Almost FamousCameron Crowe – director
A based-on-fact fictional tale of writer/director’s Crowe’s teen years as a Rolling Stone journalist. This is not a classic, but a sweet and bittersweet look back at rock and roll, coming of age, journalism and love.
It is!
Always a compelling watch – this was from my own DVD collection – in a very lighthearted, completely enjoyable way.
Kate Hudson steals the movie as Penny Lane, the consumate Band-Aid, and Frances McDormand (as always) brings a neurotic brilliance to her role as the mother of the young Crowe . (Don’t take drugs!)
I really haven’t written much for the last couple of weeks for two very simple reasons:
- I haven’t had much time, and
- I haven’t had much to say
And – while this doesn’t always seem to hold in the blogosphere – I think it’s good to be quiet when there isn’t anything to say.
Call me old fashioned.
Or old.
Or out of fashion.
All may apply; whom am I to say?
That said, I do have some stuff brewing in my brain that requires the need of writing to help (me) clarify; so you may not be done with me yet.