Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in the film "Almost Famous" (Untitled Cut). All scenes.

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10 жыл бұрын

One of his smaller roles but one of his best.
At its heart, the film portrays, through a fictional band in 1973, the final steps in the slow creeping take over of Rock & Roll by corporate interests. In the eyes of some, such as Bangs, this absorption was squeezing the life, originality & innocence out of the music. The corporate homogenization of the music was inevitable once the right people realized how much money could be made.

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@roypiper581 3 жыл бұрын

In retrospect, he should have won Best Supporting Actor for this role. You can even say he was the heart of the movie.

@Kedbuka 2 жыл бұрын

He was far and away the most interesting, compelling character. He was great here

@lesterguijarro3988 Жыл бұрын

patrick fugit was the heart , philip seymour hoffman was the blood of this movie

@jasonpender2147 Жыл бұрын

Kate Hudson was the heart, Hoffman was conscious

@kristirichards2249 11 ай бұрын

Lester Bangs, Art Howe in Moneyball. The most versatile actor possibly of all time. How can he be gone?

@brandocalrissian3294 10 ай бұрын

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.

@ryanmccullion2865 Жыл бұрын

“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool” such a great line!

@the503creepout7 11 ай бұрын

i wonder if that was an actual Bangs quote. Guy wrote alotta great stuff, so i wouldnt be surprised.

@NateGerardRealEstateTeam 10 ай бұрын

My all time favorite movie quote. It has the added benefit of being true.

@seewhativescene 9 ай бұрын

"Hey kid, ever tried heroin?" PSH, allegedly

@allgtg3 Ай бұрын

But basil what does it all mean?

@fy90s 3 жыл бұрын

I miss seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman in movies so much.

@MonkeyGami Жыл бұрын

This 9-min video is a reminder that the passing of PSH was way too soon. Why???

@shadelings Жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyGami Heroin.

@smoothALOE Жыл бұрын

We were cheated. He’d have won another Oscar by now.

@seewhativescene 9 ай бұрын

@@shadelings😩what's myyyy drug of choice? Well what have you gottttttt?

@seewhativescene 9 ай бұрын

😩You can't understand a user's minnnnd. Can try with your books & degreeeeees @@smoothALOE

@laudanum669 5 жыл бұрын

'"You will meet them again on their long journey to the middle"

@calisongbird 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@MBContentCoach 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best lines of ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!

@dayra6425 3 жыл бұрын

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..

@claudiadelaosa7125 3 жыл бұрын

I love that line so much because it is accurate on so many levels

@justthinking526 3 жыл бұрын

@G F or on the road from brilliance to mediocrity

@gpapa31 3 жыл бұрын

“99% of what passes for rock n roll these days, silence is more compelling” Oh boy, wait till you get to the 00s.

@archyleach 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Boxscot49 2 жыл бұрын

@@archyleach opp wasnt even a rock song what are you on about

@sobe9ograff 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@dragonsmith9012 2 жыл бұрын

I'm down with other people's pussies.

@BigSmoke-bu6ib 2 жыл бұрын

Well at least he had early punk and new wave to look forward to before his death in 1980

@chendaddy 2 жыл бұрын

"You'll meet them all again on their long journey to tthe middle." Just astounding writing and dialogue delivery with every PSH scene.

@epicwork5970 11 ай бұрын

rofl i just made it to the middle of that journey so that line just hit

@BoloBouncer 10 ай бұрын

The "vast scenic bridges and angelic choirs" line is taken directly from an article Bangs wrote for Creem.

@NormAppleton 9 ай бұрын

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.

@TheLYagAmi 9 ай бұрын

I absolutely love the writing in this movie

@gmar7836 7 ай бұрын

It sounds interesting yet I have no idea what it means

@mailman87120 6 жыл бұрын

"I'm always home, I'm uncool."

@BladeR2049 3 жыл бұрын

I'm always home, its 2020

@redherring9497 3 жыл бұрын

@@BladeR2049 i’m still home, 2021

@redherring9497 3 жыл бұрын

@Keaton Nova nah , i’m cool and not a paranoid twat.

@zeus014 2 жыл бұрын

@@akshaynatu1084 I used to think the same about disc jockeys - until I became one. Almost completely decimated my lady luck....

@zeus014 2 жыл бұрын

@@akshaynatu1084 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.

@nateebanks Жыл бұрын

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

@joefriedman9843 10 ай бұрын

Fucking iconic. It's amazing he had such little screen time because it's one of my favorite roles of his.

@cactaceous 9 ай бұрын

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.

@JW-yx8gf 6 жыл бұрын

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool. - So true.

@dranelemakol 4 жыл бұрын

@randybegley1964 3 жыл бұрын

Greatest quote ever!

@jum1801 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@brianj4090 3 жыл бұрын

@@CheerfullyCynical829 delete your account, throw away your computer and take a vow of silence for the rest of your life.

@bolch88bb8 3 жыл бұрын

That line is the most truth i have ever heard in my life.

@bobwalton4630 9 жыл бұрын

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 6 жыл бұрын

Mr Walton, I so agree. Philip deserved Best Supporting Actor --at the very least. -------------------------WolfSky9

@phalynwilliams4119 4 жыл бұрын

I became a true Hoffman fan after this movie. RIP Phil

@truefunksoul8638 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@alaskaguyd963 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@65g4 3 жыл бұрын

He should have got a best supporting actor nomination

@chrisl2285 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@fozzz-vb5oj Жыл бұрын

✌️ we would just drive to smoke To Iowa, because it was there ✌️

@GetsumJ 5 ай бұрын

Such a well written tribute ❤

@ginanmarcus918 7 жыл бұрын

this is my all time favorite movie. so underrated

@Matrixin-wr5ps 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@ginanmarcus918 7 жыл бұрын

Rob G yes treat about rock and roll by far. thank you for agreeing with me.

@shack8110 7 жыл бұрын

how much of the movie was at least partly true? what band did Cameron really write about?

@mikev.2945 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@wildmercuryfilms 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@steventaylor6212 4 жыл бұрын

I really miss Philip Seymour Hoffman.

@justthinking526 3 жыл бұрын

I love this film, and High Fidelity. They both revolve around music.

@animaljustice7774 2 жыл бұрын

Hi fidelity is such a wonderful film and very funny! Good choice

@dinosaursr Жыл бұрын

Amen.

@twofingersmyfriends3830 Жыл бұрын

What an insanely smart script, brilliant cast, awesome soundtrack. I've watched this movie countless times, and I still get excited about it.

@MrMojaveDude 8 жыл бұрын

RIP Phillip, What a great actor......Sigh

@SHALAt22 4 жыл бұрын

Except for Tiny Dancer bus scene, Phillip Seymour Hoffman's scenes were the greatest part.

@whitewizzardllc2348 3 жыл бұрын

Some of the best written material ever put on screen, and PSH delivered in spades. RIP

@NormAppleton 9 ай бұрын

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.

@Al-po2oh 4 ай бұрын

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.

@scottm8579 3 жыл бұрын

"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.

@BeggarsNight 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@lalruatatochhawng7715 3 жыл бұрын

What do you know about him? nothin' So STFU

@sameyabinanti9342 3 жыл бұрын

Drugs are like cults. Just Say No To Them.

@guen4413 2 жыл бұрын

And I love that William never does in the film despite being around rock stars the whole time

@el34glo59 5 ай бұрын

@@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

@AleisterMeowley 3 жыл бұрын

“99% of what passes for rock n roll these days, silence is more compelling.” Lester had a vision.

@gmar7836 7 ай бұрын

I have to disagree because this took place in the 70s and the 70s produced a ton of great rock music

@emilal 6 ай бұрын

@@gmar7836 rose-tinted glasses

@vegadomis32988 9 жыл бұрын

99% of what passes for rock n' roll these days, silence is more compelling!

@TaliaIGhul 4 жыл бұрын

He was partly right....that applies to most music.

@lowellcalavera6045 4 жыл бұрын

True then, true now

@lemsip207 4 жыл бұрын

Only three years to go until punk starts.

@truefunksoul8638 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@JustineLaLoba 3 жыл бұрын

@@truefunksoul8638 The Saints 1st 45 came out after the Pistols 1st 45 and New Rose by the Damned...........

@Chuckt961 9 ай бұрын

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.

@1Caplaw 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@briteness 7 жыл бұрын

"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.

@tuanjim799 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@lawman7117 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@grindhousefan80 3 жыл бұрын

They could've made a whole movie about Lester Bangs and have Hoffman portray him

@animaljustice7774 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@randywhite3947 2 жыл бұрын

@@animaljustice7774 Almost Famous flopped at the box office

@animaljustice7774 2 жыл бұрын

@@randywhite3947 maybe I did not make as much as I could and I don’t know why cause it’s such a good movie.

@elijahvigil7467 2 жыл бұрын

@@randywhite3947 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

@leradmuiel7634 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@sgc4271 7 жыл бұрын

it's never too fuckin early for iggy

@markconnors7310 7 жыл бұрын

Fuckin' A

@gr33n3ggs4 7 жыл бұрын

SGC. yes sir!!

@juscogens5541 2 жыл бұрын

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".

@grahamman80 8 ай бұрын

Or you'll end up in exact "middle" with them.

@juscogens5541 8 ай бұрын

@@stirange Then that becomes simply an industry of "cool" :)

@argustuft2394 3 жыл бұрын

"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.

@henry-joemurphy1286 7 жыл бұрын

Phillip Seymour Hoffman was so AWESOME! I really miss him in the movies. He was an incredibly interesting actor.

@montemccarty6512 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@jenna6421 Жыл бұрын

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?

@CodeBleu724 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@jenna6421 Жыл бұрын

@@CodeBleu724 I’m not sure exactly what you’re trying to say but I hope you’re mentally okay ❤️

@raywilliams6532 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@kristirichards2249 10 ай бұрын

Could not agree more!

@Fivestarman87 9 ай бұрын

Perfectly said! PSH embodied his roles like few other actors. Truly one of the all time greats.

@rickdesper 3 ай бұрын

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.

@cfrincon 4 жыл бұрын

Philip Seymour Hoffman was sheer acting genius!

@killerdude35 4 жыл бұрын

"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone when you're uncool" Best quote of the entire movie!

@ms.mojo_risin 6 жыл бұрын

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

@lisamcallister6534 3 жыл бұрын

You're cool, Shelley. Keep rockin'. Lisa

@zeus014 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@savage1254 9 ай бұрын

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!!!!

@NormAppleton 9 ай бұрын

Too early for Iggy Pop...Not for me!

@Idiotwriter711 Жыл бұрын

This vid made me miss him. Yep it's a Philip Seymour Hoffman movie day

@zrob89m21 7 жыл бұрын

this work of art has been my constant, my light, my center for close to two decade's

@colleenseidel3765 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@donaldpaluga 9 жыл бұрын

Stillwater? (hangs up) The kid's doing drugs

@ews0330 9 жыл бұрын

donald paluga my favorite part

@TimNonamaker 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@JimmyFranceable 3 жыл бұрын

Tim Nonamaker Duane Allman is, in my opinion the best guitarist of that generation.

@Kedbuka 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@BTom16 3 жыл бұрын

Phillip Seymour owned this role. It's one of the best performances in a movie that is polluted with amazing performances.

@katc5051 Жыл бұрын

"polluted with great performances". Such a great line.

@SenorPlaid 5 жыл бұрын

All these scenes are great, but the last one is one of the best scenes in any movie.

@zoso73 9 жыл бұрын

"You got here just in time for the death rattle ... the last gasp ... the last grope."

@MrUndersolo 4 жыл бұрын

It was 1973. Not the greatest of years for R&R.

@tommiegirl2441 3 жыл бұрын

But at least I'm here for that.

@zoso73 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrUndersolo Houses of the Holy. Dark Side of the Moon. Quadrophenia. Brain Salad Surgery. All released in '73.

@truefunksoul8638 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@JEEDUHCHRI 3 жыл бұрын

He didn’t know MOTÖRHEAD would form 2 years later.

@jcraigshelton 3 жыл бұрын

Everything Cameron Crowe does is friggin genius.

@joefriedman9843 10 ай бұрын

His movie catalogue is incredible

@stevecoscia 3 жыл бұрын

The Philip Seymour Hoffman scenes raised the bar for this film.

@mijreed 3 жыл бұрын

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

@paulleoleo 9 ай бұрын

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!!!

@AnanasHasstra Жыл бұрын

He was perfect in this role. May he RIP.

@patrickcrean6040 2 жыл бұрын

I never met him, but roles like this made me feel like I had lost a friend when he passed.

@gretchenbarr1578 2 жыл бұрын

He was such an awesome actor - especially in the first movie I ever saw him in:. Boogie Nights !!! May he Rest In Peace ... 🥰

@tommiegirl2441 4 жыл бұрын

DAMN but I loved Philip Seymour Hoffman. I bought him absolutely and completely and honestly and unmercifully.

@wwaldo2525 6 жыл бұрын

Hoffman was a genius here

@adrians.basave1282 3 жыл бұрын

I don't remember a bad Philip Seymour performance, to be honest.

@semperfi818 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 3 жыл бұрын

@@semperfi818 A Lester spinoff would've been rather awesome

@semperfi818 3 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@truefunksoul8638 3 жыл бұрын

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".

@yz4043 3 жыл бұрын

He deserved an Oscar!

@claymac7895 9 ай бұрын

Phillip Hoffman was one of the greatest actors of all time. On the same level with Brando, Pacino, DeNiro.

@costantino8358 9 ай бұрын

Hes great , but not on their level . No way

@claymac7895 9 ай бұрын

@@costantino8358 - Google IMBD top 100 actors of all time. He’s ranked right next to Brando, Pacino, and DeNiro.

@neburarieiv 9 ай бұрын

@@costantino8358 He is definitely on their level.

@CaptainTrips560 8 ай бұрын

@@neburarieiv he wasn’t a leading man per say, but he & Steve Buscemi were/are the greatest character actors ever

@hus390 4 ай бұрын

Better than one hit Brando!

@dayra6425 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a think piece, about a mid level band .. struggling with their own limitations.. in the hard face of stardom

@DeeEllEff 3 жыл бұрын

He [Ben Fong-Torres] will wet himself.

@dayra6425 3 жыл бұрын

Ginny What nice

@ropongi1008 6 жыл бұрын

I think this movie holds up well.

@gregvinson1 Жыл бұрын

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.

@SHALAt22 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. He should have won awards for this role.

@Magooch86 3 жыл бұрын

That would completely go against the character's message.

@alexthompson9516 7 жыл бұрын

I like the way he conspiratorially tells him he'll get free records.

@truefunksoul8638 3 жыл бұрын

How is that a conspiracy, and why have 24 people liked your comment? Confused.

@akshaynatu6568 3 жыл бұрын

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?

@MonkeyGami 3 жыл бұрын

@@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."

@jonathanberman1491 3 жыл бұрын

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...

@tomji7415 3 жыл бұрын

"It's just a shame you missed out on rock n' roll, it's over"... truer words were never spoken.

@chart6454 2 жыл бұрын

@@akshaynatu1084 Rock and Roll was over, though. At this point it was becoming (or had become) “Rock”, which is a different animal!

@niteporter 9 ай бұрын

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

@someguybreaks 5 жыл бұрын

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, KZfaq 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.

@rokyericksonroks 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@melev23 20 күн бұрын

The last 90 seconds is filled with some of the most profound and flawlessly delivered, “brutally honest” sentiment.

@markstevens3424 9 жыл бұрын

philip seymour hoffman, the best actor since the emergence of deniro

@raymesummers2021 4 жыл бұрын

He kinda looks like Jack Black in the movie.

@josefk5659 4 жыл бұрын

He’s better than deniro

@CJLOVE23 4 жыл бұрын

Jack Black auditioned for the role of Lester Bangs

@samanthab1923 3 жыл бұрын

They were in Flawless together.

@akshaynatu6568 3 жыл бұрын

He's way better than Deniro

@hikewithmike4673 2 жыл бұрын

"you'll meet them again on the long journey to the middle'..love it

@thomasthompson6378 4 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

"I really think this is one of the greatest films ever made, at any time." Thanks for the laughs :D

@thomasthompson6378 3 жыл бұрын

@@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?"

@donaldpaluga 11 ай бұрын

I'M EASY TO FORGET! I'M ONLY THE FUCKING LEAD SINGER!-Jason Lee

@michaeldavies4871 3 жыл бұрын

Hoffman...what a terrible loss. Miss his ability to play such a diverse range of interesting characters.

@remoevans2793 3 жыл бұрын

He also steals the show in Charlie Wilson’s War

@mrs.herculepoirot7763 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Cameron, you brought the magic back.

@jonkline709 9 ай бұрын

Man I miss Seymour. He just became whoever he was playing.i really miss watching his movies

@williefufu2985 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@lalruatatochhawng7715 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the part when he told him he's uncool is so cool.

@blastofo 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@andu1854 3 жыл бұрын

How was he not nominated for this role, he is so awesome

@davidliddle8586 Жыл бұрын

When that quote rolled up I balled my eyes out.

@grindhousefan80 5 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this all day

@anthonysimone1442 7 жыл бұрын

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"

@rightrightrightuhhuhuhhuh6516 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Robint04 7 жыл бұрын

MY NIGGA DEAD!!!!! I love you dude. Rest in peace. Our generation misses you dearly.

@RohbertWhite Жыл бұрын

That's true poetry man. We each and every one can both relate and hope for those sober moments of appreciation.

@truefunksoul8638 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@michaellazzeri2069 Жыл бұрын

At now 76 y/o, & a lover of cinema all my life -------saying that--------PSH is easily, one of MY All-Time Top 5 actors, male /female. I was really saddened when we lost him. The man totally disappeared into his characters in a way only a very few can do today, or have ever done. RIP, Philip Seymour Hoffman. ------------MJL, 76 y/o

@dinosaursr Жыл бұрын

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.

@davidparks6089 9 ай бұрын

Philip Seymour Hoffman was Great! I loved his work. I'm so sorry he's gone.

@jamesbradford8574 5 жыл бұрын

Three exceptional artists align themselves before us here, and words tacked onto a KZfaq 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?

@richardvillegas3799 Жыл бұрын

Let it Rain !!! 💥👏🏽… RIP to a true Great 👏🏽

@cosmicvagabonde4449 6 жыл бұрын

"Stillwater?! The kids on drugs."

@CBDBnoho 2 жыл бұрын

Love WSH character in this movie… such a great mentor. Can see he sees himself in the kid right away.

@danhuyck527 Ай бұрын

He was such an incredible actor.

@sbrechegno 2 жыл бұрын

Top notch perfomance

@MichaelSRQ 3 жыл бұрын

Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s greatest acting is in these clips. RIP

@zonefitzgerald 3 жыл бұрын

Let's all take a sip in honor of the wonder Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

@Picasso_Picante92 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@denniscassley9992 8 жыл бұрын

PSH was rocked by the flu during this shoot, and he was STILL great...

@darthkek1953 3 жыл бұрын

Influenza flu or showbiz flu?

@truefunksoul8638 3 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@darthkek1953 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@truefunksoul8638 3 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@tyefoster4935 3 жыл бұрын

@@truefunksoul8638 youre a dickhead

@williamcrary7965 5 жыл бұрын

I like him a LOT better than the real Lester Bangs. 💯

@brucefranklin6295 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@akshaynatu6568 3 жыл бұрын

@@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!!

@dorkmax7073 3 жыл бұрын

That hang up when he says he's listening to Stillwater just gets me. "...kids doing drugs"

@jesseluis6224 9 ай бұрын

It wouldn’t have made any difference in the background while Philip Seymour Hoffman is giving the performance of a lifetime is poetic

@roberthevern6169 6 ай бұрын

My fave role by PSH has to as Gust Avrocados when he was (as he ALWAYS was!) the smartest guy in the room. Brilliant acting, impeccable timing, and enough blister for three good actors! Tom Hanks and Julia Robert's were also in that movie, but Gust was IMHO, the driving force that pushed this great movie. His star shone so brightly that after his mark on film was made, he became legend. A legend that current 'stars' will likely never get even close to approaching. He needs an award to be named after him. His intensity was beyond imagination.

@meatsuit6922 Жыл бұрын

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

@thomasfields2082 Жыл бұрын

Underated movie. God we could learn a lot from this movie.

@lolawalsh9187 2 жыл бұрын

Philip. What an amazing actor. Still missed in 2022. Don't let those swill merchants rewrite you...its a think piece. Friendship is the booze they feed you