“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we’re uncool.”
This line, written by Cameron Crowe, was spoken by Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost Famous. In the scene that the line’s from, Bangs talks to William Miller (Patrick Fugit) over the phone about being seduced as a young journalist by the rock band Stillwater into thinking he’s one of the cool, beautiful people.
It also encapsulates what Hoffman did as an actor in his best screen work: he played that which is “uncool”– aka most of the human condition– as truthfully as possible and shared it for us to identify, understand and even connect with. In other words: he provided true currency.
I could go on and describe every instance in which Hoffman made an impression on me as a movie-watcher, but we’d be here all day if I did that. I’ll just say that I’m glad those moments will go on in perpetuity. RIP.
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