Wow, look he switch to 8 mm, then black and white, now it's slow mo all in 3 seconds! This movie polarizes the audience like few before: while of course, there's people who like it and people who don't like it for any movie, 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' either excites or almost repulses it's critics, and I dare to say that most of the negative responses are based on ignorance, or even fear, of introducing psychedelic experiences into mainstream culture. Well, I guess up until now you, the reader, can guess that I am one of those that loved the movie, and think it to be a mile stone in cinematographic history, along with 'Apocalypse Now', 'Pulp Fiction' or 'The Matrix'. If you put aside the usual assumptions about a movie, i. Alors que le Vietnam, Altamont et les meurtres de Tate empiètent sur le monde des nouvelles télévisées, Duke et Gonzo voient les casinos, les reptiles et le rêve américain. Visually the film is amazing and both Johnny Depp and Benizio Del Toro are true to the book. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. Un journaliste de gonzo de drogue Raoul Duke et son avocat Dr Gonzo conduisent de Los Angeles à Las Vegas sur une beuverie de drogue alors qu'ils cherchent désespérément le «rêve américain».
. It is as if Fellini directed a Cheech and Chong movie. He explains that his carefree ways were out of place for such an area as Las Vegas, and in one of the funniest scenes in the entire movie, he visits a conference detailing the dangers of substance abuse, and inhales cocaine throughout the seminar led by the late Michael Jeter. What we get from this combination is one of the best films ever made. Heaven forbid we're required to use our imagination a little bit and not have it handed to us in the form of Hollywood mindless pap.
This is a fine movie, don't watch it stoned, you'll get more out of it, repeated viewings are recommended. Terry Gilliam the Director is an accomplished film maker who began his career as one of the members of Monty Python. The movie is based on the semi-autobiographical memoirs of Dr. He is in a permanent daze throughout the entire film, constantly consuming drugs every time the camera pans onto him. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. The overall effect of the movie is the equivalent of getting high -- only this probably isn't as dangerous. After the sixties, during the Vietnam War, Americans were deeply confused, and turned to many dangerous substances for answers.
As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. It is a more or less true story. Gilliam has a style which is unmistakable, it's like walking around inside of a Dali painting, everything is distorted and stretched to create a strong sense of surrealism. I think the people who reviewed this film are a bit warped for thinking of it as anything less than a masterpiece. I couldn't possibly recommend this film more highly. Also the scene of Johnny Depp squealing like a banshee after imbibing some adrenocrome and Del Torro freaking out behind him is unforgettable.
For all those of you who decry this movie for being pointless and lacking soul, that was the point! Drugs, drugs and more drugs, but instead of preaching their evils or telling you how fabulous life is when you're on acid, you get a very unbiased experienced approach to their use and abuse. It's somewhat pointless, but incidentally, I think that is the point. This is an excellent movie, a true adaptation of the book, nothing more and nothing less. I pity the fools who gave this movie a negative review and fail miserably in articulating their reasoning. In his novel, Thompson used the character Raoul Duke as a relation to his own past, and the pair's psychedelic weekend as a metaphor for the Lost America. Depp seems to be channeling the physical freedom of Steve Martin and the slurred speech patterns of Thompson himself -- although he was given ample time to pick up on Thompson's mannerisms, since they spent much time together prior to shooting and throughout the filming process. Drug use is simply a way of escaping your present reality, and all the drugged out zeroes of the sixties were truly lost if they thought that enlightenment and peace could come from a hit of acid.
Duke begins to drive back to L. So sitting cramped in his increasingly trashed hotel apartment, he begins clacking away mumbo-jumbo on his typewriter, desperately trying to make sense of the seemingly frenzied world surrounding him. If anything, it demonizes them sometimes quite literally , and the constant drug use is merely present to account for the duo's wacky behavior. Gonzo Benicio Del Toro, who gained forty pounds for his role. Del Torro has one scene in particular the bathtub scene which is both disgusting and very disturbing.
The film, del toro, Depp, and of course, Gilliam are all brilliant. God save us that we actually have to think a little when we sit in those awful theatre seats. It is an unflinching look at the sickening excesses of a consumption based culture of America during the early 1970's, who's vacuous heart resides in Las Vegas, a symbol of greed and debauchery. He did all of their animations. Personally, i regard 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' as one of my absolute favorites, definitely in my top 10, and possibly even top 3. Duke begins to drive back to L. Ils couvrent nominalement des reportages, y compris une convention sur la toxicomanie, mais s'enfoncent aussi plus profondément dans un autre monde psychédélique effrayant.
It is an experience unlike any other, and although I can completely understand the negative reviews it received upon its release years ago, I find myself somewhere in between the haters and the die-hard cult fans. The truth is that he's just a damn fine actor who didn't hold back for one second, which is exactly what the film called for. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. He is also the reporter, the main character of the film, and he is in such a daze that after the motorcycle race is over, he's not even sure who has won. The year is 1971, the beginning of the after-effects of the frivolous sixties. These two men on their own are incredibly clever and gifted artists in their chosen medium. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions.
In some ways the movie is as confused and wandering as its narrator. It was written by Hunter S. Yet his approach is much less offensive than Oliver Stone, who desperately throws every single filming trick at you repeatedly until you are pummeled into submission. Apparently his performance was so convincing that he had a hard time getting work after this film because everyone was convinced that he was wasted on the set. The directing itself is fast paced with offseting angles a lot of wide angle lenses. Though it has been tried many times, in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' it has been done in a way that in my opinion deserves an Academy Award like 'Best Visual Interpretation', were there one like that btw, number 2 in my psychedelic charts is, interestingly, a scene from 'The Simpsons', episode 809, 'El Viaje de Nuestro Jomer The Mysterious Voyage of Homer ', where Homer eats super-spicy chili made from Guatemalan chili peppers grown by mental patients- that causing him an incredibly accuratel realized 'trip'. What is even more intriguing is Gilliam's use of his camera, cinematography and backgrounds -- the camera essentially takes on the role of a third person, as it is constantly moving, positioned at awkward angles against harsh, dizzying backdrops, wallpapers and carpets.