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Fear and loathing in las vegas (1998)11/19/2022 ![]() Then Rhino Films began work on a version in 1992 with a script by Alex Cox and Tod Davies, but Lee Tamahori and Bruce Robinson both proved unavailable to direct. Ralph Bakshi, Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone all tried and failed to set up a film of this supposedly unfilmable novel. And what better place to put two casualties of the counterculture culture than Las Vegas with its gaudy tackiness, the ultimate symbol of the consumerist America they wanted to get rid of? Well, for a few minutes until I wondered if I was reading to much into it, before a scene thankfully came along that explicitly stated what I had been thinking this was set in a time when the hippie movement had evaporated into disillusionment and its mass drug taking had not resulted in peace, love and a brave new world but exploitation, paranoia and anger. ![]() But on a second viewing on video I not only totally got into its very darkly comic, not unintelligent madness but it suddenly struck me a while into it what it was, in part. It seemed an unusual movie for Gilliam to make, seeing as he’s said on many occasions that he’s had very little experience of drugs, and also that it deals with a time and place that was more immediate than any of his previous films And it seemed to me to be a rather pointless exercise – I mean many of us have our benders from time to time, but watching other people getting off their heads has rarely struck me as a particularly fulfilling thing. Oddly enough this was one Terry Gilliam film that I didn’t take to in the cinema, despite me having been a huge fan of this filmmaker for some time, and counting Brazil as one of my top five favourite films of all time. Thompson had written his novel of the same name, it would have seemed incredibly timely and may have made an impact almost as great as Easy Rider. Whilst watching Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas on its stonking new Blu-ray release from Arrow Films, the thought came to me that, if it had been made back in the early ‘70s soon after Hunter S. Running up room service bills and damages, the two friends wander around both the town and the emotional spectrum.… Though they get their press credentials and a comped room, Duke’s job is rarely on the forefront of his mind. ![]() After scaring off a hitchhiker, the two rush to the city before the guy can go to the police, but Duke barely makes it through check-in due to being on acid. He’s accompanied by his slightly unhinged Samoan attorney, Dr. It’s 1971, and journalist Raoul Duke has been assigned by a magazine to travel to Las Vegas and cover the Mint 400 motorcycle race. REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Written by: Alex Cox, Terry Gilliam, Tod Davies, Tony GrisoniĪVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO ![]()
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