In Something To Remember You By we enter the strange and lonely world of Armstrong Armstrong. Struggling to become a writer and convinced that he is ugly and scarred, Armstrong can find escape only at the cinema, and in his absent father's collection of records. Meeting Venetia, the very image of his favourite female singer, Armstrong begins to believe that happiness is possible for him, but disillusionment soon sets in, and he has to find a more intense form of escapism - becoming the icon himself.