band\u2019s lead singer, Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee), who ends up stumbling into the movie\u2019s most genuine comment about music. Ironically, the quote comes in a speech which, late in the film, Bebe laments having given in the first place, but the truth is buried in his ramblings nonetheless: \u201cBut what it all comes down to is that thing. The indefinable thing when people catch something in your music.\u201d That right there is what this movie captures better than almost any other.
\nLastly, I have to mention Philip Seymour Hoffman, adopting a perpetually gravelly voice, as rock music critic Lester Bangs, playing the ideal version of a mentor for young William. Bangs has seen it all and can instantly see through absolutely any bullshit that\u2019s thrown his way; when Russell has a mid-movie realization that all he cares about are people and experiences that are \u201creal,\u201d it underscores how journalists and creatives \u2013 while often depicted as being on opposite sides of a metaphorical war \u2013 maybe aren\u2019t so different after all. (That\u2019s just one of multiple instances in which this movie features repeated ideas or motifs, almost like a repeating chorus in a great song.) Most importantly, though, Bangs is always available to William with a sage word of advice, best reflected in a repeated mantra: \u201cBe honest, and unmerciful.\u201d Those four words are the essence of true journalism, and serve as an inspiration for the members of the Uncool everywhere.<\/p>\n

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