Almost Famous
The movie, Almost Famous, is based on a fifteen year old teenage boy named William Miller, who rises from a high school nerd to a rock ‘n’ roll journalist for Rolling Stone magazine. The character and story are based on a real life story of Cameron Crowe, the film's writer and director, who was a teenage Rolling Stone writer himself. It portrays how Crowe fell in love, lost his virginity and met heroes that are shared by the protagonist himself. Influenced by the works of rock music and artists his sister had left behind, William gets assigned by Rolling Stone magazine to do a profile of a rising rock band, called Stillwater.
The film is ideally about a young kid who sees the real world, witnesses its cruelties and heartbreaks, and yet finds room for hope. The idea of real is demonstrated when Lester Bangs advises William to make his stories real and honest. He looks for purity and truth in
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Based on people’s likings and interests, certain media apps or other trends become popular. For instance, Ipods, Ipads, and Iphones are really popular because you can access your facebook, twitter, tumblr and instagram on the go. This represents Pop culture because Apple is really good at marketing which explains why they are so popular. Likewise, Stillwater was a band that was liked by many. In order to increase their fame, they wanted the audience to perceive them as hard working and wanted to earn an image of good song writing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. The experience of listening to music in the period depicted in Almost Famous is drastically different today than it was several years back. The public spaces in which people listened to music in the 1960s and 1970s has gradually diminished and even eliminated to the point where we listen to music through our phones or mp3
The decade of the 1960s can be said to be a subversion of the United States. From the civil rights movements, anti-Vietnam war demonstration, Kennedy’s presidency, to the assassination of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, the impact of the surging social movements and political turmoils to the American society is extremely far-reaching. There has been a lot of researches on the various social movements in this period. However, people 's attention seems to be limited to another important cultural phenomenon of this period, that is the prosperity of rock & roll. This paper is intended to analyze the
In ours’, it’s everything from MTV hits, to Breaking Bad to Miley Cyrus. But historically, pop culture derived from the lower classes and the “low” culture, the exiled counterpart to “high” culture. High culture was considered to compose of art, literature, and classical music created by and for the most prestige. Over time “pop culture” slowly began to replace the phrase “ low culture,” pop culture or low culture was defined by what it wasn’t; elegant, refined, high culture, than rather by what it was. Mass culture. The masses looked for entertainment and distraction, soon enough it was assumed for pop culture to simply just amuse. However, pop culture can never be dismissed as being “just” entertainment or for “only” amusement.
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Anyone who has ever been a high school student can probably find some way to relate to the characters in the film. The movie revolves around 5 students who for various reasons have been sent to Saturday detention by principle Vernon. The principle asks each of the students to write a one-page paper on who they think they are. As the day progresses, we see the teens begin to bond with each other and find out about each other and themselves.
The movie’s main theme tends to contrast two groups of people in the society. One group consists of people who come from the rural areas while the other group is that of people from the urban setting. The social norm of the people in the rural areas is based on simplicity and illiteracy. The story revolves around the murder of one of The Ward Brothers. The death of William occurs and his brother Delbert is accused of killing him. Delbert denies the allegations but before he is set free he is taken into custody and made to sign some forms.
until now, rock has been the vehicle of expression for many around the world. It has been the
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Just as it was a crucial time for America in terms of politics and social issues, it was just as big for the music industry. People expressed their social opinions and political beliefs in a way that was the most true to them. Music was, and still is, a worldwide phenomenon for it has been able to take the shape of justice and to mold the minds of it’s listeners. Artists at the time had extreme social and political influence and used their defined stances on cultural issues to influence their music as well as their
Have you ever wondered what influences us to behave the way we do? Look a certain way? Or even looked for an explanation to what causes us to apply a certain perspective regarding personal and controversial issues? One of the answers to these questions may revolve around the influence we absorb from celebrities. A definitive term for celebrity is an iconic figure to a category or group who has achieved success in one or multiple aspects of their lives. As a result, these individuals have drawn in publicity and fame. Over the years with the advances in media and other forms of communication, celebrities have become topics of discussion worldwide, rather if it’s at school, with colleagues or at the dinner table, it is fair to say that
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The movie goes on to compare and contrast the “princess” and the “basketcase”, both seventeen year old girls who endeavor male attention, yet one is the cool crowd prom queen and the other is the loser, burnout crowd weirdo. Brian, the narrating brain, is a
The main issue that the movie raises is the idea that being subjected to peer pressure and malicious parenting
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A swath of videos titled “Why Action Movies Suck” have been buzzing around the internet for the past few years. They have discussed surface details of some of the practical and obvious reasons why so many big time action movies released over the past few years have been such a massive disappointment.