![]() ![]() ![]() Certainly anyone who likes the films of Terry Gilliam will find much of his madness here to enjoy. However this is well worth a look as it is a funny, very imaginative film that proved a lot of people wrong when they said that it could never be filmed. The film may be very loose and aimless but what did you expect? Those wanting tightness of plot and a set narrative may be let down (though there is a car chase for the teens!). An all star list of cameos including Maguire, Barkin, Busey, Ricci, Harmon, Penn (of & Teller), Diaz and Lyle Lovett are all enjoyable and don't detract from the film in the way cameos sometimes can (`oh look it's etc'). These essays offer brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in signature Thompson style. Thompsons largest and, arguably, most important work, covering Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to Watergate, Carter to cocaine. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at . Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the best-selling 'Gonzo Papers' is now back in print. De Toro is as good but is very much playing second fiddle on this one. Great deals on Hunter S Thompson Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. He is on the very edge of ham with this one but gets it just right making Thompson funny and exaggerated. This vision is well supported by a brilliantly pitched performance by Depp. It must be hard to actually put something like that on film and I thought he did very well. Gilliam's imagination really made Thompson's trips come to life. Instead it manages to be a drug movie but also be very OTT and very. His crazed sense of humour is fed through the whole piece, stopping it being indulgent or pretentious as it could easily have been. To me the film mainly succeeded due to Terry Gilliam. There is a message tacked on somewhere near the end but really this is more of an experience than a story. The plot is, well, a trip rather than anything concrete or logical. However as their trip continues they encounter all manner of insanity and paranoia in their drug fuelled trip into the American dream Never read the book, never been a big fan of this particular culture and ever felt inclined to read any of this sort of work however, really enjoyed the movie. Using the advance money to purchase a load of drugs he sets out on a road trip with his crazed Samoan lawyer. Thompson gets a call to go to Las Vegas to cover a motorcross race. The `unflimable' novel by Thompson is brought to the screen. ![]()
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