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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas does do a solid job of capturing the era's madness in a city which is a madhouse distillation of the American dream, and is consistently intriguing, if for no other reason than Gilliam's willingness to go every ugly place-sometimes very ugly, including plenty of vomit and hallucinatory gore-Thompson's book went. FOR SALE The Doctor is in the house This is the special 2-BR Criterion. Truth be told, however, a head-trip film such as this is better suited to 90 minutes of damn-the-torpedoes pacing than two hours of reverence. FEAR AND LOATHING in Las Vegas (Criterion Collection) New Blu-ray - 29.94. Depp does a hilariously spot-on performance of Thompson-as-Duke and Del Toro sports plenty of extra flab as the unhinged Dr.
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Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro), Terry Gilliam's saga of kindred spirits on a drug-fueled spree through Vegas (ostensibly while covering an off-road race and/or a law enforcement narcotics conference) feels exactly like it should feel: a cockeyed white-water rafting tour down a polluted stream of consciousness. NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second.
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Chronicling the adventures of journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) and his attorney Dr. The film is presented in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Thompson's 1971 "gonzo journalism" classic as I can imagine.though that's not necessarily a good thing. Thompson's novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is given the deluxe treatment on this lavish two-disc set from Criterion. Join wigged-out journalist Raoul Duke. About as faithful an adaptation of Hunter S. Criterions Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas has a commentary track with Thompson in which he spends most of it randomly screaming this high shrill squawk. Johnny Depp stars in director Terry Gilliams psychedelic film adaptation of Hunter S.