WTF Happened to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2023
- They say “sex sells” in Hollywood, right? But what about drugs? After all, once the production code was lifted, successful counterculture drug movies like Easy Rider gave way to the indie auteur movement in American cinema in the 1960s and 70s, where Hollywood renegades like Brian De Palma and Martin Scorsese picked up the mantle and went on to make all-time classics like Scarface and Goodfellas decades later. In the interim, there has been no shortage of critical and commercial drug movie successes, be they Blow, Sicario, Traffic, The Wolf of Wall Street, you name it.
So then, WTF Happened to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? Seriously. How does such an authentic movie from the altered mindstate of Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, one directed by the venerated filmmaker Terry Gilliam and featuring unforgettable performances by Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro…how does a movie like that stumble at the box office and be considered a disappointing flop? More to the point, how does a movie like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas overcome its financial failures at the time, find its like-minded audience of tripped-out counterculture rebels, and become a bona fide cult classic 25 years later? Well, we’re about to find out when we break this sucker down and figure out through the movie’s rocky production history…WTF Happened to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?!?
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This is my favorite movie of all time. Ever since I discovered it, my friends and I watch it annually. I became so obsessed with it I dressed as Hunter on a Halloween trip to Vegas, and never broke character all night. I was given several different, uh, candies from complete strangers because I was so into it. Still one of the best nights of my life.
Uhh how obnoxious 😊
@@alexeilindes7507 you’re not invited to the cook out
@@reyagu4607 bad vibes all around us...
I ate some chocolate shrooms one day and totally went into character. But I’d read 75% of HST’s books and already owned or watched every movie or interview I could get my hands on. Amazing dude, and Depp did the best at bringing him to the screen. Sounds retarded, but I tend to get all up in my emotions when I watch the extra footage from my FaL double disc set. Not sure why he hits that spot, but I’m the same w/ George Carlin too
I did the same here in Bangkok, Thailand. The vast majority of people had zero clue who I was supposed to be. The people that knew, loved it.
A couple of personal experiences. Ok, I am old. I knew Hunter in 70's in Aspen. We would have drinks in the Hotel Jerome. It was convenient as I was the late night disk jockey on the local radio station in the basement where the studio was. That was the time before Aspen became super jet set.
In the late 70's, I was living in Las Vegas. A local TV station had a culture critic criticize a proposed film of Hunter's book. I called the station and asked to respond. Unimaginable today, but back then the FCC had a rule to require that.
Even so, to my surprise they accepted. So, as a relative amateur, I wrote a 2 minute text as they had asked and went to the studio. Basically I said that the film would be good for LV. They accepted it without change and recorded me saying it.
Everyone was very nice. Even the critic I was responding to complemented me, a gracious fellow. Those days are long gone. I could add more humorous details, but that is the essentials.
70s had class people were respecting each other or other opinions not like today.. released caged animals..
Please share us the more humourous details, Ned! It's already so cool and coincidental that you knew him and are here to share it with us today haha
We need details.
@@NobleNemesis There isn't much more there. I was only once at his place in Woody Creek. It was during the summer and I had a day job at a nearby sawmill. In winter at the hotel, I could put my show on program for a bit, it was a news and weather feed, to go up and get a drink. Hunter and his charming girl friend would sometimes be there. He was cool, calm, and collected. I didn't know about his writing. He was not at all like his wonderful character in "Fear and Loathing...".
But drugs were not rare in Aspen. I shared a house with a couple of guys and friends would come around. One day with time on our hands, someone asked, what shall we do today? Another responded, how about abusing some drugs? That meant LSD. Said and done. Funny, I remember some of the following events well. I lived a life time in a couple of years. After a few years I stopped and haven't done any for decades. I don't have anything against, it is just that my interests changed. People should experiment.
@@nedludd7622 That's awesome.. Very fortunate to have met him in that time and corner of space. Thanks for sharing Ned.
“We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.”
~ Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter had me right there.
Hadn't been a fan of Johnny Depp, but his performance in this movie was incredible. It made me a fan
He lived with hunter for a while to get his speech patterns and physical patterns down
he even shaved him bald sort of@@InAtlasAtLast
He’s literally the only reason the movie is watchable
I was really impressed with Depp's ability to get Thompson's character so accurately. His close study while living with Thompson was demonstrably the right method to use for pinning all the nuances of the author.
This was, hands down, the most authentic portrayal of a real person in the history of cinema!
I felt so lucky to experience this in the theater, the whole 5 days it was in there. This enshrined Depp and Del Toro in my heart forever. #GonzoLives
but were u tripping in the theatre?
@@minexerI love how Gilliam makes that optional!
@@0therun1t21whos gilliam?
Same!!
@@minexer the... the director... are you kidding?
Funny story…As a rebellious teen, I use to check the “after hours” return slot of my local video rental place for movies that got stuck half-way down…like Fear & Loathing. I had no idea what I was in for. After watching and re-watching it, I read the book, then every other HST book I could get my hands on…I’m just sorry to whoever accumulated all those late fees on the movie that was never returned…
So it was you!
Finally!
You owe me $28.95
🤔. 🙄. 😎.
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That’s super shitty but how fitting that you ended up getting fear and loathing out of it lmao
Lol you took the ride without ever having to buy the ticket 😂 mr. Duke would be proud
@@mikecampbell1731 fucking clever lmao
Terry Gilliam is a legend, a creative genius and deserves better.
Like having his name pronounced correctly in this video
@@buh2001j Gillam lol
He probably pronounces the name William like Willam too
@@buh2001jshit drove me crazy
@@ryanoleary4771Fear and Loathing were before my time but as a fan of Monty Python, this film and Terry even I know its not GIL-LUM.
I watched the movie 2 times sober and didn't know what I am even looking at, the 3rd time I watched it while doling shrooms, my mind was blown and I understood EVERYTHING. One of my most favorite movies of all time and I rewatch it at least once a year!
This movie on shrooms is the funniest shit I've ever seen.
At least some weed is a must. The depiction of the LSD trip when they check in was pretty much what I see on shrooms, except for the reptiles 😂.
Yeah, I saw this before I had ever done psychedelic drugs, and thought it was just so overdone and indulgent that I really disliked it. Then I watched it again a little while after my first LSD trip and was like "holy shit, this is the perfect movie." They absolutely nailed the visuals, but more importantly, the paranoia and general vibe of being in the grips of psychedelia.
You understood the end with the creepy child predator vibes on mushrooms? Yeah such a deep meaning.
I am and have always been a very sober (square) person, and I saw this the first time with some stoner co-workers. I thought it was funny, but they told me I had *no idea* how fucked up it was. Now I guess I know why
One of my favourite films ever! I honestly have watched it at least 100 times. Incredible performances, hilarious dialogue and very authentic depiction of drug taking. Love it
This was one of my favorite movies! Brilliant! Johnny was the best Hunter S Thompson! ❤😊
Bill was a close 2nd though!.
@@BarryHWhite I read the book and then saw "Where The Buffalo Roam" and fell in love with HST. That first movie will always have a soft spot with me but this movie was an instant classic.
This movie is a time gem and cult classic. The movie is designed to really mess with you when you are under the influence. If you ever watch this movie on any hard drugs or hallucinogenics the movie will mess with you if you focus on it. The director intentionally used color, camera angles and obscure scenes to mess with your mind when altered. Its a hidden masterpiece.
Hunter Thompson lived a life no one did.
Sure, he pulled the trigger himself, but maybe it’s not right to say nobody did it. Perhaps when you’ve lived your life staring down the American Dream and unflinchingly seeing it for the twisted, scabrous thing it is, or can become, then maybe you let a part of it into you. The abyss gazes also.
Watched it for the first time on my first dose of magic mushrooms, I second your statement lol.
The fuzzy TV screen vision thing affected me for an entire year of my coke abused life. Like I was living in the fuzzy matrix. Weird looking back now my minds clean
@@Alex-ht3yq yess
Yup. Definitely made it ten times more insane.
Fear & Loathing is one of my all time favorite films and became a defining movie of my generation in high school. While it wasn't shown at any of my local theaters, I grabbed it the day it was released on VHS and began introducing all of my stoner friends to the weird, wild world of Hunter S Thompson one by one, until all of us were quoting it daily. It is THE definitive drug movie imo, and Johnny Depps portrayal of Thompson is one of the greatest performances of all time. He was spot on after spending so much time living with the enigmatic author and embodied the gonzo persona HST invented through his prose. It affected Depp so deeply that you could see shades of the character in every role he had for years after. Despite Hunter being a unique, memorable and iconic character, Adapting HSTs work is a difficult and daunting task (see also: Where the Buffalo Roam and Rum Diary), but Gilliam and Depp nailed it. I cant imagine a better final product than what we got.
The book AND the movie were a hoot
And mine
absolutely! Maybe it bugged you too, but the narrator made me wince when he said something to the effect of "...a cult classic "discovered" 25 years later"..? Not quite..
Everyone (everyone) loved this movie within a year of it coming out. It did not take ~25 years~.. this movie has been popular all along. It's roped in two (and a half) huge audiences:
1) Hunter Thompson fans
2) Terry Gilliam fans
2.5) the audience comprised of "people who just liked Johnny Depp" movies
It had terrible distribution, but it's always been a straight up hit all the way after exiting theaters. Fear and Loathing's rise and popularity are on par with The Big Lebowski. Gilliam made a movie miracle through his adaptation! Great movie.
I found out years after seeing the film for the first time, that it was based on Hunter S. Thompson’s actual exploits..crazy.
Terrible movie read the book than tried watching it couldn’t even finish very jarring
I read the book a few years before the movie after it being referenced in an episode of Blossom of all things. Later I saw Hunter on Charlie Rose talking about how it was being adapted for film and I waited anxiously. I dragged two curious enough friends out to see it on opening day. We were the only 3 people in the theater.
I also saw it in a nearly empty theatre and couldn't believe it...I thought it was so good and such a great adaptation to the book and couldn't understand why more people weren't coming out!
A Scanner Darkly could use more attention these days, it's definitely not as fun as Fear and loathing but it's a classic in its own right. Fantastic cast and performances as well, written by a great author
The improvised dialogue goes on a bit in that, particularly RDJ, I say that it's not a bad movie though
A scanner darkly fucked with me more than fear did on lsd forsure.
@@starwarsroo2448 It really fits in with the way the book is written though, I'd recommend it
@@jr2904 yeah PKD is awesome, but a script needs to be a script
The best detail in ASD is Alex Jones playing a prototype of his current media character.
To accurately mimic the effects of the drugs cinematically; that's dedication.. adds to the trippy experience. Love the movie. Also love how much Hunter S Thompson appreciated Depp's narration, I've always felt the narration added the glue that kept this fever dream together. Great directing job by Terry GILLIAM..
For what it’s worth, those representations of what it’s like to take those drugs wasn’t accurate (excluding adrenachrome of course since it’s fictional). It was entertaining, and definitely trippy to watch (especially for people who haven’t taken those drugs), but it’s close to impossible to capture the reality of what various drug trips are like. Depp and Del Toro did a great job acting like they were on those drugs, but the visuals are pure fantasy.
@@______IV It isn't THAT hard to capture the reality of what drug trips are like. The movie "Taking Woodstock" sucks but it's LSD scene in the van is pretty acurate. Also, Midsommar has a pretty accurate depiction of what tripping on mushrooms is like, especially in the visual department and especially trying to convey a "bad trip" as well. Even in Fear and loathing, the way the pattern on the hotel floor started moving is pretty accurate for an acid trip.
@@shenkichin6295No, its not. Im sorry. Ive been tripping for decades. They are always metaphors for how it makes you feel.
@@______IV"Adrenachome" is real however you cant obtain that easily (look up Adrenochrome)
Yes. GILLIAM, I was getting pretty annoyed when he kept saying "Gillam". Still, I do appreciate the effort it takes to make any kind of video but that's a very basic thing to get wrong.
I don't know how script writing was so difficult for this film, the finished product is almost entirely word for word with the book
A lot of it is but like they said a lot was left out and it's probably a thing where it was a hard choice of what to include and what to leave out
I loved the film, but felt the book was so much better because of a major stumbling block -- in the book, you get HST's wry interior monologue, narrating every f*d up thing he's doing with such smart, witty irony. That's not possible to reproduce in a movie -- the interior action -- so you only get his bizarre behavior, without the constant irony of his acute social observation and self-deprecating wit.
Terry Gilliam, not Gillem. It drove me crazy!
I think they do it on purpose to drive engagement and prompt comments like yours and mine. It's cheap and easy which is why it's done on lots of channels.
You should find more important things to get upset about.
@@NX6.2 I'm upset? Thanks for letting me know. So what *should* I be 'upset' about according to you?
Not a simple misspelling of a name nobody knows
@@buh2001jthey’re obviously talking to op not you
I couldn't see anyone other than Depp and Del Toro playing the leads. I remember going to an art house theater in 98 to watch this with my GF. I was memorized with the movie. My GF hated it only went cause Depp was in it. I hadn't read the book and bought it that day in the Barnes and Noble that was next door. I went down the rabbit hole with Thompson. That Halloween i dressed as Gonzo and my buddy dressed as Thomson and went to all the college parties at our school
Try out bill maury
Roger Ebert: "Seal Beach"
Benedict Cumberbatch: "Pen-goo-in"
Joblo: "Gillem"
I love when he says" im getting the fear"my buddies and i would always say this"dude, im getting the fear"
same.
Once the cops busted in they found captains of football, baseball and basketball. All setting on my couches, with heads full of mushrooms and acid and weed that we converted into pudding .We were all watching Fear and Lothing.Then we all went to jail. This movie is one of the best ever made.
Thanks for deleting my first post
@@anthonypate8657 Ya prob used a word and or phrase the YT bots didn't fuckin like. They're fuckers like that. Though ya can usually get away with a few fucks if ya don't give a..........🤷♂😂
Still one of my all time favorites - I notice something new every time I watch it. I actually stayed at the Boardwalk Casino in 2005 (I'm from the UK) at the tender age of 23 and didn't actually realise that some of the filming for this was done there. Thanks for the great vid, this film is well overdue another re-watch by me!
I am surprised to hear that it was a failure at the box office, I remember it being a much buzzed about film when it came out, and I loved it! The opening scene is just like how I visualized it when I read the book years earlier!
And how perfect is Tobey Maguire as the hapless hitchhiker? It was like they animated Steadman's drawing of him. XD
I saw it in the theatre and thought it was a great horror movie. Now you tell me it was the defining movie of your generation and it's scarier yet. Great movie to see around Halloween.
I didn't know anyone who saw it or wanted to see it with me, so I missed it in the theater.
The main-stream public was not ready for a movie like this. it was probably a nightmare to try and market too? Should have tried to reach the Rocky Horror/ Animal House/ Brazil crowd?
Who is Gillum ? I know the director and member of Monty Pythons, Terry Gilliam
Man, an animated fear and loathing would have been awesome. You can exaggerate a lot through cartoons.
Hunter's ex who was the main force behind getting the movie made hate animation so this wasn't ever going to happen. Apparently Hunter hated Bakshi's pitch for making the speech about the high water mark left from the wave visualized as a literal wave.
I remember thinking about going to see Fear and Loathing with my friends. We started talking about the high cost of tickets and snacks, then the conversation turned to the added cost of party favors we'd want to consume prior to heading into the theater. Then somebody suggested that going to see it could be "a set up" and people might have too much fun in the theater and police would be called and search and siezure activity might follow and everyone would ultimately get arrested. The conversation kind of turned into a Fear and Loathing scene after that. So, we didn't go. We had a watch party at home when it came out on dvd instead. No high ticket and snack prices, no arrests, and no paranoia involved. I suspect many people had similar discussions. 😂
Definitely. I watched a private screening after hours with some friends who worked at my local theater. It was a great time.
I remember when any of my friends would laugh too loudly we would all take turns side eying each other to dial it back and be cool, looking behind us all super paranoid. By the end scenes we just accepted our fate and let loose. The audience was an empty theater with just a few random teens who just looked completely confused and not into it, some even exiting, as we were the only people truly enjoying the show on a whole other level. Another wild thing we saw in the theater lobby was a smashed glass candy concession stand that was roped off with police tape and a construction fence. It was odd to see all the candy strewn about and not picked up in the mess, maybe for insurance reasons they left it like that. Some other film goers must've had a pretty wild out of control trip at a previous showing. As we were all giggling and scratching our heads at the mysterious lobby chaos everyone else seemed to be ignoring the scene entirely like it was business as usual. Only one of our friends composed themselves enough to buy the tickets. Truly reminiscent of the line ~ "You approach the turnstiles and know that when you get there, you have to give the man two dollars or he won't let you inside. But when you get there, everything goes wrong. Some angry rotarian shoves you and you think "What's happening here? What's going on?"
You let the fear win
It's gill-ee-um, not gill-um.
This is one of my all-time favorite movies, it’s just so bizarre and unique in a way, I’ve never seen since, it really is a one of a kind movie
Gilliam, NOT "Gillam"!
Yesterday I had to turn off a (German) podcast I wanted to listen to, because of a mispronunciation!
It was about Fritz Todt. The creator of the Nazi organization "Organisation Todt" a civil and military engineering organisation.
His name is pronounced like the English name "Todd". But they always pronounced it like "Tod", which is the German word for "death".
It was narrated by two people and they both did the same mistake. It was so awful!! "Death, death, death..." all the time.
It seems like they didn't knew the person before and did their research only by studying texts (together) and they both got his name wrong.
It's also been the case on many CZcams clips, that the person reading the script wasn't the person that wrote it. Due to constant mispronunciation. Even though you know that the person that wrote the script did definitely know how to pronounce the word/name.
You never actually called out the cameo with Hunter S. Thompson and the brilliant line: "Mother of god! There I am"
Just watched this masterpiece yesterday, and same time you published this. Wow. I have this on Bluray, DVD, Laserdisc, VHS, and the HD-DVD.
It's Terry Gill - ee - um not Terry Gill - um ffs...
I never got a chance to see this in theaters because it just slipped under my radar. I discovered it on vhs.
It was such a weird mind trip of a film. It really felt like a flow of thought, each scene just flowing to the next with no rhyme or reason. It’s a disorienting flick that mimics the disorientation of Thompson. It was funny, insane, troubling… I have never used hard drugs but watching it made me feel like I was.
To that end I think the movie delivers on what the director wanted.
I swear I watched that vhs enough times it wore out the tape.
What an amazing informative video very in depth thank you gonzo lives
Thank you, that was a great video from a great film.
The director's last name is pronounced GI * LEE * UHM, not Gil-Uhm!
Killing me
I seriously can't watch the video because of this. If you're making videos about film and don't know how to pronounce the man's name I have doubts about your knowledge.
also, not "gill ee AM", as might be thought by the spelling.
@@psflipper dang lol, you sound like a lovely person 😂
But which syllable is the accent on?
What is there to say about this movie that hasn't already been said?. It was and is one of my favorite off-the-wall movies of all time. " Buy the ticket take the ride."
What's most overlooked about this film is the soundtrack. Every song seems perfectly placed.
such a great ost
@@clown134 It might be the most underrated part of the film. All the songs blend perfectly with the trippy visuals.
one of my favorite parts is during the mescal on the beach scene where he gives a monologue about 70s culture.. having been born in the late 80s that scene makes me sad that i missed the acid revolution@@bajorekjon
@@clown134 I agree it makes me nostalgic for a time I never lived in, even though a lot of the 60s was pretty terrifying. But I guess that contrast is a theme in the movie.
Went to see it in theater the weekend I graduated high school, have always loved it. Great video
who's Terry Gillum? i mean, how could they get his name wrong SO many times? sheesh
Also mispronounced mescaline and umbrage.
GILLIAM did such a brilliant job. He created the best depiction of the sensation and visuals of Tripping in a place like LV! I wouldn't recommend do it there for anything
I remember taking shrooms at a homies house and his mom had the dvd of this, the box art and Depp sold me. Been one of my favorite films ever since
There’s only a few films I’ll watch repeatedly from time to time, and this is one of them
This one and "Tuttles of Tahiti."😮
When I was in college and took a film class, this was 1 of the required film to watch
My place holder for a later date or time. 🤔
That's a joke right
The Busey improvisation is most certainly part-and-parcel with his absolutey insane reputation both back in the day, and nowadays.
He’s awesome in this. People forget how great of an actor he was up until he had that rough accident. I watched Point Break recently and forgot how good he is in that too.
I legit could not have found a better time to watch this movie, I legit finally watched it for the first time (loved it so much me and my friend are obsessed) and this dropped yesterday while I'm still thinking of it daily,, good video
Great analysis of the film techniques displaying the various altered states!
A lot of people find the movie to intense, and if they have never taken any drugs, they kind of don't 'get it' I love this movie, one of the greats.
Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Five years later? Six? It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era-the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. . . .
History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of “history” it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time-and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.
My central memory of that time seems to hang on one or five or maybe forty nights-or very early mornings-when I left the Fillmore half-crazy and, instead of going home, aimed the big 650 Lightning across the Bay Bridge at a hundred miles an hour wearing L. L. Bean shorts and a Butte sheepherder's jacket . . . booming through the Treasure Island tunnel at the lights of Oakland and Berkeley and Richmond, not quite sure which turn-off to take when I got to the other end (always stalling at the toll-gate, too twisted to find neutral while I fumbled for change) . . . but being absolutely certain that no matter which way I went I would come to a place where people were just as high and wild as I was: No doubt at all about that. . . .
There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . .
And that, I think, was the handle-that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting-on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . .
So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark-that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
Reading that part is when you learn the story is a tragedy and not a comedy.
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Legendary and EPIC! The BEST! Must see multiple times.
I will always love this movie, and hunter himself, great vid 👍
God, I’ve loved this movie since it came out, one of my favorites
It didn't do well simply because of timing. If it had been released in late 60s or early 70s, people would have reacted like I did with,"Oh,crap,I've felt exactly like that!". I can even remember a late night decision to drive to the beach in the middle of the night while doing acid. Picked up a hitchhiking preachers kid and gave him a hit before dropping him off in the middle of nowhere! When the film came out it wasn't "hip" anymore. Like doing a film about roller blades 10 years after everyone forgets what it was.
Awesome review, thanks a lot for the insight adventure.
I haven't seen Fear & Loathing for some years. But it's definitely a trippy classic.
Puts me in mind of "Naked Lunch".
Another masterpiece of
psychedelic weirdness.
best author, best director, best actors, best movie.
A masterpiece in every respect of film making!
Every aspect?
heheh...tnx lapsus in fabula - ''I took too much man, I took too much'' of....something from their trunk heheh@@MrJayArt
its a masterpiece. fell in love with it the first seconds of the movie and watched it 50+ times
first time watching your channel. I'm only 35 and that movie makes me wish I had been around during that era. great work on this video. if you're looking for a movie to cover for the Halloween season, may I suggest "highway to hell."
it's under appreciated in my opinion, even to this day
It may not have done well on release, but I did my part by seeing it four times in the theaters lol ❤❤❤
One of my all time favourites, watched it in Uni which was the perfect time to see it. I love the Withnail and I connection as that is also up there. If it had have had a Cohen brothers/Big Lebowski connection that may have blown my mind and turned my top 3 favourite (Non horror) movies into a trilogy.
Basing your entire persona on Withnail at University is a pretty common trait.. I was guilty.
One of my all time faves for sure. The Rum Diaries was great too
really good video. it shows you did a lot of research.
Props to the writer Jake Dee!
It’s pronounced GILLYAM not GILLUM
It's going to be okay.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was the first Thompson book I read and the first book that made me laugh so hard I was crying. I fully knew what those situations were like being an acid head myself. I actually screened the movie in the theater the day it opened. That said, the movie absolutely blows "where the buffalo roam" out of the water. And Dr. Thompson was involved with both. But Depp is hands down a better Dr. Gonzo than Murray. And the story is true to the book, not a conglomeration of stories like WTBR.
Kind of interesting to see how the role of Raul Duke never left Depp. It really shows it's influence in Pirates of the Caribbean.
One of my all time favourites.
I picked up the Criterion version way back.
Such a great movie. You’re missing out if you haven’t seen it.
The first time I saw this also happened to be the first time I tripped on acid. The colors seemed to bleed out into my reality and I had to take a couple breaks.
Watching it again sober was a completely different experience
One time I was playing Minecraft on mushrooms and I forgot how to play the game so my girlfriend started playing it, then Minecraft crawled out the edges of the tv into reality, everything was made of patterned Minecraft blocks and it was extremely vivid.
Criterion Collection knew what was up. Still got my og Criterion dvd version as well as the Criterion Blu-ray. The box art is one of my favorite from them!
It was on tv last day, enjoyed it again, as usual
Why do you keep calling him "gillam" it's "gilliam"
That's like every second comment here!
And they still get endless upvotes. I think everyone that didn't knew it, now do.
(Absolutely no offense to you personally!)
Rarely is an adaptation to film of a novel done so well and so accurately. Not that I KNEW THAT when I kinda-sorta watched it for the first three HUNDRED times, as I - like 90% of everyone else kinda-sorta watching it - was high as a space tickling kite at the time.
I went to see this movie every night for seven days straight. One of the greatest films of all time. Incredibly well crafted by all involved.
Great video m8
I recently rewatched this move, after seeing clips of it on CZcams for years. It's a pure fever dream. Definitely a unique movie, but I dare anyone try to watch this while high. Mind would not only be blow, but would fly away entirely.
as a young lad me and the boys got stoned and watched it and my gawd what an experience!
Got the t-shirt
Got some tabs coming I'll do a trip report afterwards wish me luck🎉
@@dalefuller5507 it's not that great in that state fwiw- the CGI hallucinations won't compare to the real thing at the same time.. lol
@@dalefuller5507 send some to Scotland... I've already got the dvd.
Enjoy my fiend ( lucky barstuard ). I know you will !.
This is probably the most underrated movie ever. Its in my top 5 movies of all time. Its so freaking smart and well acted. Its funny and profound. Its amazing.
I would not consider this an underated movie
@@andrewprobst846 most people I know have never seen it. That makes it underrated in my book.
@@DanRobbinsUM I can't think of a friend I have that hasn't seen it
@DanRobbinsUM I discovered it from a teacher who lent me the book upon reading it I discovered both my parents and several other parts of my family were familiar and even had more Hunter S books to lend me, he is far from underrated
lmao i dont understand... this is one of the most talked about and loved movies of all time
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. A true use of the medium.
I'll never forget watching this film for the first time. I was 18 in 1998. loved the movie. had it on VHS.
The acid scene is totally accurate for a good strong hallucination in an uncertain setting. There were places in my wild youth I would not venture while visually impaired and it was usually down to someone's choice of decor. Depp's portrayal of Thompson is so accurate and he looks 100% the part.
I also thought it was one of the most accurate depictions of a bad acid trip. That carpet!
The lizard people though? I mean shit, if that can really happen I don't think I'm ever taking the stuff again.
@@HumanOddity69 I've had similar experience of terrible stuff for a brief moment but it was more a seeing it inside my mind and then snapping out of that thinking where the heck was that from, did II just see that?
Not really I’ve taken it hundreds of times and it’s way crazier than that…
@@HumanOddity69the lizard people is a step into the comically exaggerated in my opinion, but the rest is pretty good
This movie is a masterclass. Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro are brilliant here.
Thank you Hunter 🤘💯
In the early 2000s you'd constantly see some tripped out dudes referring to each other as "my attorney". At least here.
Definitely one of my all time favorites. It's great while stoned, but somehow it's even better when sober.
Have you ever seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? Have you ever seen Fear and Loathing, on weeeed?
I love when people talk about this classic, more people should know about it!
I was obsessed with this movie for quite a while and it’s still one of my top faves
..."petered out a the end"...Kind of like the hopeful aspirations of the sixties
60's petered out in the 70's.😮
I loved this movie, saw it in theaters and bought in on VHS and then on DVD. It was a crazy ride and did the book justice. I knew the first time I saw it that it wouldn't do well, it was just too intense for a time when people were watching crap like American Pie.
It’s one great movie! And guess what, a couple of days ago I bought tickets for it, to see it on the big screen again. Well, and because Terry Gilliam is actually gonna be there!
This movie is a bonafide legendary classic. I really do wonder why it didn't do good at first but it is probably more known and respected than most of the others now
its gilliam, not gillum
It’s gill-ee-um not gillem lol
I have only one word for this and it i's "stylissimo"! Keep on trucking mister!
Definitely need to watch this one now because I heard about it but never got a chance to watch it
It's ironic that Jack Nicholson nearly portrayed Thompson, as the two were briefly neighbors in Woody Creek, Colorado and strongly disliked each other. Especially following a series of crazy pranks Thompson played on Nicholson, including leaving a bloody elk heart on his doorstep.
nope, didn't strongly dislike each other .. or dislike each other, Hunter considered him a friend .. whether Jack Nicholson considered Hunter S a friend, may be another matter, but def not enemies
@@rabbieburns2501 Hunter even gave a prank Christmas gift to Nicholsons young daughter with a note saying not to trust men..they were friends with mutual respect for one another
Gillium => Gill-i-um and umbrage => um-ber-age
Almost couldn't finish the video. Drove me absolutely nuts
I saw it in the theater. Parts of it paralleled some of my life in the early 90s.
Most folks in the theater didn't get what was going on because they didn't read the book or any of HST's other works. Me and my buddy laughed our asses off. Depp and Del toro were a tour de force in this movie.
Gill-I(E)-AM