Cameron Crowe | 2000 | USA | 2h2m | English language with English subtitles
ALMOST FAMOUS is film #9 in FOMO Secret Cinema's week-long Music Film Fest
ALMOST FAMOUS is a coming-of-age journey through 1970s rock culture, following a teenage journalist embedded with a touring band. The film balances backstage glamour with the awkwardness of growing up inside someone else’s myth.
Crowe treats music as a temporary family. Tour buses, hotel rooms, and concerts form a moving world where identity shifts nightly. Characters chase freedom while negotiating loyalty, ego, and the fear of fading relevance.
The story celebrates fandom and disillusion in equal measure. It suggests that loving music means accepting both the illusion and the human cost behind the spotlight.
Location: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.
How to find FOMO: Enter the Bazari via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left as soon as you walk in. FOMO is one flight up. Video instructions here: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17933106294029235
FOMO Secret Cinema • Bazari Orbeliani, 0102 Tbilisi, Georgia