Posts Tagged ‘Terry Gilliam’
Gilliam and Landis Messing Around
Posted: January 26, 2013 in -Tags: documentary, John Landis, Terry Gilliam
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A Terry Gilliam Christmas card…
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Posted: September 9, 2009 in Joe GiambroneTags: dark comedy, dramatization, Hunter Thompson, Johnny Depp, Terry Gilliam, Under The Radar
DVD: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Blu-ray: Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (Director’s Cut)
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s 1971 drug frenzied diary is brought to the screen care of Terry Gilliam, with Johnny Depp in the role of Thompson.
Thompson’s twisted prose and Depp’s narration are what make this descent into madness so completely hilarious. Thompson was a force of nature, his own rogue state provoking and challenging everyone everywhere he went. In the words of Tom Wolfe, each encounter with Thompson was “an event.”
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