Especially how he was edited in small bits throughout the movie. Similar to Hannibal lectar in silence of the lambs. Only has 8 minutes of screen time, but the performance and the editing make it feel like 30. Philip was awesome.
The 1990s might have been even worse. I was young then and that naughty by nature’s “down with opp” being popular sort of horrified me as it means other people’s pussy. I group up with devoted to each other parents who would never cheat and are still married. Crap like this being popular was not good for society
@@archyleach Rock and roll is good and so is hip hop. Rock and roll was hated, missunderstood and missrepresented by the elders in its time too. Sad how you repeat the same mistake in your elitism. not that Nbn's opp is the greatest of hip hop. but you sound like you would have that attitude too the genre in general.
G F no that’s no what it means. He’s saying to William that on his journey to the top, he’ll run into his classmates on their journey to the “middle,” meaning they’re probably not going to accomplish much I’m their mediocre lives.
I think it means, at this moment they’re high on a pedestal .. and he’s low and unpopular.. and they’ll meet later on in life again, when none of that matters anymore.. and we’re all in the middle, together..
I mean talk about guys who killed their roles even though they didn’t have much screen time in the film. This is probably the best performance I’ve seen from an actor who’s on screen for less than nine mins. RIP Seymour Hoffman, definitely one of the greats
Hoffman was so great that he could transform a film even with small roles. In Punch Drunk Love he has the best character because he made it the best character and he is on screen less than here.
It’s weird, any other actor would have received so much more acclaim. Seymour Hoffmann is such a great actor in everything he does people take his greatness for granted because he never fails to deliver.
That's what set Philip apart from the rest of his peers. Just so astoundingly gifted that even in the smallest roles he still managed to do something interesting. He was a rare gem.
Hoffman was on screen for even less than nine minutes because some of these scenes were longer than the film. He stole the show from some other talented actors and actresses in this one.
@@Wolfsky9 I wish people would stop acting like the Academy Awards actually mean anything. Acting is not a competition to 'beat' your fellow actors in a particular calendar year, judged by old white men. Cringe city every time I see one of these lame comments. Next you'll be lamenting that some musician you like "deserved" a Grammy, when they are even more meaningless, corrupt, and ridiculous than the Oscars, if that's even possible. Jethro Tull 'Best Heavy Metal Performance' ahead of Metallica. OK. Cardi B 'Best Rap Album'. If you say so. La La Land 'Best Film'. OK sure. Crash 'Best Film'. I guess. The Hurt Locker 'Best Film'. No doubt. The list goes on and on. Gwyneth Paltrow 'Best Actress' ahead of Cate Blanchett. I rest my case.
@@truefunksoul8638 You're a pompous blowhard making way too much of the fact that people like to see people they admire get recognition. You attempt to convince us that you are better because you know that these awards are worthless and nobody should care about them. Then you go on to show us all that not only are you offended by their picks, but also the Oscars AND the Grammy award. I rest my case.
I get the sentiment, but the idea and the words are Cameron Crowe's; Hoffman just spoke them. Yes, Hoffman delivered a compelling performance which gave us an attractive portrait of Lester Bangs. But the identity of the true creator of a movie's ideas and words should be particularly remembered in a film about a teen rock journalist.
@Akshay Natu well, I DID live in Vancouver at the time, one of the world's most expensive cities. Even back then (30 years ago) a mere $90K per year income in that city wasn't enough to raise the antennas of any girl looking for what many refer to as a "good catch". So a guy supplementing his career by spinning discs in a club and/or private gigs environment not only took himself out of the weekend leisure circles (too busy working), he also broadcast to every female within sight of the booth that he was likely not rich enough to be a viable target. Did I get hit on? Yes. But not by anyone looking for anything long-term, ie: >48 hours.
One of my favorite movies that I watched numerous times with a good friend. We would get Krispy Kreme donuts, a 12-pack of Dr. Pepper, A couple of boxes of heat-and-eat appetizers and some other type of dessert. We'd eat, drink and smoke clove cigarettes, while watching movies for hours. Good times! RIP Joe!
"You take drugs?" "No." "Smart kid." I love how this is written. How matter of fact it is. Doesn't preach. How ironic too because Hoffman knew he was killing himself and OD'd anyway.
Heroin is a painkiller. It doesn’t harm you in itself. It’s the psychology, the addiction, that can. It’s not like he intended to. He did what a lot of people who relapse do: take far more than his diminished tolerance was ready for.
@@BeggarsNightyeah he wasn't using it as a painkiller. Most don't . We all know that some of us have been there. But I agree he didn't know he was gonna die
@@lemsip207 He literally played a Stooges record in the clip and you think punk hadn't started yet because Iggy didn't have safety pins in his jacket? The Stooges could actually play their instruments as well so not punk. Is that how it works? I guess you think The Ramones were not punk either? Punk also came out of Australia with The Saints before the English got in on it.
"You have to make your reputation on being honest and unmerciful [to yourself]" Hoffman was most honest, bravest and most talented actor I've ever seen. What a loss.
The other thing that makes me sad about this video is the scene in the diner. In every decent sized city in North America there were Mom and Pop diners where you could eat cheap and talk to a friend. In the big cities (I live in Toronto) these just don't exist anymore. It's a sad, bad thing. Same goes for old bars with 50 years of memories and stink.
Don't know you but have to agree 100%. My late wife's and my all time favorite. Easily watched it over 100 times and is just as good. One of the best, if not the best movies about "Rock n Roll" period.
Different ones. He said that Stillwater and the experiences were sort of a combination of stuff that happened during that time. Fun trivia - he was 18 when he wrote the liner notes to Frampton Comes Alive.
yu stu Most people agree that it's about 2 bands: Led Zeppelin and the Allman Brothers. That's why, near the beginning of the movie, the picture he looks up at is Stillwater posed in front of their amps and road equipment like the Allman's were on the iconic cover of At Filmore East. That's an easy clue. And the other clue is that Zeppelin agreed to let Cameron Crowe use several of their songs in the movie, which they rarely do. They did that because Cameron covered them in real life.
Agreed. Although it probably would not make a lot of money in the box office like almost famous did because a lot of people still don’t know who Lester banks was.
@Randy White it may have flopped but people still loved it and Kate Hudson was nominated for an oscar and Cameron Crowe won the oscar for best original screenplay
@@elijahvigil7467 it has rewatch ability. People will still becoming back to watch this movie again and again. For the story, the characters and the music. People forget that money isn’t the most important thing in this world.
@@leradmuiel7634 antigamente esse tipo de filme se pagava com aluguel e venda de DVDs, hoje com streaming quando da prejuízo não se paga. É definitivo.
Man do I miss Philip Seymour Hoffman. SO many characters that he made incredibly memorable. This and Gust in Charlie Wilson's War are two of the very best.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." I love that. Does anybody here know if it was actually said or written by Lester himself? It sounds like him, but they might have put words into his mouth.
I'm pretty sure that Cameron Crowe wrote that whole exchange, but it may have been inspired by something Bangs said to him, or just inspired by his overall outlook and attitude.
I have thought about that line so many times, in so many situations...pure brilliance! I've listened to some of those "radio station" interviews with Bangs...it sounds like something he would say. Just like the "drunken buffoon" line.
Thanks for honoring Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was 1 of the most genuine and kind-hearted human beings on the face of the Earth and one of undoubtedly the most creative and fantastic actor an artist in my opinion. His death rocked me to the Core and I'm just a simple human being but I was a major fan Philip Seymour Hoffman and I always will be. We share shared some of the trials and tribulations in life one being a heroin addict, I've been clean from booting heroin for 12 years thus far and it breaks my f****** heart to know that drug took his life. My cousin Nova Lee died, age of 43, Philip Seymour Hoffman died at the age of 46-7 and I know that may seem old to some young people however losing someone so young so many people losing them so young with so much to give I will never get over the death of my cousin Nova Lee...Philip Seymour Hoffman and so many, too many, friends, family and people I've never even met. PeaCefAithlOVeReSPeCtfulY, Keep'On-rOCkin'On, shellebelle
Losing those close to us - especially at an early age - is always a soul-crushing experience, the likes of which only time can soften but never eradicate. So very sorry for you loss. But chin up Sweetie because you are a survivor, and you'll never know how many lives you change for the better by sharing your experiences, good and bad. Squeezes.
The line that I've always tried to remember and pass along is "you'll meet them again on their long road to the middle". Basically, its ok to be the outsider and different. Those so called 'cool and in-crowd' kids that exist in cliques will reach for the mundane suburbia existence with open arms. Lester Bang's line to me is basically saying "be your weird and reach for your own unique and far more memorable path".
He was a tortured soul, and the best actor of the 2000's. Some of our best artist are tortured souls. We can only appreciate them while they are with us.
Not necessarily sure that he was a “tortured soul” - he was clean for over 20 years after partying too hard in college. But maybe a mid life crisis? Possibly pain due to unknown ailments of aging?
I accidentally came across a really interesting fact. So the (amazing) scene where Lester is telling him about being "uncool"...well, in the background is "Go All The Way" by the Raspberries. A 70's band from Cleveland. The members were known for their clean-cut public image, with short-hair and matching suits, which brought them teenybopper attention as well as scorn from some mainstream media outlets as "uncool". That is a quote attributed to The Kent State University Press. Obviously a little inside joke by Mr. Crowe. Hope you find that as interesting as I did.
PSH can deliver his lines like no other, “the harsh face of stardom”, and “the death rattle”. His facial expressions and just the way he says the lines are genuineness, RIP Hoffy!!!!
Philip Seymour Hoffman! Played everything from Truman Capote to Art Howe to Lester Bangs and every performance was as though it was written only for him.
He was great in small roles like Brandt in The Big Lebowski, Scotty in Boogie Nights, and Freddy Miles in The Talented Mr. Ripley. And also in big roles, like Capote and Lancaster Dodd in The Master. He was _never_ bad. I know somebody who said he was the best actor of his generation, and I'm hard-pressed to disagree. Among other things, he's been the best Mission Impossible villain, and it's not close.
I'd love to know if he actually said that. The actual band this was about was the Alman Brothers Band. The interview he had trouble getting until the end was Duane Alman. Cameron discusses this in a fairly recent video about the movie. He thanked Duane for the movie Almost Famous.
Such a great actor. Before the devil knows you're dead, red dragon, capote. Just wish my dream of him being penguin in a batman movie would've happened. Glad he's resting peacefully now
How many of us wish we had a mentor in life as good as Lester Bangs was to what's-his-face. Can't believe this film is now 20 years old. There are so many movies, TV shows, TH-cam channels, Instagram, etc. It will be hard to remember anything from the last few years 20 years from now because it all just meshes together.
He was right about the death rattle. Looking at what passes for music today he was right. The scene with the DJ is great,the dj is Pauley Perrette who played abby on NCIS
@@MrUndersolo 1973 was an incredible year for all time classic albums. Transformer Berlin Goats Head Soup Houses Of The Holy The Dark Side Of The Moon Aladdin Sane Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Raw Power Innervisions For Your Pleasure Stranded Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ Living In The Material World Catch A Fire Burnin' Mind Games Let's Get It On Who Do We Think We Are GP Queen Fresh Brothers And Sisters I left out a whole slew I'm not interested in like The Who, Black Sabbath, Mike Oldfield, Paul McCartney, Genesis, Mott The Hoople, etc.
@@truefunksoul8638 I believe the OP is saying that there's a conspiracy of giving free stuff to journalists, so that they'll write favorable things about the band. Lester Bangs himself was NOT being "conspiratorial."
I'll never meet you but I want to thank you for this collection. This movie meant so much to me as a kid. Thanks for this. Lester Bangs and "Stillwater" live.
Hoffman is solidly in the pantheon of greats and I wish he were still here adding to that greatness. The biggest indicator of a great actor to me, is that they can make a bad movie worth watching, or a good movie great. Hoffman exemplified this for me . Even his minor roles (Along Came Polly for example) will be remembered forever.
I love the character of Lester Bangs in this movie. I hated the real Lester Bangs as a rock writer in the 70's.The script and Hoffman had everything to do with that.
@@brucefranklin6295 He said silence was more compelling than 99% of what passes for Rock n roll?! In the 70s?!? He must have still been on drugs. That was an absolutely marvelous decade for Rock n roll. So many genius albums by amazing bands. That line holds 1000% true NOW. No question about that. All music today is garbage. But not in the fucking 70s, Bangs you idiot!!
I liked this Move from start to finish, everything to me was so perfect, I don't understand why other people didn't like it. Watching this Movie, I forgot that I was watching a Movie and started to care what happened to all of the Characters in the Movie. The ending, close to the end, I was totally surprised along with the Rock Star when he thought that he was at Penny Lane's House. I really liked Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Guy who understood Rock and Roll, the telephone conversations with the Kid, it was cool.
Great movie for music aficionados and musicians. But pedestrians weren't interested in the behind the scenes band stuff, and didn't get a lot of the references made.
As I get older, I now see the most poignant part of these scenes: Hoffman's character is shocked but absolutely delighted to have a bright kid he can mentor. He's a guy who never expected anyone to respect him or look up to him. And why would he? He's uncool!
He jots down the key points in case he forgets: "Don't make friends w/ rock stars" "Righteously DUMB" "Industry of COOL" Great journalism, this kid is going places.
Don't know why but one of my favorite scenes in this movie is when he looks at the kid in the coffee shop and laughs "There's F'ing nothing controversial about you"
@@adrians.basave1282 I'm not sure Hoffman ever committed a less than worthy performance to film; that said, on the strength of his all-too-brief work in _Almost Famous,_ I would happily have watched him playing Lester Bangs for an entire biopic. (If there is a hereafter, I wonder what Bangs told Hoffman that he thought of this portrayal if they ever met in heaven.)
@@adrians.basave1282 I wish that Crowe, or anyone else who knows and loves the music, had hired Hoffman to reprise Lester in another movie -- perhaps one based on the real-life history of _Creem_ magazine, or maybe a study of the long-running love/hate between Lester and his eternal bitter angel, Lou Reed (and who would you cast as Lou, FTR?) -- but that ship has sailed re another chance to watch PSH simply inhabit Lester Bangs so brilliantly. Who would you cast today to play this maddening, ever insightful gadfly of rock?
Well he was a great actor mimicking a real person. Not sure how that qualifies him as "a genius". Most overused and misunderstood word of the 21st century? Or just underrated? Any cliche you like, it's all good! I mean "it's fire".
Three exceptional artists align themselves before us here, and words tacked onto a TH-cam video will never do it justice -- Lester Bangs, PSH, and Cameron Crow. Once in a while we get these convergences, and geez life would be awful dull without them. I just picked up the collected essays of Lester Bangs (Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung), and I'm about to crack a beer and dig in. Jealous?
No movie in history of film EVER integrated a soundtrack so perfectly with a historical period of time, through a fictional story expertly woven into the actual story of the writer/director.
This film changed the life of many, because it changed their romantic view of what the rock-star life could be -- and even what it usually was. Philip Seymour Hoffman is terrific, as always. Billy Crudup know just how much to invest his role with a kind of too-ardent cynicism. And the boy, Patrick Fugit . . . what a great find he was! Just a terrific actor, and the movie rises or falls on his performance. I really think this is one of the greatest films ever made, at any time.
@@truefunksoul8638 Sorry, I didn't see your comment when it was originally posted, but only today, nine months later. I do think Almost Famous is one of the greatest films about rock ever made, because it captures something vital about that time -- thanks, in large part, to the performances of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Patrick Fugit, and all the other members of the cast. So, if you don't mind saying, what are your own favorite "films of all time?"
The Box Topps "The Letter" says in 2 minutes what it takes Jethro Tull(holding the "Thick As A Brick" album) hours to NOT accomplish. This is fatuous, pseudo, blubber.......which is fine.
Nails Jethro Tull to a tee. Keith Richards nailed it as well when asked what he thought of Jethro Tull years ago. "Well if a guy standing on one leg leg playing a flute is your thing, then I guess they are alright"
I don't think I fully got the impact of that line before, probably because I wasn't paying as much attention to William. I love how you can see him becoming not only cynical to the band but to Lester a bit as well, since he's obviously doing a lot of projecting, and then he brings it around to a very special and undeniable truth, that nothing is more valuable than love that is unconditional
"what are you like the star of your school?" -"...they hate me" "you'll meet em again on the wrong journey to the middle" ... -"I'm glad you're home" "I'm always home, I'm uncool...the only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool" 🎬👏 EVERYSCENESTEALER: Philip Seymour Hoffman
@@darthkek1953 The 'flu'. That old chestnut! Prince also had 'the flu' when he passed out on his private plane and it was forced to make an emergency landing to save his life on the tarmac after his last performance the week before he died, and you took his publicist's word for it right? Don't believe everything you read, it makes you look silly. Let me guess, he was "rocked by the flu" for several weeks/months straight and it affected him physically, runny nose, general sickness, looked like shit, lost weight, not eating much, lethargic, etc, etc, then he would get a visit from his 'doctor' and miraculously feel well enough to shoot the next scene shortly thereafter. Am I in the ballpark? Erratic behaviour, mood swings, unreliable, on edge, mellow, up, down, good, bad, nodding off, and always the sniffles. Drug problem much?
@@truefunksoul8638 because you do not appear to have the background information to understand my post, "influenza flu" is bog-standard illness that everyone gets (I had it not too long ago) and "showbiz flu" is codename for cocaine and heroin use (particularly the hangovers/withdrawals). It's a shame you have build a wall of text on a fallacy.
@@darthkek1953 No shit precious I'm obviously taking the original nonsense comment apart, it seems I clicked reply to the wrong person but if you couldn't work that out you've got problems. 'Showbiz flu' normally means cocaine, but thanks for the laughs "you do not appear to have the background information to understand my post". Butt-hurt much? I didn't click on "Read more" for obvious reasons, but suffice to say, go fuck yourself. Is that foreground enough for you?
In reality Bangs was a Doors fan. He just thought that all the hype over Jim Morrison was overblown. All this Godlike business became an industry for people to get rich by writing about Jim, immortalizing him and praising him for being something more than what he was. I mean, read about Jim's life. The guy could be a real douchbag. Mean, cruel, manipulative and destructive. He was charming for sure. He could be a good guy sometimes. He was intelligent. Lester's 'Bozo Dionysus' article nails it perfectly. Truth hurts sometimes. Lester understood that about as well as anyone. He tended to like raw music. Street rock. He didn't like pretension in rock. He was also erudite. Bangs liked Jazz. He wrote a couple of great pieces about Miles Davis that are very insightful.
Creem magazine got me through high school. This is a great movie, double header with High Fidelity. The young kid is a fantastic actor to the legendary Hoffman.
What a glorious movie. My all time favorite. And it is just now that I realized that I own the exact Schott Biker jacket Philip Seymour Hoffman is wearing at the start of the video. Cool!
In retrospect, he should have won Best Supporting Actor for this role. You can even say he was the heart of the movie.
He was far and away the most interesting, compelling character. He was great here
patrick fugit was the heart , philip seymour hoffman was the blood of this movie
Kate Hudson was the heart, Hoffman was conscious
Lester Bangs, Art Howe in Moneyball. The most versatile actor possibly of all time. How can he be gone?
Especially how he was edited in small bits throughout the movie. Similar to Hannibal lectar in silence of the lambs. Only has 8 minutes of screen time, but the performance and the editing make it feel like 30. Philip was awesome.
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool” such a great line!
i wonder if that was an actual Bangs quote. Guy wrote alotta great stuff, so i wouldnt be surprised.
My all time favorite movie quote. It has the added benefit of being true.
"Hey kid, ever tried heroin?" PSH, allegedly
But basil what does it all mean?
@@allgtg3whoop Dee doo
“99% of what passes for rock n roll these days, silence is more compelling”
Oh boy, wait till you get to the 00s.
The 1990s might have been even worse. I was young then and that naughty by nature’s “down with opp” being popular sort of horrified me as it means other people’s pussy. I group up with devoted to each other parents who would never cheat and are still married. Crap like this being popular was not good for society
@@archyleach opp wasnt even a rock song what are you on about
@@archyleach Rock and roll is good and so is hip hop. Rock and roll was hated, missunderstood and missrepresented by the elders in its time too. Sad how you repeat the same mistake in your elitism. not that Nbn's opp is the greatest of hip hop. but you sound like you would have that attitude too the genre in general.
I'm down with other people's pussies.
Well at least he had early punk and new wave to look forward to before his death in 1980
I miss seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman in movies so much.
This 9-min video is a reminder that the passing of PSH was way too soon. Why???
@@MonkeyGami Heroin.
We were cheated. He’d have won another Oscar by now.
@@shadelings😩what's myyyy drug of choice? Well what have you gottttttt?
😩You can't understand a user's minnnnd. Can try with your books & degreeeeees @@smoothALOE
'"You will meet them again on their long journey to the middle"
G F no that’s no what it means. He’s saying to William that on his journey to the top, he’ll run into his classmates on their journey to the “middle,” meaning they’re probably not going to accomplish much I’m their mediocre lives.
One of the best lines of ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!
I think it means, at this moment they’re high on a pedestal .. and he’s low and unpopular..
and they’ll meet later on in life again, when none of that matters anymore.. and we’re all in the middle, together..
I love that line so much because it is accurate on so many levels
@G F or on the road from brilliance to mediocrity
I mean talk about guys who killed their roles even though they didn’t have much screen time in the film. This is probably the best performance I’ve seen from an actor who’s on screen for less than nine mins. RIP Seymour Hoffman, definitely one of the greats
Fucking iconic. It's amazing he had such little screen time because it's one of my favorite roles of his.
Hoffman was so great that he could transform a film even with small roles. In Punch Drunk Love he has the best character because he made it the best character and he is on screen less than here.
That's that!@@cactaceous
"You'll meet them all again on their long journey to tthe middle."
Just astounding writing and dialogue delivery with every PSH scene.
rofl i just made it to the middle of that journey so that line just hit
The "vast scenic bridges and angelic choirs" line is taken directly from an article Bangs wrote for Creem.
Seeing this again makes me cry. Hoffman was a giant. Tempted to watch Owning Mahony right now but that's a rabbit hole of sadness.
I absolutely love the writing in this movie
It sounds interesting yet I have no idea what it means
It’s weird, any other actor would have received so much more acclaim. Seymour Hoffmann is such a great actor in everything he does people take his greatness for granted because he never fails to deliver.
That's what set Philip apart from the rest of his peers. Just so astoundingly gifted that even in the smallest roles he still managed to do something interesting. He was a rare gem.
Hoffman was on screen for even less than nine minutes because some of these scenes were longer than the film. He stole the show from some other talented actors and actresses in this one.
Mr Walton, I so agree. Philip deserved Best Supporting Actor --at the very least. -------------------------WolfSky9
I became a true Hoffman fan after this movie. RIP Phil
@@Wolfsky9 I wish people would stop acting like the Academy Awards actually mean anything. Acting is not a competition to 'beat' your fellow actors in a particular calendar year, judged by old white men. Cringe city every time I see one of these lame comments. Next you'll be lamenting that some musician you like "deserved" a Grammy, when they are even more meaningless, corrupt, and ridiculous than the Oscars, if that's even possible. Jethro Tull 'Best Heavy Metal Performance' ahead of Metallica. OK. Cardi B 'Best Rap Album'. If you say so. La La Land 'Best Film'. OK sure. Crash 'Best Film'. I guess. The Hurt Locker 'Best Film'. No doubt. The list goes on and on. Gwyneth Paltrow 'Best Actress' ahead of Cate Blanchett. I rest my case.
@@truefunksoul8638 You're a pompous blowhard making way too much of the fact that people like to see people they admire get recognition. You attempt to convince us that you are better because you know that these awards are worthless and nobody should care about them. Then you go on to show us all that not only are you offended by their picks, but also the Oscars AND the Grammy award. I rest my case.
He should have got a best supporting actor nomination
The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool. - So true.
No
Greatest quote ever!
I get the sentiment, but the idea and the words are Cameron Crowe's; Hoffman just spoke them. Yes, Hoffman delivered a compelling performance which gave us an attractive portrait of Lester Bangs. But the identity of the true creator of a movie's ideas and words should be particularly remembered in a film about a teen rock journalist.
@@CheerfullyCynical829 delete your account, throw away your computer and take a vow of silence for the rest of your life.
That line is the most truth i have ever heard in my life.
What an insanely smart script, brilliant cast, awesome soundtrack. I've watched this movie countless times, and I still get excited about it.
"I'm always home, I'm uncool."
I'm always home, its 2020
@@BladeR2049 i’m still home, 2021
@Keaton Nova nah , i’m cool and not a paranoid twat.
@Akshay Natu I used to think the same about disc jockeys - until I became one. Almost completely decimated my lady luck....
@Akshay Natu well, I DID live in Vancouver at the time, one of the world's most expensive cities. Even back then (30 years ago) a mere $90K per year income in that city wasn't enough to raise the antennas of any girl looking for what many refer to as a "good catch".
So a guy supplementing his career by spinning discs in a club and/or private gigs environment not only took himself out of the weekend leisure circles (too busy working), he also broadcast to every female within sight of the booth that he was likely not rich enough to be a viable target.
Did I get hit on? Yes. But not by anyone looking for anything long-term, ie: >48 hours.
One of my favorite movies that I watched numerous times with a good friend. We would get Krispy Kreme donuts, a 12-pack of Dr. Pepper, A couple of boxes of heat-and-eat appetizers and some other type of dessert. We'd eat, drink and smoke clove cigarettes, while watching movies for hours. Good times! RIP Joe!
✌️ we would just drive to smoke
To Iowa, because it was there ✌️
Such a well written tribute ❤
"You take drugs?"
"No."
"Smart kid."
I love how this is written. How matter of fact it is. Doesn't preach. How ironic too because Hoffman knew he was killing himself and OD'd anyway.
Heroin is a painkiller. It doesn’t harm you in itself. It’s the psychology, the addiction, that can. It’s not like he intended to. He did what a lot of people who relapse do: take far more than his diminished tolerance was ready for.
What do you know about him? nothin' So STFU
Drugs are like cults. Just Say No To Them.
And I love that William never does in the film despite being around rock stars the whole time
@@BeggarsNightyeah he wasn't using it as a painkiller. Most don't . We all know that some of us have been there. But I agree he didn't know he was gonna die
99% of what passes for rock n' roll these days, silence is more compelling!
He was partly right....that applies to most music.
True then, true now
Only three years to go until punk starts.
@@lemsip207 He literally played a Stooges record in the clip and you think punk hadn't started yet because Iggy didn't have safety pins in his jacket? The Stooges could actually play their instruments as well so not punk. Is that how it works? I guess you think The Ramones were not punk either? Punk also came out of Australia with The Saints before the English got in on it.
@@truefunksoul8638 The Saints 1st 45 came out after the Pistols 1st 45 and New Rose by the Damned...........
"You have to make your reputation on being honest and unmerciful [to yourself]"
Hoffman was most honest, bravest and most talented actor I've ever seen. What a loss.
Some of the best written material ever put on screen, and PSH delivered in spades. RIP
The other thing that makes me sad about this video is the scene in the diner. In every decent sized city in North America there were Mom and Pop diners where you could eat cheap and talk to a friend. In the big cities (I live in Toronto) these just don't exist anymore. It's a sad, bad thing. Same goes for old bars with 50 years of memories and stink.
this is my all time favorite movie. so underrated
Don't know you but have to agree 100%. My late wife's and my all time favorite. Easily watched it over 100 times and is just as good. One of the best, if not the best movies about "Rock n Roll" period.
Rob G yes treat about rock and roll by far. thank you for agreeing with me.
how much of the movie was at least partly true? what band did Cameron really write about?
Different ones. He said that Stillwater and the experiences were sort of a combination of stuff that happened during that time. Fun trivia - he was 18 when he wrote the liner notes to Frampton Comes Alive.
yu stu Most people agree that it's about 2 bands: Led Zeppelin and the Allman Brothers. That's why, near the beginning of the movie, the picture he looks up at is Stillwater posed in front of their amps and road equipment like the Allman's were on the iconic cover of At Filmore East. That's an easy clue. And the other clue is that Zeppelin agreed to let Cameron Crowe use several of their songs in the movie, which they rarely do. They did that because Cameron covered them in real life.
They could've made a whole movie about Lester Bangs and have Hoffman portray him
Agreed. Although it probably would not make a lot of money in the box office like almost famous did because a lot of people still don’t know who Lester banks was.
@Randy White maybe I did not make as much as I could and I don’t know why cause it’s such a good movie.
@Randy White it may have flopped but people still loved it and Kate Hudson was nominated for an oscar and Cameron Crowe won the oscar for best original screenplay
@@elijahvigil7467 it has rewatch ability. People will still becoming back to watch this movie again and again. For the story, the characters and the music. People forget that money isn’t the most important thing in this world.
@@leradmuiel7634 antigamente esse tipo de filme se pagava com aluguel e venda de DVDs, hoje com streaming quando da prejuízo não se paga. É definitivo.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman was so AWESOME! I really miss him in the movies. He was an incredibly interesting actor.
I love this film, and High Fidelity. They both revolve around music.
Hi fidelity is such a wonderful film and very funny! Good choice
Amen.
I really miss Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Man do I miss Philip Seymour Hoffman. SO many characters that he made incredibly memorable. This and Gust in Charlie Wilson's War are two of the very best.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
I love that. Does anybody here know if it was actually said or written by Lester himself? It sounds like him, but they might have put words into his mouth.
I'm pretty sure that Cameron Crowe wrote that whole exchange, but it may have been inspired by something Bangs said to him, or just inspired by his overall outlook and attitude.
I have thought about that line so many times, in so many situations...pure brilliance! I've listened to some of those "radio station" interviews with Bangs...it sounds like something he would say. Just like the "drunken buffoon" line.
It’s a think piece, about a mid level band .. struggling with their own limitations.. in the hard face of stardom
He [Ben Fong-Torres] will wet himself.
Ginny What nice
Except for Tiny Dancer bus scene, Phillip Seymour Hoffman's scenes were the greatest part.
Thanks for honoring Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was 1 of the most genuine and kind-hearted human beings on the face of the Earth and one of undoubtedly the most creative and fantastic actor an artist in my opinion. His death rocked me to the Core and I'm just a simple human being but I was a major fan Philip Seymour Hoffman and I always will be. We share shared some of the trials and tribulations in life one being a heroin addict, I've been clean from booting heroin for 12 years thus far and it breaks my f****** heart to know that drug took his life. My cousin Nova Lee died, age of 43, Philip Seymour Hoffman died at the age of 46-7 and I know that may seem old to some young people however losing someone so young so many people losing them so young with so much to give I will never get over the death of my cousin Nova Lee...Philip Seymour Hoffman and so many, too many, friends, family and people I've never even met.
PeaCefAithlOVeReSPeCtfulY,
Keep'On-rOCkin'On,
shellebelle
You're cool, Shelley. Keep rockin'. Lisa
Losing those close to us - especially at an early age - is always a soul-crushing experience, the likes of which only time can soften but never eradicate. So very sorry for you loss. But chin up Sweetie because you are a survivor, and you'll never know how many lives you change for the better by sharing your experiences, good and bad. Squeezes.
this work of art has been my constant, my light, my center for close to two decade's
Me too
The line that I've always tried to remember and pass along is "you'll meet them again on their long road to the middle". Basically, its ok to be the outsider and different. Those so called 'cool and in-crowd' kids that exist in cliques will reach for the mundane suburbia existence with open arms. Lester Bang's line to me is basically saying "be your weird and reach for your own unique and far more memorable path".
Or you'll end up in exact "middle" with them.
@@stirange Then that becomes simply an industry of "cool" :)
This vid made me miss him. Yep it's a Philip Seymour Hoffman movie day
He was a tortured soul, and the best actor of the 2000's. Some of our best artist are tortured souls. We can only appreciate them while they are with us.
Not necessarily sure that he was a “tortured soul” - he was clean for over 20 years after partying too hard in college. But maybe a mid life crisis? Possibly pain due to unknown ailments of aging?
@@jenna6421 Not likely. I'm 50. I came to terms 5 years ago with knowing my life was half over at best. If I make it to 90 it'll be a goddamn miracle.
@@CodeBleu724 I’m not sure exactly what you’re trying to say but I hope you’re mentally okay ❤️
“99% of what passes for rock n roll these days, silence is more compelling.” Lester had a vision.
I have to disagree because this took place in the 70s and the 70s produced a ton of great rock music
@@gmar7836 rose-tinted glasses
late sevenites no?
RIP Phillip, What a great actor......Sigh
You skipped over the best cut of the movie..."Look man, I can't be hanging out with every fan of mine I meet." CUT TO LESTER IN THE DINER WITH WILLIAM
Philip Seymour Hoffman nailed this role, owned the character, and was legendary.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone when you're uncool"
Best quote of the entire movie!
I accidentally came across a really interesting fact. So the (amazing) scene where Lester is telling him about being "uncool"...well, in the background is "Go All The Way" by the Raspberries. A 70's band from Cleveland. The members were known for their clean-cut public image, with short-hair and matching suits, which brought them teenybopper attention as well as scorn from some mainstream media outlets as "uncool". That is a quote attributed to The Kent State University Press. Obviously a little inside joke by Mr. Crowe. Hope you find that as interesting as I did.
PSH can deliver his lines like no other, “the harsh face of stardom”, and “the death rattle”. His facial expressions and just the way he says the lines are genuineness, RIP Hoffy!!!!
Too early for Iggy Pop...Not for me!
Man I miss Seymour. He just became whoever he was playing.i really miss watching his movies
Philip Seymour Hoffman! Played everything from Truman Capote to Art Howe to Lester Bangs and every performance was as though it was written only for him.
Could not agree more!
Perfectly said! PSH embodied his roles like few other actors. Truly one of the all time greats.
He was great in small roles like Brandt in The Big Lebowski, Scotty in Boogie Nights, and Freddy Miles in The Talented Mr. Ripley. And also in big roles, like Capote and Lancaster Dodd in The Master. He was _never_ bad. I know somebody who said he was the best actor of his generation, and I'm hard-pressed to disagree. Among other things, he's been the best Mission Impossible villain, and it's not close.
Phillip Seymour owned this role. It's one of the best performances in a movie that is polluted with amazing performances.
"polluted with great performances". Such a great line.
The Philip Seymour Hoffman scenes raised the bar for this film.
He was such an incredible actor.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was sheer acting genius!
He made acting a relevant art. His soul had so much wisdom to it.
"It's just a shame you missed out on rock n' roll, it's over"... truer words were never spoken.
@Akshay Natu Rock and Roll was over, though. At this point it was becoming (or had become) “Rock”, which is a different animal!
Im now in my 40's and I never got the line 'You'll meet them all again in the long journey to the middle.' Oh my god that's true. I get it!!!
Stillwater? (hangs up) The kid's doing drugs
donald paluga my favorite part
I'd love to know if he actually said that. The actual band this was about was the Alman Brothers Band. The interview he had trouble getting until the end was Duane Alman. Cameron discusses this in a fairly recent video about the movie. He thanked Duane for the movie Almost Famous.
Tim Nonamaker Duane Allman is, in my opinion the best guitarist of that generation.
Lol
All these scenes are great, but the last one is one of the best scenes in any movie.
Phillip Hoffman was one of the greatest actors of all time. On the same level with Brando, Pacino, DeNiro.
Hes great , but not on their level . No way
@@costantino8358 - Google IMBD top 100 actors of all time. He’s ranked right next to Brando, Pacino, and DeNiro.
@@costantino8358 He is definitely on their level.
@@neburarieiv he wasn’t a leading man per say, but he & Steve Buscemi were/are the greatest character actors ever
Better than one hit Brando!
it's never too fuckin early for iggy
Fuckin' A
SGC. yes sir!!
I wonder if this was a thing with radio stations back then
Such a great actor. Before the devil knows you're dead, red dragon, capote. Just wish my dream of him being penguin in a batman movie would've happened. Glad he's resting peacefully now
Philip Seymour Hoffman was Great! I loved his work. I'm so sorry he's gone.
How many of us wish we had a mentor in life as good as Lester Bangs was to what's-his-face. Can't believe this film is now 20 years old. There are so many movies, TV shows, TH-cam channels, Instagram, etc. It will be hard to remember anything from the last few years 20 years from now because it all just meshes together.
Somee Dude
Yep, it’s all become a mishmash of forgettable quasi-artistic electronic media, lucky to be remembered in 20 minutes never mind 20 years.
He was right about the death rattle. Looking at what passes for music today he was right.
The scene with the DJ is great,the dj is Pauley Perrette who played abby on NCIS
I LOVE analysis of life through music and our connection to it. great writing and acting with timeless truths of this. thank you for this edit
DAMN but I loved Philip Seymour Hoffman. I bought him absolutely and completely and honestly and unmercifully.
He was perfect in this role. May he RIP.
I never met him, but roles like this made me feel like I had lost a friend when he passed.
Perfect ending ...I was writing that quote on my notepad just as it scrolled the screen, rip Phillip
"You got here just in time for the death rattle ... the last gasp ... the last grope."
It was 1973. Not the greatest of years for R&R.
But at least I'm here for that.
@@MrUndersolo Houses of the Holy. Dark Side of the Moon. Quadrophenia. Brain Salad Surgery. All released in '73.
@@MrUndersolo 1973 was an incredible year for all time classic albums.
Transformer
Berlin
Goats Head Soup
Houses Of The Holy
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Aladdin Sane
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Raw Power
Innervisions
For Your Pleasure
Stranded
Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
Living In The Material World
Catch A Fire
Burnin'
Mind Games
Let's Get It On
Who Do We Think We Are
GP
Queen
Fresh
Brothers And Sisters
I left out a whole slew I'm not interested in like The Who, Black Sabbath, Mike Oldfield, Paul McCartney, Genesis, Mott The Hoople, etc.
He didn’t know MOTÖRHEAD would form 2 years later.
He was such an awesome actor - especially in the first movie I ever saw him in:. Boogie Nights !!! May he Rest In Peace ... 🥰
I like the way he conspiratorially tells him he'll get free records.
How is that a conspiracy, and why have 24 people liked your comment? Confused.
You get paid a pittance, but you get free records. Lmaoooooooooo. How about you pay me more and I can buy my own records, you shafters?
@@truefunksoul8638 I believe the OP is saying that there's a conspiracy of giving free stuff to journalists, so that they'll write favorable things about the band. Lester Bangs himself was NOT being "conspiratorial."
He does- its like what kids love-- free stuff! Free ALBUMS. What a kick ass gig! That's a subtext of scene - we're uncool but smart...
I'll never meet you but I want to thank you for this collection. This movie meant so much to me as a kid. Thanks for this. Lester Bangs and "Stillwater" live.
Hoffman is solidly in the pantheon of greats and I wish he were still here adding to that greatness. The biggest indicator of a great actor to me, is that they can make a bad movie worth watching, or a good movie great.
Hoffman exemplified this for me . Even his minor roles (Along Came Polly for example) will be remembered forever.
Everything Cameron Crowe does is friggin genius.
His movie catalogue is incredible
That's true poetry man. We each and every one can both relate and hope for those sober moments of appreciation.
I like him a LOT better than the real Lester Bangs. 💯
I love the character of Lester Bangs in this movie. I hated the real Lester Bangs as a rock writer in the 70's.The script and Hoffman had everything to do with that.
@@brucefranklin6295 He said silence was more compelling than 99% of what passes for Rock n roll?! In the 70s?!? He must have still been on drugs. That was an absolutely marvelous decade for Rock n roll. So many genius albums by amazing bands. That line holds 1000% true NOW. No question about that. All music today is garbage. But not in the fucking 70s, Bangs you idiot!!
It wouldn’t have made any difference in the background while Philip Seymour Hoffman is giving the performance of a lifetime is poetic
I liked this Move from start to finish, everything to me was so perfect, I don't understand why other people didn't like it. Watching this Movie, I forgot that I was watching a Movie and started to care what happened to all of the Characters in the Movie. The ending, close to the end, I was totally surprised along with the Rock Star when he thought that he was at Penny Lane's House. I really liked Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Guy who understood Rock and Roll, the telephone conversations with the Kid, it was cool.
Yeah the part when he told him he's uncool is so cool.
Great movie for music aficionados and musicians. But pedestrians weren't interested in the behind the scenes band stuff, and didn't get a lot of the references made.
Thank you Cameron, you brought the magic back.
R.I.P. He should have won awards for this role.
That would completely go against the character's message.
"99% of what passes for Rock n Roll--silence is more compelling!" One of the best analysis of modern music ever.
99% of what passes for rock and roll these days, silence is more compelling.
The last 90 seconds is filled with some of the most profound and flawlessly delivered, “brutally honest” sentiment.
"you'll meet them again on the long journey to the middle'..love it
As I get older, I now see the most poignant part of these scenes: Hoffman's character is shocked but absolutely delighted to have a bright kid he can mentor.
He's a guy who never expected anyone to respect him or look up to him. And why would he? He's uncool!
Saw an interview with Lester. Hoffman nailed this roll. Nailed it.
He jots down the key points in case he forgets:
"Don't make friends w/ rock stars"
"Righteously DUMB"
"Industry of COOL"
Great journalism, this kid is going places.
Don't know why but one of my favorite scenes in this movie is when he looks at the kid in the coffee shop and laughs "There's F'ing nothing controversial about you"
Hoffman...what a terrible loss. Miss his ability to play such a diverse range of interesting characters.
He also steals the show in Charlie Wilson’s War
philip seymour hoffman, the best actor since the emergence of deniro
He kinda looks like Jack Black in the movie.
He’s better than deniro
Jack Black auditioned for the role of Lester Bangs
They were in Flawless together.
He's way better than Deniro
Hoffman was a genius here
I don't remember a bad Philip Seymour performance, to be honest.
@@adrians.basave1282 I'm not sure Hoffman ever committed a less than worthy performance to film; that said, on the strength of his all-too-brief work in _Almost Famous,_ I would happily have watched him playing Lester Bangs for an entire biopic. (If there is a hereafter, I wonder what Bangs told Hoffman that he thought of this portrayal if they ever met in heaven.)
@@semperfi818 A Lester spinoff would've been rather awesome
@@adrians.basave1282 I wish that Crowe, or anyone else who knows and loves the music, had hired Hoffman to reprise Lester in another movie -- perhaps one based on the real-life history of _Creem_ magazine, or maybe a study of the long-running love/hate between Lester and his eternal bitter angel, Lou Reed (and who would you cast as Lou, FTR?) -- but that ship has sailed re another chance to watch PSH simply inhabit Lester Bangs so brilliantly. Who would you cast today to play this maddening, ever insightful gadfly of rock?
Well he was a great actor mimicking a real person. Not sure how that qualifies him as "a genius". Most overused and misunderstood word of the 21st century? Or just underrated? Any cliche you like, it's all good! I mean "it's fire".
I think this movie holds up well.
I could listen to this all day
Three exceptional artists align themselves before us here, and words tacked onto a TH-cam video will never do it justice -- Lester Bangs, PSH, and Cameron Crow. Once in a while we get these convergences, and geez life would be awful dull without them. I just picked up the collected essays of Lester Bangs (Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung), and I'm about to crack a beer and dig in. Jealous?
No movie in history of film EVER integrated a soundtrack so perfectly with a historical period of time, through a fictional story expertly woven into the actual story of the writer/director.
He deserved an Oscar!
How was he not nominated for this role, he is so awesome
When that quote rolled up I balled my eyes out.
This film changed the life of many, because it changed their romantic view of what the rock-star life could be -- and even what it usually was. Philip Seymour Hoffman is terrific, as always. Billy Crudup know just how much to invest his role with a kind of too-ardent cynicism. And the boy, Patrick Fugit . . . what a great find he was! Just a terrific actor, and the movie rises or falls on his performance. I really think this is one of the greatest films ever made, at any time.
"I really think this is one of the greatest films ever made, at any time." Thanks for the laughs :D
@@truefunksoul8638 Sorry, I didn't see your comment when it was originally posted, but only today, nine months later. I do think Almost Famous is one of the greatest films about rock ever made, because it captures something vital about that time -- thanks, in large part, to the performances of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Patrick Fugit, and all the other members of the cast. So, if you don't mind saying, what are your own favorite "films of all time?"
I'M EASY TO FORGET! I'M ONLY THE FUCKING LEAD SINGER!-Jason Lee
The Box Topps "The Letter" says in 2 minutes what it takes Jethro Tull(holding the "Thick As A Brick" album) hours to NOT accomplish. This is fatuous, pseudo, blubber.......which is fine.
"to *not* say"
Thick as a Brick rules man
Nails Jethro Tull to a tee. Keith Richards nailed it as well when asked what he thought of Jethro Tull years ago. "Well if a guy standing on one leg leg playing a flute is your thing, then I guess they are alright"
I dig Tull. My heart when he tossed "Fragile" though =(((((((((
Dee G Another apt Keith Richards quote: “About 85% of everything is shiite, y’know, so that you can tell the 15% that’s any good.”
I don't think I fully got the impact of that line before, probably because I wasn't paying as much attention to William. I love how you can see him becoming not only cynical to the band but to Lester a bit as well, since he's obviously doing a lot of projecting, and then he brings it around to a very special and undeniable truth, that nothing is more valuable than love that is unconditional
"what are you like the star of your school?"
-"...they hate me"
"you'll meet em again on the wrong journey to the middle"
...
-"I'm glad you're home"
"I'm always home, I'm uncool...the only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool"
🎬👏
EVERYSCENESTEALER: Philip Seymour Hoffman
"you'll meet em again on the wrong journey to the middle"
"you'll meet em again on THEIR LONG journey to the middle"
Bad Jesus has Bad Hearing
@@argustuft2394 ...sorry could you repeat that?
@@1badjesus YOU HAVE BAD HEARING. JESUS!
@@argustuft2394 💨woosh..
PSH was rocked by the flu during this shoot, and he was STILL great...
Influenza flu or showbiz flu?
@@darthkek1953 The 'flu'. That old chestnut! Prince also had 'the flu' when he passed out on his private plane and it was forced to make an emergency landing to save his life on the tarmac after his last performance the week before he died, and you took his publicist's word for it right? Don't believe everything you read, it makes you look silly. Let me guess, he was "rocked by the flu" for several weeks/months straight and it affected him physically, runny nose, general sickness, looked like shit, lost weight, not eating much, lethargic, etc, etc, then he would get a visit from his 'doctor' and miraculously feel well enough to shoot the next scene shortly thereafter. Am I in the ballpark? Erratic behaviour, mood swings, unreliable, on edge, mellow, up, down, good, bad, nodding off, and always the sniffles. Drug problem much?
@@truefunksoul8638 because you do not appear to have the background information to understand my post, "influenza flu" is bog-standard illness that everyone gets (I had it not too long ago) and "showbiz flu" is codename for cocaine and heroin use (particularly the hangovers/withdrawals). It's a shame you have build a wall of text on a fallacy.
@@darthkek1953 No shit precious I'm obviously taking the original nonsense comment apart, it seems I clicked reply to the wrong person but if you couldn't work that out you've got problems. 'Showbiz flu' normally means cocaine, but thanks for the laughs "you do not appear to have the background information to understand my post". Butt-hurt much? I didn't click on "Read more" for obvious reasons, but suffice to say, go fuck yourself. Is that foreground enough for you?
@@truefunksoul8638 youre a dickhead
God Philip Seymour Hoffman just had an amazing screen presence. Really miss him.
MY NIGGA DEAD!!!!! I love you dude. Rest in peace. Our generation misses you dearly.
In reality Bangs was a Doors fan.
He just thought that all the hype over Jim Morrison was overblown.
All this Godlike business became an industry for people to get rich by writing about Jim, immortalizing him and praising him for being something more than what he was.
I mean, read about Jim's life.
The guy could be a real douchbag.
Mean, cruel, manipulative and destructive. He was charming for sure. He could be a good guy sometimes. He was intelligent. Lester's 'Bozo Dionysus' article nails it perfectly.
Truth hurts sometimes. Lester understood that about as well as anyone. He tended to like raw music. Street rock. He didn't like pretension in rock. He was also erudite. Bangs liked Jazz. He wrote a couple of great pieces about Miles Davis that are very insightful.
Well said, Ken. Bangs was a complicated man.
Creem magazine got me through high school. This is a great movie, double header with High Fidelity. The young kid is a fantastic actor to the legendary Hoffman.
What a glorious movie. My all time favorite. And it is just now that I realized that I own the exact Schott Biker jacket Philip Seymour Hoffman is wearing at the start of the video. Cool!