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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: JeepMonkey on December 16, 2008, 12:10:58 pm
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I recently watched a documentary on Hunter S. Thompson, and I was very interested in learning more about his work.
Has anyone read any of his books? I have seen Fear and Loatihng in Las Vegas and thought it was a great movie.
I was thinking of starting with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hells Angels, or Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail 72.
The documentary also showed drawings by Ralph Steadman. I thought they were pretty cool.
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Go pick up a copy of the movie "Where the Buffalo Roam" while you're at it. Bill Murray as HST is great, especially in the courtroom scene.
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It sounds like The Rum Diaries is finally getting made with Johnny Depp reprising his role as Thompson. This movie has been on again/off again a bunch of times, so hopefully it will finally get made. I loved Fear and Loathing and thought Depp played a great Thompson, so I'm definitely looking forward to The Rum Diaries.
http://www.variety.com/VR1117996716.html
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I loved Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Much much better than the movie. I liked the movie a lot, but the overall tone missed the mark, I thought. After reading the book all I could think was, "Good lord, I need to do more drugs." I think the movie tends to make you think, "Hmm . . . I should probably not do any of that stuff." ;D I haven't read anything else of his.
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I'm a fan.
Fear & Loathing is the best place to start. By the end you'll know if you really need to read any more of his stuff as you'll have a complete grasp of his social and political outlook which dominates just about everything he writes. He wrote a column for espn.com for a while, just search "hey rube" from their main page. If you are digging that, then I would definitely recommend Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72, & Hells Angels, as well as The Great Shark Hunt.