The
highlight of this movie,
in my opinion, was the portrayal of legendary
rock critic Lester Bangs by
Philip Seymour Hoffman. He had several of the movie's best lines, including
"
Jim Morrison was a
drunken buffoon posing as a
poet. Give me
White Light / White Heat . . ." (proceeds to search for the
seminal Velvet Underground album, and eventually settles on the equally
influential "
Raw Power" by
Iggy and the Stooges.
(
NOTE: The only thing is, the only version that would've been available then is the crappy
David Bowie mix, and it looks like he's holding the new mix by
Iggy Pop himself, which came out recently.)
(In response to the
young rock writer saying "I'm glad you were home") - "I'm
always home. I'm un-cool."
Nonetheless, the whole
movie was great . . . many references to great
classic rock bands, and the fact that the
soundtrack contained the likes of
The Who,
Iggy and the Stooges, and
The Velvet Underground pleased me greatly.
Go see it.