I met Hunter sometime around 1990-91. He was writing for the San Francisco examiner at the time. I was driving a yellow cab and he was hailing a cab on Lombard street- the flat part, where all the motels are. Not the crooked hill that all the tourists know about. Anyway, he was with cigarette in holder jauntily held at an angle like FDR would do, had a yellow Hawaiian shirt on, sunglasses, straw hat, and under his right arm, a large stack of things flat - manila envelopes, magazines, the paper, correspondence, fliers, copy, and a binder or two. He got in, said he needed to get to Bush and Sansome, which is about a ten minute ride without traffic. It was the most interesting ten minutes of my career as a cab driver- which spanned 25 years. He was polite, interesting, charming, well-spoken, a bit on the manic side- not too much, but yes, a little. He covered at least 10 or 11 relevant subjects, speaking the whole time TO me.. not AT me. He wasn't putting on a show, trying to impress, etc. He was genuinely having a conversation with me in a way that showed no celebrity, no outlandishness- only the respectful tone of one person to another. I had the opportunity to speak and answer many times and did, but I purposefully would throw the conversation back to him because I can hear myself talk all day long. How often is Hunter S. Thompson going to talk to you person to person? He did not disappoint. Everything from George HW Bush to Frank Jordan and Art Agnostic. He knew all the SF local politics like an old chronicle hack who'd been there forever. I cherish that 10 minutes, I had with him and I'm sure if he were alive today, he'd come up to me and pick up the conversation where he left off. He was that kinda guy.
@@Thelavendel You can do better than that. I read it all, only took about a minute or two and I found it interesting and believable (whether it was true or not lol). I think if you're looking for a place where people won't read a top comment that's a paragraph long, you picked the wrong video. There's always someone who'll read or write anything, and there's all kinds of people in the world. Of course, you've been on this site almost 20 years so you oughtta know that by now.
I've seen this doc many times and hearing the airline call for nickel beer and Steadman rolling a cig on the plane will always be the highlight of it all.
He was a regular man with his opinions. He lived out who he was, whether it be a writer running the pavement with juice in his veins or the old man who went when he wanted and chose how he did. He had his “flaws” but he was just like everyone else, he just lived a little louder in the public eye and let his thoughts bleed out for us to pick apart.
Well put! I pondered Thompson’s statement about a guy like him only being able to live in America. That seems true to me - especially at that time. I think America had about half the current population back then, so it was easier to just “be yourself”.
My favorite line in the whole documentary was when he answered the door with the white makeup on his face. "are you sure you're going to be okay?" "I don't know"
I like the part where he says he is finished with that particular effort and that he finds he is repeating himself. Charles Bukowski said he didn't fear death because as you get old, you find life is just repeating itself. Those two men definitely wanted life to present itself in a fresh new way as each year passed.
@@AndrewEdwardBailey Nice words and my respect to you and your father. Myself, I've experienced a lot (A LOT) in this life and have no regrets and am relatively happy. So, some PTSD aside no real depression. My thoughts regarding the subject are not like the average person. I would welcome it in the sense of after having done so much, it just seems like a logical step in the progression of life, if that makes any sense. I don't really believe we end anyway. Thanks!
@@Dreamskater100 That's a hard one to sum up on this venue... A serious question deserves a serious answer. For myself, I know that consciousness exists after it releases the physical body. I have experienced it for myself, sat with family members as they have passed and dealt with the emotional, spiritual aftermath. I find it hard to fathom that all of our trials, tribulations, victories and defeats etc... That all of that experience was for nothing. I also feel it is all a very individualized experience and it is meant to be. Not any single answer is the way and we are all meant to be different in our expressions and experiences. If we were all the same then what's the point. Creation is so varied that at one moment what you think might be, changes the next moment. I think life is incredible in every form and am grateful to have had a jump in the game. What happens afterwards?... We'll all find out soon enough. Sorry for waxing on and didn't mean to bore. (and No, I am not high).
No, we had liberty and no 'political correct' mind-control nonsense. Now we are in shit pile of liberal dogma but you could get arrested just the same and do hard time in that "wild west". I paid 28 cents for a pack of smokes and gas was 19.9 cents a gallon when I got my license... Anyone you know of ever get hooked on nicotine from secondhand smoke?
@@cravinbob I remember when 5 bucks bought three 40 ounce malt liquors, a pack of marlboros and enough gas to drive around for a couple days in a Honda Prelude. This was in the early/mid 1980s.
I read your comment early in the documentary and I guessed then that these would be the sentences you were talking about. Indeed. Fantastic writing. God bless.
Nothing about this terrible, lame doc gives anyone with real life existence and experience like Hunter or me or anyone whose sewn some real wild oats and seen/done any real life shit "goosebumps". They did a complete disservice to him in this because it looks more like a video report for Congress on fucking C-SPAN 2 than anything that resembled interesting.
Utterly agree. And in a sense, Neil Young's "On the Beach" album is the next chapter after those words. I can't stand listening to On The Beach because it does such an excellent job of conveying melancholy, disillusionment, and shattered hopes. I enjoy Fear and Loathing more because of the writing and humour, I suppose, or because it's like being with a wise companion. It ends on a beach too, I think, with him describing "stupid little birds, whorehoppers and the like".
The lengthy sound gap is from ~7:25 to ~8:25 for those like me who’ve already wasted too much time in their finite lives and would like to win one back! 💝
The funniest persona...of all time. Raoul Duke, and Hunter S. Thompson...were the same guy. He created that character, to be himself. Brilliant. Genius. Hilarious.
“I’ve been vomiting blood this morning”. 😂 how this guy lived so long is amazing. He must’ve had many close calls. Must’ve had good genes or idk just knew his limits
The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. - Hunter S Thompson.
He self medicated with alcohol due to ptsd from his childhood encounters with the legal system is what I've always thought, man lived more than anyone I have ever known,or will, for that matter. Johnny Depp is one hell of a friend to do what he did for him.
His reputation unfortunately does an injustice to his life as an excellent writter. People instead of reading his fantastic literature just wanna hear about his drug routine. Its only interesting after you read his stuff
I tell people this all the time. I've read the rum diary, FALILV, Hell's angels, and currently reading fear and loathing on the campaign trail. I love the way he writes, every sentence has a sort of excitement to it and there's never a boring chapter. Truly the best writer for anyone with a terrible attention span like me hahaha.
I dont know I've never heard him liking snuff films. Who cares if he did watch pornos and did drugs neither are a big deal. A snuff film of course but I've never heard that
Whoa there Jack! Thompson was never a member of the Angels. He was a University educated Doctor of Journalism. He was given (begrudging) permission to hang around with the Angels. They did not appreciate his published work detailing his time with them, was beaten severely, and was surprisingly allowed to live. You disrespect what both the Hell's Angels and Dr. Thompson were, seperately, when you claim he was a member. I know this doc is old, but still...
He was never a doctor of journalism (if such a degree ever existed, at least when he was of university age. I don't believe he ever graduated even with a bachelor's degree- he went straight in journalism. "he audited several courses at the Columbia University School of General Studies" . That was it. Re: his "doctorate: In the late 1960s, Thompson acquired the title of "Doctor" from the Universal Life Church, which offers legal ordination to become a minister for a small fee, and in many cases free of charge. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson.
It’s fascinating when he says he’s never sure which one people expect him to be, Thompson or Duke. That kind of disappearance of the line between personae is what killed greats like HST, Jack Kerouac, Jim Morrison, and Warren Zevon.
As a post-soviet european, who was kinda traumatized by watching the movie with Jonny and Benicio while being too young... Watching this as a fully grown up is absolutely mind bending. I thought it was a movie... :D
A marvelous movie made by Terry Gilliam who has never taken LSD. I doubt whether many filmmakers would have the intelligence, open-minded, creativity, and sympathy to Thompson's mindset, to make such a movie. It's a good idea to get the DVD because it includes scenes from the book (e.g. the DA convention) that werent shown in movie theatres). And i can forgive Johnny Depp's several bad movies and creative choices for his amazing portrayal of HST. I genuinely felt high after leaving the movie. with that last scene of driving wide-eyed in a convertible in the desert
This movie is both exciting and euphoric and funny to watch, but at some moments reaaally bothered me too. Have watched it many times in many states of mind :)))
An interesting thing - Gilliam didnt take acid. But I guess the Pythonesque and the hippy era acid heavy visuals rubbed off anyways. But, man, I love taking acid and watching TV or just reading old natgeos or life mags. Thats just peak comedy - life. Makes me laugh until my stomach hurts.
It was always good to see the man smile. He had a great smile. I feel that he was one of those individuals who were made for the time they were living in, he could not have gotten away with 20% of the things he wrote and said nowadays. R.I.P. Hunter
Yeah, because he wrote truth. I think he would’ve been cancelled all the way, forget about 20 percent. Be lucky to get 1 percent of real shit like we got from this man.
Big time disagree. There’s at least 500k dudes between 20-30 in the USA that would take on this persona ASAP if it had the ability to make money like it did for Hunter. Me included. Hunter S. Thompson is still a legend who knew what was up. Just a different time. A better time lol.
LaugingatpainUSAway was first to post this but they censored ALL audio because of Hunter's favorite song "Mr. Tambourine Man" at the Gonzo fist memorial ending Fuckin A. Thanks for reposting. Funny the comments are the same here LOL FUCKIN HELL!
The natural born ventriloquist--his mouth never moves when Hunter talks, which probably has some metaphorical significance, but I haven't had enough LSD and cocaine yet today to find it...
@God The BBC comes off as a close minded boys club funded by tax payers money, and they use Draconian methods to collect that money like threatening letters, language and visits. If you are issued a fine and don't pay it then you are sent to jail. And...it used to be even worse. It was an upper crust, toffee nosed, elitist, jobs for the boys, sexual predator filled gang hut. They put on terrible "educational" and "enlightening" and "cultured" content on their channel to edify us working class scumbags and introduce a bit of improvement into our lives. Remember the crap that was the boring and depressing kitchen sink dramas? Pebble mill? With the jazz bands and orchestras and the proms and the boat race and the posh accents and the air of a stuck-up English teacher who thinks that by going on about Ancient Greece he is giving some culture to a bunch of uncultured ruffians. Remember the Whistle Test? Where the musicians were not allowed to even play live? Top of the pops, where they had to lip sync? And the crowd was poked with a cattle prod in order to make them dance for the 3 minutes that was required for the producer to get his shot? That's the BBC. Especially back then. The wildlife department, I will admit, was, and still is, absolutely exceptionally good at what they do though.
mike acton OR blatant narcissism, in Hunters case. He was an attention hound and not much else. When shit got real, he cried to the police. All show and no go.
@@kennhiser lol are you kidding. The man was a man of principles, not show. He didnt give a rats ass what people thought about him. And also Hunter S. Thompson even talking to a police officer is a laughable idea at best
I read the book at once a year and it's never got boring, continue to discover new information and the writing is very profound, a window into the human behaviour of the man mad. I do believe that Gonzo was never there and it was Hunter alll along. In my opinion.
Were he not a celebrity, he would be destitute, or incarcerated. America puts up with ANYTHING from its celebrities. I LOVE Hunter, but I hate that anyone not a celebrity would be THUMPED
I met Hunter S. Thompson at Highland Middle School in 1990 where he went to school in the Highlands/Deer Park neighborhood in my hometown,his,Jack Harlow's,Jennifer Lawrence's,Ned Beatty's,an Muhammad Ali's,etc. (Louisville,Ky)
He strikes me as one of those people whose secret life activities eventually manifested into the main portion of his mentality / reality. And the public portion of his life required uncomfortable adjustments and was just along for the ride.
Blondes with "lobotomized eyes". I love that. He looks like Ferris Bueller's friend. Also, I was cracking up at the him discussing the fist with two thumbs memorial with that undertaker. Total poker face! Where Louis Theroux gets his style from.
I love his drawings. They expressed exactly what he said in word. I can completely understand his hatred of Hollywood and the crowds and the attention and his paranoia.
"property goes over the cliff... I can do whatever I want... McDonalds', I can do" LOL so funny when he laid out the 'project' to the funeral home employee.
Hunter was *NEVER* a Hells Angel as this mess of a documentary insinuates! He was given permission to be a *_hangaround_* so he could write a book. *Hells Angels MC* were not amused with the book. How he survived that is a mystery? He was however, a _total_ nutter, that's true. He was also a brilliant writer and a real character. So much more interesting than today's sterile dumbed down dross.
He also directed several pedophilic snuff films and killed at least one child himself as per Paul Bonacci's testimony. Hunter Thompson was a murdering scumbag.
@@cravinbob the establishment likes to create these heros for us. What kind of proof would you like? You can't just walk out your door and buy adrenochrome. The raw materials are harvested during an elaborate human sacrifice ritual.
"...in the mean time, we have suspended his monthly retainer and cancelled his credit card. During one four-day period in Washington, he destroyed two cars, cracked a wall in the Hilton, purchased two French horns at eleven hundred dollars each and ran through a plate-glass door in a Turkish restaurant..." To have this description written into history, written as a true account, is something marvellous; it is an example of true poetry in motion :D
I wish I had his writing talent...would love to travel the world and create. I also kind of wish I had his party genes. Unfortunately after two beers I feel like shit. Always inspired by the legend
I met Hunter sometime around 1990-91. He was writing for the San Francisco examiner at the time. I was driving a yellow cab and he was hailing a cab on Lombard street- the flat part, where all the motels are. Not the crooked hill that all the tourists know about. Anyway, he was with cigarette in holder jauntily held at an angle like FDR would do, had a yellow Hawaiian shirt on, sunglasses, straw hat, and under his right arm, a large stack of things flat - manila envelopes, magazines, the paper, correspondence, fliers, copy, and a binder or two. He got in, said he needed to get to Bush and Sansome, which is about a ten minute ride without traffic. It was the most interesting ten minutes of my career as a cab driver- which spanned 25 years. He was polite, interesting, charming, well-spoken, a bit on the manic side- not too much, but yes, a little. He covered at least 10 or 11 relevant subjects, speaking the whole time TO me.. not AT me. He wasn't putting on a show, trying to impress, etc. He was genuinely having a conversation with me in a way that showed no celebrity, no outlandishness- only the respectful tone of one person to another. I had the opportunity to speak and answer many times and did, but I purposefully would throw the conversation back to him because I can hear myself talk all day long. How often is Hunter S. Thompson going to talk to you person to person? He did not disappoint. Everything from George HW Bush to Frank Jordan and Art Agnostic. He knew all the SF local politics like an old chronicle hack who'd been there forever. I cherish that 10 minutes, I had with him and I'm sure if he were alive today, he'd come up to me and pick up the conversation where he left off. He was that kinda guy.
Thank you for sharing this great anecdote. I would have loved to have met him
nobody's gonna read all that.
@@Thelavendel TLDR : At least 33 people did. Have you ever read a book ?
@@Czechbound 33 people gave it a thumbs up. I doubt all of them read it. No I haven't read a book, because they make movies of all the good ones.
@@Thelavendel You can do better than that.
I read it all, only took about a minute or two and I found it interesting and believable (whether it was true or not lol). I think if you're looking for a place where people won't read a top comment that's a paragraph long, you picked the wrong video. There's always someone who'll read or write anything, and there's all kinds of people in the world. Of course, you've been on this site almost 20 years so you oughtta know that by now.
"Nickel beer" on a domestic flight. Truly, America has fallen.
think that was the highlight
...and smoking. how the mighty have fallen. -sigh-
Yea now you get a Coors light in a small Dixie cup and it costs you 5-6$ possibly even more.
@Max William Lauf doesn't seem worth the trouble
I believe its $7 now and they dont take cash, only plastic.
"When The Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro” - Hunter S. Thompson
I've seen this doc many times and hearing the airline call for nickel beer and Steadman rolling a cig on the plane will always be the highlight of it all.
the good ol' days
Do you know what he was saying when the sound was shut down for about 4 minutes?
It started at 14:00
Yep, times they have a changed
Back when enjoying yourself wasn't just for the elite.
He was a regular man with his opinions. He lived out who he was, whether it be a writer running the pavement with juice in his veins or the old man who went when he wanted and chose how he did. He had his “flaws” but he was just like everyone else, he just lived a little louder in the public eye and let his thoughts bleed out for us to pick apart.
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Well put! I pondered Thompson’s statement about a guy like him only being able to live in America. That seems true to me - especially at that time. I think America had about half the current population back then, so it was easier to just “be yourself”.
poor hunter would puke his guts out to see Rolling Stone today
I stopped reading it in the 90s when I saw a staff writer refer to eminem as a "reclusive genius"
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz stupid asshole
James Volk lol. Maybe. Or maybe it would be just the circus he would love to crash and report on.
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz lol this is what made you stop? Not even a fan of eminem but he’s a GOAT of the genre.
@Mr Shikigami Calm down doris
My favorite line in the whole documentary was when he answered the door with the white makeup on his face.
"are you sure you're going to be okay?"
"I don't know"
lame!
that was good yeah but liked the vibe of the "I hate popcorn" when being offered instead of just saying no lol
I like the part where he says he is finished with that particular effort and that he finds he is repeating himself. Charles Bukowski said he didn't fear death because as you get old, you find life is just repeating itself. Those two men definitely wanted life to present itself in a fresh new way as each year passed.
If your life has been exiting you have high standards and get bored as you age.
I agree with Bukowski on death. I feel like I may even reach a point where I welcome it.
@@AndrewEdwardBailey Nice words and my respect to you and your father. Myself, I've experienced a lot (A LOT) in this life and have no regrets and am relatively happy. So, some PTSD aside no real depression. My thoughts regarding the subject are not like the average person. I would welcome it in the sense of after having done so much, it just seems like a logical step in the progression of life, if that makes any sense.
I don't really believe we end anyway.
Thanks!
@@GordiansKnotHere 'I don't really believe we end anyway.' What do you believe happens? I'm very curious. (Also, I'm scared of death).
@@Dreamskater100 That's a hard one to sum up on this venue...
A serious question deserves a serious answer.
For myself, I know that consciousness exists after it releases the physical body. I have experienced it for myself, sat with family members as they have passed and dealt with the emotional, spiritual aftermath. I find it hard to fathom that all of our trials, tribulations, victories and defeats etc... That all of that experience was for nothing. I also feel it is all a very individualized experience and it is meant to be. Not any single answer is the way and we are all meant to be different in our expressions and experiences. If we were all the same then what's the point. Creation is so varied that at one moment what you think might be, changes the next moment. I think life is incredible in every form and am grateful to have had a jump in the game. What happens afterwards?... We'll all find out soon enough. Sorry for waxing on and didn't mean to bore. (and No, I am not high).
It's impossible to imagine any other artist working with Hunter. Steadman was the perfect foil.
Smoking cigarettes on airplane's,
Drinking and speeding whilst driving, it was the wild west back then! Holysmokes.
And nickel beer!
No, it was masculine back then...today is house cats
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No, we had liberty and no 'political correct' mind-control nonsense. Now we are in shit pile of liberal dogma but you could get arrested just the same and do hard time in that "wild west". I paid 28 cents for a pack of smokes and gas was 19.9 cents a gallon when I got my license...
Anyone you know of ever get hooked on nicotine from secondhand smoke?
@@cravinbob I remember when 5 bucks bought three 40 ounce malt liquors, a pack of marlboros and enough gas to drive around for a couple days in a Honda Prelude. This was in the early/mid 1980s.
Johnny depp had his voice down perfectly. Fear and loathing is a visual treat, the movie not this documentary.
Where the buffalo roam with bill murryy .....puts Jonny little Depp's movie to shame
OG scotty Blynx2 no, no it doesn’t. It is however a great great movie.
Where the buffalo roam is just as good if not better imho
Drugs are bad
@@ogscottyskidrowinterviews7256 bill was hst.... so was johnny, but not like bill !
19:30-20:47 is probably my favorite bit of writing. It still gives me goosebumps, even after all these years.
I read your comment early in the documentary and I guessed then that these would be the sentences you were talking about.
Indeed.
Fantastic writing.
God bless.
Nothing about this terrible, lame doc gives anyone with real life existence and experience like Hunter or me or anyone whose sewn some real wild oats and seen/done any real life shit "goosebumps". They did a complete disservice to him in this because it looks more like a video report for Congress on fucking C-SPAN 2 than anything that resembled interesting.
Utterly agree. And in a sense, Neil Young's "On the Beach" album is the next chapter after those words. I can't stand listening to On The Beach because it does such an excellent job of conveying melancholy, disillusionment, and shattered hopes. I enjoy Fear and Loathing more because of the writing and humour, I suppose, or because it's like being with a wise companion. It ends on a beach too, I think, with him describing "stupid little birds, whorehoppers and the like".
The lengthy sound gap is from ~7:25 to ~8:25 for those like me who’ve already wasted too much time in their finite lives and would like to win one back! 💝
The funniest persona...of all time. Raoul Duke, and Hunter S. Thompson...were the same guy. He created that character, to be himself. Brilliant. Genius. Hilarious.
“I’ve been vomiting blood this morning”. 😂 how this guy lived so long is amazing. He must’ve had many close calls. Must’ve had good genes or idk just knew his limits
he was the limit
The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.
- Hunter S Thompson.
@@Teknotion I thought that the edge meant the one crossed with psychedelic drugs?
@@jagerbomb It's subjective. It could mean the edge of reason, rationality, or even madness. With Hunter, it could have been all three.
He self medicated with alcohol due to ptsd from his childhood encounters with the legal system is what I've always thought, man lived more than anyone I have ever known,or will, for that matter. Johnny Depp is one hell of a friend to do what he did for him.
So glad this back on YT w the audio.
Most of the audio
His reputation unfortunately does an injustice to his life as an excellent writter. People instead of reading his fantastic literature just wanna hear about his drug routine. Its only interesting after you read his stuff
I tell people this all the time. I've read the rum diary, FALILV, Hell's angels, and currently reading fear and loathing on the campaign trail. I love the way he writes, every sentence has a sort of excitement to it and there's never a boring chapter. Truly the best writer for anyone with a terrible attention span like me hahaha.
@@nikh3901His articles for rolling stone is something i still havent read a serious amount of,, and dont know where to find them
Why a terrible person??
And his interest in snuff films
I dont know I've never heard him liking snuff films. Who cares if he did watch pornos and did drugs neither are a big deal. A snuff film of course but I've never heard that
sees Hunter driving up 2:30
"Hunta its me"
"outta my way you bastard"
I like the bs narration of Thompson as if he’s a crazy animal but in every scene he’s just doing normal stuff.
this should have 5 million more views.
How very BBC.... thanks for posting.
Whoa there Jack! Thompson was never a member of the Angels. He was a University educated Doctor of Journalism. He was given (begrudging) permission to hang around with the Angels. They did not appreciate his published work detailing his time with them, was beaten severely, and was surprisingly allowed to live.
You disrespect what both the Hell's Angels and Dr. Thompson were, seperately, when you claim he was a member.
I know this doc is old, but still...
This was the best comment about that. Absolutely, I feel the same way.
I was wondering how I never knew about this, thank you for clarifying.
Sonny Barger hated him.
Glad someone caught that...
He was never a doctor of journalism (if such a degree ever existed, at least when he was of university age. I don't believe he ever graduated even with a bachelor's degree- he went straight in journalism. "he audited several courses at the Columbia University School of General Studies" . That was it. Re: his "doctorate: In the late 1960s, Thompson acquired the title of "Doctor" from the Universal Life Church, which offers legal ordination to become a minister for a small fee, and in many cases free of charge. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson.
It’s fascinating when he says he’s never sure which one people expect him to be, Thompson or Duke. That kind of disappearance of the line between personae is what killed greats like HST, Jack Kerouac, Jim Morrison, and Warren Zevon.
As a post-soviet european, who was kinda traumatized by watching the movie with Jonny and Benicio while being too young... Watching this as a fully grown up is absolutely mind bending. I thought it was a movie... :D
Literal same…😂same exact experience. Lord have mercy.
I watched it before I graduated from hs on pyramid gels. . . didn't really appreciate it until my late 20s.
A marvelous movie made by Terry Gilliam who has never taken LSD. I doubt whether many filmmakers would have the intelligence, open-minded, creativity, and sympathy to Thompson's mindset, to make such a movie. It's a good idea to get the DVD because it includes scenes from the book (e.g. the DA convention) that werent shown in movie theatres). And i can forgive Johnny Depp's several bad movies and creative choices for his amazing portrayal of HST. I genuinely felt high after leaving the movie. with that last scene of driving wide-eyed in a convertible in the desert
This movie is both exciting and euphoric and funny to watch, but at some moments reaaally bothered me too. Have watched it many times in many states of mind :)))
An interesting thing - Gilliam didnt take acid. But I guess the Pythonesque and the hippy era acid heavy visuals rubbed off anyways.
But, man, I love taking acid and watching TV or just reading old natgeos or life mags. Thats just peak comedy - life. Makes me laugh until my stomach hurts.
whew! Cool heavy watch! thanks youtuber!
Awesome video!!! I miss Thompson and Hemingway.
Hemingway was as fake as Thompson 😂
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz, your fricking funny as all get out. Keep up the great work kid.
Thank the powers that be that his path crossed with Johnny Depp’s.
Parasitic sucker attachment to Mr. Thomson's talent and courage were no more than opportunist exploitation...
It was always good to see the man smile. He had a great smile. I feel that he was one of those individuals who were made for the time they were living in, he could not have gotten away with 20% of the things he wrote and said nowadays. R.I.P. Hunter
Yeah, because he wrote truth. I think he would’ve been cancelled all the way, forget about 20 percent. Be lucky to get 1 percent of real shit like we got from this man.
The way he grabbed the beautiful miner bird - kept it caged - and handled it so brutally says a lot about this 'man'.
Yes... in the end he wound up putting a bullet into his own head.. so... clearly torment was all the man ever really knew.
@@jerrywbrice Sad that he became a hero to some then... A real shame in so many ways.
i hope you never ate chicken nuggets.
Hunter would've maced you in the face for sure 😂
I didn't like that either.
Thank you for posting. That was great ! Nobody like him anymore. He'd probably be cancelled today
Big time disagree. There’s at least 500k dudes between 20-30 in the USA that would take on this persona ASAP if it had the ability to make money like it did for Hunter. Me included. Hunter S. Thompson is still a legend who knew what was up. Just a different time. A better time lol.
I don’t remember the original having some problems oh and thanks for your very cryptic message about he was never in the hell’s angels no shit
LaugingatpainUSAway was first to post this but they censored ALL audio because of Hunter's favorite song "Mr. Tambourine Man" at the Gonzo fist memorial ending Fuckin A. Thanks for reposting. Funny the comments are the same here LOL FUCKIN HELL!
The natural born ventriloquist--his mouth never moves when Hunter talks, which probably has some metaphorical significance, but I haven't had enough LSD and cocaine yet today to find it...
No one has...
Good upload by why does the audio keep cutting out on this one?
25:40 is my favorite part
Me too man hahaha
Hunter to a cop. "You own the streets right?"
holy shit,depp did a great job portraying him
Absolut!
what is crazy is if you see a Depp movie or recent interview..he can't seem to shake the Hunter character.
@@mooknick242 Nah hes always had that quirkiness, probably why it came so naturally for him.
so did Bill Murray. He's a rich character to play.
I thought when I saw Depp's performance that it was terrible acting, until I saw this, and I was blown away by Depp!
Thanks 👍
"Tonight Omnibus tries to get Hunter and Ralph to recreate a version of Fear and Loathing". Very BBC!
@God The BBC comes off as a close minded boys club funded by tax payers money, and they use Draconian methods to collect that money like threatening letters, language and visits. If you are issued a fine and don't pay it then you are sent to jail. And...it used to be even worse. It was an upper crust, toffee nosed, elitist, jobs for the boys, sexual predator filled gang hut. They put on terrible "educational" and "enlightening" and "cultured" content on their channel to edify us working class scumbags and introduce a bit of improvement into our lives. Remember the crap that was the boring and depressing kitchen sink dramas? Pebble mill? With the jazz bands and orchestras and the proms and the boat race and the posh accents and the air of a stuck-up English teacher who thinks that by going on about Ancient Greece he is giving some culture to a bunch of uncultured ruffians. Remember the Whistle Test? Where the musicians were not allowed to even play live? Top of the pops, where they had to lip sync? And the crowd was poked with a cattle prod in order to make them dance for the 3 minutes that was required for the producer to get his shot? That's the BBC. Especially back then. The wildlife department, I will admit, was, and still is, absolutely exceptionally good at what they do though.
Always loved this documentary
RAW
gonzo journalism is, in fact, participatory journalism where the writer immerses himself in the story to the extent he becomes the story.
mike acton OR blatant narcissism, in Hunters case. He was an attention hound and not much else. When shit got real, he cried to the police. All show and no go.
@@kennhiser lol are you kidding. The man was a man of principles, not show. He didnt give a rats ass what people thought about him. And also Hunter S. Thompson even talking to a police officer is a laughable idea at best
@@kennhiser He literally had a note pinned to his refrigerator saying “Do not call the cops under ANY circumstance” or something to that effect lmao
"Two friends, both actors.." Bill Murray, in fact. Unnamed.
I read the book at once a year and it's never got boring, continue to discover new information and the writing is very profound, a window into the human behaviour of the man mad. I do believe that Gonzo was never there and it was Hunter alll along. In my opinion.
You need to read a bit more about what actually happened. There’s no dispute about false characters because two men were really there.
Omnibus by the BBC. This was a cracking documentary series
Was not a Hell's Angel and home town is in Kentucky*
Indeed the angels wanted a piece of his ass for not keeping his word
Hunter was correct in being suspicious of those a hole filmmakers. Not very respectful.
People could smoke and get beer for a nickel on domestic flights. How America has fallen…
Tragic indeed.
Good old days! 😎
Wish he had more movies
Have you seen Fear and loathing in aspen?
Every generation goes through their generational change. World is not ending, it's just a NEW BEGINNING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
Now I waited for that and When he said goddamn I’ll be out of here in another 13 seconds, you’re growing a crowd and there’s nothing here...
Were he not a celebrity, he would be destitute, or incarcerated. America puts up with ANYTHING from its celebrities. I LOVE Hunter, but I hate that anyone not a celebrity would be THUMPED
Ralph Steadman sounds exactly like Ian Faith, the manager of Spinal Tap. :)
I met Hunter S. Thompson at Highland Middle School in 1990 where he went to school in the Highlands/Deer Park neighborhood in my hometown,his,Jack Harlow's,Jennifer Lawrence's,Ned Beatty's,an Muhammad Ali's,etc. (Louisville,Ky)
Dope documentary..just wish they wouldve remastered it in hi-def
I want to travel back in time just to kick it in the 70s 80s and 90s again
Wouldn't we all 😎!
I've never seen another human like him. He's the true definition of Chaotic Neutral.
"No thank you i hate popcorn" love him.
What an amazing throwaway line. I hear it all the time in my head when I think about HST.
He strikes me as one of those people whose secret life activities eventually manifested into the main portion of his mentality / reality. And the public portion of his life required uncomfortable adjustments and was just along for the ride.
I enjoy seeing Hunter interviewing Dean from 33:00. You don't usually see him lucid, passionate and healthy-looking.
"I like the shape of ur skull!"
"there's one thing you should probably understand. CAN YOU HEAR ME!??"
A beautiful, scary, monster.
True legend 🙌
Hunter you amazing beast you were a one of a kind never again will there be anything like you again The world suffers forever more
He was a talentless, self absorbed tosser mate. And so are you.
“The technology warps reality…”. HST
70s was wild. Were living in the 70s again
Wow, didn't expect to see Bill Murry with his bother, Brian Doyle Murry at 37:00
I was thinking Murry too!
Never get away with this stuff these days! Wow!
Blondes with "lobotomized eyes". I love that. He looks like Ferris Bueller's friend. Also, I was cracking up at the him discussing the fist with two thumbs memorial with that undertaker. Total poker face! Where Louis Theroux gets his style from.
Just what this guy needs
I love his drawings. They expressed exactly what he said in word.
I can completely understand his hatred of Hollywood and the crowds and the attention and his paranoia.
Legend
"property goes over the cliff... I can do whatever I want... McDonalds', I can do" LOL so funny when he laid out the 'project' to the funeral home employee.
Nickel beer and lemonade offered on the flight 😂 and smoke all you want to! The goodle days!
The way he speaks is so cool and unique, I could listen to him talk for hours.
Read a book.
Take a shit ton of drugs ,get your brain fried and you can achieve it yourself
@@gillbeatsisback01 im brainfried,can confirm: drugs make you creative
Disagree, I love his writing but listening to him ramble and not finish thoughts is excruciatingly painful.
Look up the gonzo tapes
37:55 a young Bill Murray. Makes sense they were friends
Well, you know Murray portrayed him in the movie "Where the Buffalo Roam"...
He portrayed Thompson in Where the Buffalo's roam. Yeah ...
@@mdemers767 Lol sorry just put up same comment
And Bill Murray's older brother Joel ..
I hope that monument is there Id really like to check it out some Day in Aspen, C.O.
It was built as a temporary structure. No longer there.
But they did the firework part, right? I know Johnny paid for it.
For all his genius and body of work hunter knew his ticket was from projecting an image of a train wreck. It's what trapped him in the end.
Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
Exactly what I was going to say.
Never considered for any type of mass production.
GREAT DOCUMENTARY ! FRIDAY 5/6/22 MAY 6, 2022
I REALLY MISS HUNTER THOMPSON RIP ✊
They need to make the Thompson fist emoji.
The fact they censored alot of hunters talking points only proves my point
Why does the audio cut at the "Most watched part"
What an interesting character.
Hunter S. Thompson: Where ADS came from and why it was never really matched again afterwards...
Hunter was a verrrry handsome man ♂️
why is the audio missing starting at 14:00 and coming back at 14:34?, what did he say that needed to be censored!?
Hunter was *NEVER* a Hells Angel as this mess of a documentary insinuates! He was given permission to be a *_hangaround_* so he could write a book. *Hells Angels MC* were not amused with the book. How he survived that is a mystery?
He was however, a _total_ nutter, that's true. He was also a brilliant writer and a real character.
So much more interesting than today's sterile dumbed down dross.
He also directed several pedophilic snuff films and killed at least one child himself as per Paul Bonacci's testimony. Hunter Thompson was a murdering scumbag.
Evidence? You know, proof. You were a witness?
cravinbob here you go
m.ua-cam.com/video/IsUCpfArSFw/v-deo.html
Fear and Loathing In Bohemian Grove
m.ua-cam.com/video/JUuyWZW9Gdo/v-deo.html
@@cravinbob the establishment likes to create these heros for us. What kind of proof would you like? You can't just walk out your door and buy adrenochrome. The raw materials are harvested during an elaborate human sacrifice ritual.
“It’s interesting to see what happens to a person when he suddenly realizes that being crazy can’t pay.”
Nickel beer and smoking on the plane. The good old days.
3x audio cuts out... wtf?
It could be for copyright reasons, I have seen this before and at the end they play 'Mr Tamborine Man'.
"...in the mean time, we have suspended his monthly retainer and cancelled his credit card. During one four-day period in Washington, he destroyed two cars, cracked a wall in the Hilton, purchased two French horns at eleven hundred dollars each and ran through a plate-glass door in a Turkish restaurant..." To have this description written into history, written as a true account, is something marvellous; it is an example of true poetry in motion :D
I remember going on holiday as a kid and my stepdad would always sit at the back and smoke!
Hunter Thompson proves America is in each ad everyone of us. No matter if you’re in America or not.
Hunter should have waited for Open AI.
I wish I had his writing talent...would love to travel the world and create. I also kind of wish I had his party genes. Unfortunately after two beers I feel like shit. Always inspired by the legend
Totally different world… why do you think he died away. He knew the world was different and fucked.
The fact that you could ever smoke on commercial planes is a total mindfuck to me. So many ways for it to go wrong
Way less smoking related accidents than planes malfunctioning themseleves and crashing, that's for sure.
@@Robert-nu4vc Maybe, but the vast majority of crashes are just due to incorrect human input
How old are you
He was never a Hell's Angel. English actor Michael Gambon doing the "Hunter" narration. Great doc!
That Steadman artwork. Up there with Hogarth
what did he say at around 14:00 where the audio cuts out?
The commentary has me dying of laughter
Heavy.