Almost+Famous



[|Cameron Crowe's Wikipedia entry]

Class Notes 3/22 (recorded by Alicia Hinds):

Day 1- Themes

“Tiny Dancer” Scene Sad to Happy v. Happy to Sad Bringing people together Moment where we realize the characters hear the music (drummer) “You //are// home” Groups 1. Attachment and using people. Penny uses William to get closer to Russel (to an extent). 2. Coming to terms with reality as well ignoring it 3. Being cool/uncool 4. Letting go 5. Loving music for the sake of music. If one starts to only focus on the business end of it, they forget where the real music came from in the first place.

Class Notes 3/23 (recorded by Josh Swank):

§ Define Macabre § Watched the plane scene § Plane scene talks about what they really mean § Talks about college dance story in dorm room § Word of the day: monocyclic § Talk about questions § Cameron Crow’s life § Intentionally being mean to your parents § Talk about using people-Penny, William of the band, the band of William § Correct usage of irony § Watched the phone scene § Popular stuff is/isn’t the best stuff § When something is popular-it doesn’t mean it is good or bad, its just popular § Difference between cool/uncool