Symbols and Tropes
Rock-and-Roll Memorabilia
Almost Famous begins with an allusion to another great film: To Kill a Mockingbird. In the style of the 1963 classic's title sequence, Cameron Crowe pans over a crowded desk drawer brimming with co...
Anita's Record Collection
Almost Famous begins with eleven year-old William Miller and ends with a fifteen-year-old William Miller. These two William Millers are completely different people, and this difference comes about...
The Airplane
Dennis Hope brings to Stillwater a corporate attitude, a cutthroat business mentality that prioritizes creating profit over creating art. When he first suggests that Stillwater use an airplane to h...
Roses
You're probably wondering what flowers have to do with Almost Famous. This movie is about rock stars, not gardeners, right? Well, as it happens, roses are a subtle yet significant visual motif in t...