The Tiny Dancer scene in Almost Famous is an ALMOST perfect scene - every movement and head turn is perfect, it's perfect how the verses go one more verse than you expect; even down to the number of times the bass player hits Billy Crudup's shoulder at the end. You can feel that early-morning bad feeling roll off everybody's face. Awesome.
EXCEPT.
The greatness of the scene gets COMPLETELY undermined by the ridiculous corniness of the "you are home" nonsense with the kid and Kate Hudson. Sucks the life outta the whole gotdam thing. Was on track to getting put up with the Sister Christian scene in Boogie Nights, but blows it. Grrrr.
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I love that movie! I'm a sap. Incidentally, the bass player is Mark Kozelek formerly of the Red House Painters.
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