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Gonzo on Film
Fans of Hunter S. Thompson might want to keep their eyes peeled for local screenings of Breakfast with Hunter, a new documentary premiering at CineVegas:
"Directed by Wayne Ewing, the film chronicles Thompson�s political career interwoven with his struggle to bring his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to life as a feature film. Spanning 20 years, footage includes Johnny Depp, Benicio De Toro, John Cusack, Warren Zevon, artist Ralph Steadman and fellow journalists George Plimpton and P.J. O�Rourke." (Text from Film Threat.)
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Steve in CO|5.29.03 @ 2:29AM|#
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a tour de force of cynicism, sarcasm, chemically-driven insight, and anti-authoritarian humor at its best!
:-)
PS Read it in my early 20's, I think I'll read it again to see how my aged perspective takes it in this time.
|5.29.03 @ 3:10AM|#
The movie sucked.
julian|5.29.03 @ 3:51AM|#
By the by, you can see an excerpt from the film on the Criterion Collection version of the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas DVD.
Hank|5.29.03 @ 4:04AM|#
Boooo Tommy,
That movie rocked. Funny, provocative, irreverent and offensive. One more could you ask for?
Well, okay, T & A, but it still rocked!
|5.29.03 @ 4:35AM|#
maybe my expectations were too high
Brian|5.29.03 @ 4:45AM|#
Maybe you weren't high enough.
Will|5.29.03 @ 5:24AM|#
The Fear and Loathing movie was exquisite. But it's no Where the Buffalo Roam.
|5.29.03 @ 5:46AM|#
As a fan of Thompson and Terry Gilliam, I thought it was a major disappointment. Maybe my expectations were too high. I, myself, was sufficiently high.
|3.10.04 @ 5:31AM|#
This movie was and is sick, anyone who begs to differ is gay.