The source material itself is disjointed and told by an unreliable narrator. Instead of needing to reiterate the events of the book point by point all they needed was to capture the GESTALT of the story and spirit of the characters, which they achieved
This but >disjointed and told by an unreliable narrator
It's more like historical fiction viewed through a drug binge, years of Thompson's Vegas and other experiences compressed into a weekend, with hallucinations
Even his journalistic writing is basically just him conversationally ranting
Saw some video about him once, he was standing around at a party full of people in his house just kind of announcing "anybody want to talk? I'm ready to talk"
Except the movie did well with its adaptation of the source material because it was nearly scene for scene.
Terry Gilliam is also an amazing director, and his fantastical frenetic directing shows well here.
On top of that, Johnny was real life friends with Hunter, and actually lived with him for almost 6 months in Aspen just doing acid and shooting guns in the woods. >disjointed and told by an unreliable narrator
It's called gonzo
>Hunter legitimately got tired of him and tied him to a chair and tossed him in a pool so he could escape like Houdini while he was running his mouth
That movie is pretty bad but Bill does actually catch an OTT caricaturized version of Hunter
Still not as good as the one VB did
Love to have a book about the house Murray rented for them to live in while he was making that movie
It's meme melodramatized but it's also not a meme, vast majority of people can't handle doing random drugs all the time like that without becoming some kind of completely fricked up junkie and irreversibly twisting their minds
Thompson really couldn't either, it still fricked him up pretty good, but he had a much higher tolerance for doing a bunch of shit without becoming a junkie than most
The dialogue and timeline of events is pretty much word-for-word from the book. It's an incredibly faithful translation, Depp captures Thompson's essence and Gilliam's visual directing style brings the story to life in a vivid and dynamic way.
The source material itself is disjointed and told by an unreliable narrator. Instead of needing to reiterate the events of the book point by point all they needed was to capture the GESTALT of the story and spirit of the characters, which they achieved
these OP
they didn't compromise with studios and made a wacky and mostly faithful adaptation. That resulted in a film that a lot of people understandably do not like but something that stands the test of time. You don't need to know a lot about the end of the 60s and the depressive malaise of the early 70s to understand basic things going on in the film.
the only movie i can watch of depp is gilbert grape and blow. thats the only movies hes actually down to earth in. all the others he's too manic and fruity for me. sicsor hands and pirates were too fruitloop for me.
Even today is like that if you are tapped into the right currents.
Shit man I spent my whole high school years buying and selling psychedelics while flying high on them all up and down the whole region
Most people live in this little bubble and it follows them everywhere, even if they notice things, you've got to really be a noticeable, memorable nuisance for a bit before the vast majority will really frick with you or call the cops or something
This. I spent so many years hanging out with gutter punks, Street kids, festival kids, hippies, saw and did so much weird underground shit, that sometimes when I bring up things that I think are completely normal and inane, people are confused or taken aback at even the mirror mention of their existence
Great movie, but my favorite part of the book is where Hunter is hell bent on buying an ape from the circus casino till he finds out it bit a man's face off lol
This is an ironically my Halloween costume this year. My wife is a chubby Filipina so she is going to dress like the lawyer and wear a fake mustache LMAO.
I'm actually wearing the shirt for it right now.
It's kind of cringe to admit but he's my literally me
The source material itself is disjointed and told by an unreliable narrator. Instead of needing to reiterate the events of the book point by point all they needed was to capture the GESTALT of the story and spirit of the characters, which they achieved
This but
>disjointed and told by an unreliable narrator
It's more like historical fiction viewed through a drug binge, years of Thompson's Vegas and other experiences compressed into a weekend, with hallucinations
Even his journalistic writing is basically just him conversationally ranting
Saw some video about him once, he was standing around at a party full of people in his house just kind of announcing "anybody want to talk? I'm ready to talk"
omg he’s literally me
Except the movie did well with its adaptation of the source material because it was nearly scene for scene.
Terry Gilliam is also an amazing director, and his fantastical frenetic directing shows well here.
On top of that, Johnny was real life friends with Hunter, and actually lived with him for almost 6 months in Aspen just doing acid and shooting guns in the woods.
>disjointed and told by an unreliable narrator
It's called gonzo
Paid for his cannon launch funeral too
>Hunter legitimately got tired of him and tied him to a chair and tossed him in a pool so he could escape like Houdini while he was running his mouth
That movie is pretty bad but Bill does actually catch an OTT caricaturized version of Hunter
Still not as good as the one VB did
Love to have a book about the house Murray rented for them to live in while he was making that movie
Deep sacrificed his mind and body to portray Hunter S Thompson. Depp has never fully recovered from this
Bill Murray warned him
It's meme melodramatized but it's also not a meme, vast majority of people can't handle doing random drugs all the time like that without becoming some kind of completely fricked up junkie and irreversibly twisting their minds
Thompson really couldn't either, it still fricked him up pretty good, but he had a much higher tolerance for doing a bunch of shit without becoming a junkie than most
first and foremost: no bill murray
The dialogue and timeline of events is pretty much word-for-word from the book. It's an incredibly faithful translation, Depp captures Thompson's essence and Gilliam's visual directing style brings the story to life in a vivid and dynamic way.
these OP
they didn't compromise with studios and made a wacky and mostly faithful adaptation. That resulted in a film that a lot of people understandably do not like but something that stands the test of time. You don't need to know a lot about the end of the 60s and the depressive malaise of the early 70s to understand basic things going on in the film.
the only movie i can watch of depp is gilbert grape and blow. thats the only movies hes actually down to earth in. all the others he's too manic and fruity for me. sicsor hands and pirates were too fruitloop for me.
My problem with Depp is that he started to play just one quirky Burton-esque stock character at some point and never stopped.
tim burton kept hiring him so his wife could get sex but then also they started doing heroin
I'd love to see a Curse of Lono film with Johnny as Hunter again, and maybe Steve Coogan as Ralph Steadman
Were the 70s actually like that
did you watch the film? Most people in the world are not hunter s lol
Even today is like that if you are tapped into the right currents.
Shit man I spent my whole high school years buying and selling psychedelics while flying high on them all up and down the whole region
Most people live in this little bubble and it follows them everywhere, even if they notice things, you've got to really be a noticeable, memorable nuisance for a bit before the vast majority will really frick with you or call the cops or something
This. I spent so many years hanging out with gutter punks, Street kids, festival kids, hippies, saw and did so much weird underground shit, that sometimes when I bring up things that I think are completely normal and inane, people are confused or taken aback at even the mirror mention of their existence
>mirror mention
Maybe you should have stayed in school, kid?
Mere* sorry, I was outside having a smoke and was using speech to text.
Gilliam had respect for the source material but didn't let that get in the way of him expressing his own signature style.
Great movie, but my favorite part of the book is where Hunter is hell bent on buying an ape from the circus casino till he finds out it bit a man's face off lol
Actors are really good at playing drug addicts for some reason
>Actors are really good at playing drug addicts
>playing
Should we tell him?
I don't have anything to add to this discussion - but here's Hunter's letter to Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange)
Holy mother of BASED. I love Hunter so much bros...
it isnt
Elaborate
Great acting.
This is an ironically my Halloween costume this year. My wife is a chubby Filipina so she is going to dress like the lawyer and wear a fake mustache LMAO.
I'm actually wearing the shirt for it right now.
It's kind of cringe to admit but he's my literally me
Who mogs who?
Looks awful
It’s a sorta typical Bill Murray comedy
I watch this every summer and it goes well with warm wine and beer
Hunter S thompson was a complete fraud
How is he a fraud? He didn't report to be anything other than somebody who is high and telling the world about his experience through that lens