There was only one road back to L.A. - U.S. interstate 15. Just a flat-out high speed burn through Baker, and Barstow, and Berdoo. Then on to the Hollywood freeway straight into frantic oblivion. Safety... obscurity... just another freak in the freak kingdom.
@@vegaspressWhat the movie is actually about is the lack of hope present in America after the hippy revolution failed, and an entire generation of disillusioned street freaks who had all suddenly realised the American dream of liberty and rigid self-determinism was a lie, and one America made no actual effort to maintain to those who fall outside the absolute mainstream.
@@vulpesmacrotis1990 my parents are ex-hippies. this movie hits particularly hard. my parents are essentially quirky older people, but professionals now... live in a nice house, work and are getting ready to retire... but they always had this wierd undertone of wanting to be intensely anti-establishment and super progressive and wanting to be outsiders... and yet they bought a house and sent us to school and college... so, from my perspective, they were kindof like fakers. like, they lived it in the 60s and early 70s but then they turned into squares. now i'm not so sure. i don't think they could have survived into the 70s as true hippies. most didn't, which is what this movie is about. those that tried to hold on to the hippie culture got cast away, burned out on drugs, isolated, psychically tortured by this twisted country. they did what they felt they had to do to live long lives.
@@undertakr The unforutunate reality. The hippie movement was never going to work, I like to think I hold many of the same beliefs, but theres no way we can beat the system. You can only hope to work within it and maybe carve out a slice of survival for yourself, but at the cost of compromising your morals. Or you can hold on, but as you said, that only leads to being outcast and disillusionment.
@@BillSkinton no, i didn't miss the point. Just because the movie is about an epic drug fueled adventure in Las Vegas doesn't mean it's a shallow movie. Assumptions much?
I love the last bit of his paragraph here "The Desperate assumption that somebody or at least some force is tending the light at the end of the tunnel". That is exactly what i believe in and Hunter described it perfectly in his own unique way. Then after that Jumping Jack Flash, 1 of the greatest singles with Child Of The Moon on the b-side, comes blasting out. Perfect. Hunter wrote a book about what it's like going somewhere and going on a serious drug binge for a couple of days and nights and he wrote it so perfectly it speaks to me and so many people who have gone on really good drug binges, i haven't taken ether, mescaline or adrenechrome but i've gone on binges with a few friends many years ago as i'm too old to do what we used to now. Anyway, Hunter called the film a masterpiece and i'm so glad Hunter loved how the brilliant Terry Gilliam brought Hunter's classic book to life on the big screen. Terry Gilliam was part of the brilliant Monty Python team and he was involved in their tv show Flying Circus, then he co-wrote and co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail and he was co-writer and Art Director on their masterpiece Life Of Brian which is the greatest comedy film ever and 1 of my favourite films. So glad it was Terry Gilliam who directed Fear and Loathing and worked with Hunter on the film. Gilliam is the most visual director along with Tim Burton who has worked a lot with Johnny Depp. Gilliam's films are great to watch just for the visuals but he's made some really great films imo like Time Bandits, Brazil his Masterpiece from '85, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brothers Grimm, The Zero Theroem, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
Jesus Christ, Dep in that typing scene and just the mannerisms overall, he must have really studied the drugs and the effects, especially the speed. Fuckin' nailed it.
When he says "Just another freak in the freak kingdom" it's almost completely inaudible when he says "kingdom", so all I heard was "freak in the freak", which made no sense. I thought he was gonna keep going and say "freak in the freak.. the freaky deek, the freaky heeky deeky deek, the weeky heeky leaky neeky freak".
No one, for my money, had a more effective command of the English language, to deliver powerful, imaginative and perplexing prose that Mr. Hunter. What a profound genius and loss, love this guy
@@funjunkyy Yeah I can see that it’s just random, out the blue and kinda disrespectful if he did that intentionally when Johnny Depp was visiting his house and sleeping in his basement.
What I love about Thompson is how utterly *powerful* in which he speaks. Every sentence is so simple, yet could fill a paragraph.
"OUTTA MY WAY, YOU BASTARDS!"
_-Hunter S. Thompson, flailing 2 cattle prods in the doorway of a bar_
@@13thvarebel16poetic really
There he goes, one of God's own prototypes, too wierd to live, too rare to die.
you forgot: "A high powered mutant never even considered for mass production"
😂
“A desperate assumption that atleast some force is tending the light to the end of the tunnel”
There was only one road back to L.A. - U.S. interstate 15. Just a flat-out high speed burn through Baker, and Barstow, and Berdoo. Then on to the Hollywood freeway straight into frantic oblivion. Safety... obscurity... just another freak in the freak kingdom.
I WAS BOOOOORN IN A CROSSFIRE HURRICANE
San Bernardino
Oddly enough, this speech it's by halfway in the book, but it fits so well with this ending
If u look on the surface this movie is just funny and weird, but if you take a closer look it's so much deeper...
@@vegaspress It's laden with philosophy and profound thought.
Totally
@@vegaspressWhat the movie is actually about is the lack of hope present in America after the hippy revolution failed, and an entire generation of disillusioned street freaks who had all suddenly realised the American dream of liberty and rigid self-determinism was a lie, and one America made no actual effort to maintain to those who fall outside the absolute mainstream.
@@vulpesmacrotis1990 my parents are ex-hippies. this movie hits particularly hard. my parents are essentially quirky older people, but professionals now... live in a nice house, work and are getting ready to retire... but they always had this wierd undertone of wanting to be intensely anti-establishment and super progressive and wanting to be outsiders... and yet they bought a house and sent us to school and college... so, from my perspective, they were kindof like fakers. like, they lived it in the 60s and early 70s but then they turned into squares.
now i'm not so sure. i don't think they could have survived into the 70s as true hippies. most didn't, which is what this movie is about. those that tried to hold on to the hippie culture got cast away, burned out on drugs, isolated, psychically tortured by this twisted country. they did what they felt they had to do to live long lives.
@@undertakr The unforutunate reality. The hippie movement was never going to work, I like to think I hold many of the same beliefs, but theres no way we can beat the system. You can only hope to work within it and maybe carve out a slice of survival for yourself, but at the cost of compromising your morals. Or you can hold on, but as you said, that only leads to being outcast and disillusionment.
I feel like Jumpin’ Jack Flash could make any film ending better
any intro too! search up "robert de niro mean streets intro"
The best story about the soul of America. Couldn’t have been centered around a better time period
A movie about the most epic drug bender of all time
Deeper and deeper and deeper still
then you've completely missed the point
@@BillSkinton no, i didn't miss the point. Just because the movie is about an epic drug fueled adventure in Las Vegas doesn't mean it's a shallow movie. Assumptions much?
@@matthewjosephthecommonsens2940 thats not what the movies really about though its something much deeper
@@kennford I know that. Duh. But it is uses the binder as a mechanism to discuss deeper societal issues. I read the book.
I love the last bit of his paragraph here
"The Desperate assumption that somebody or at least some force is tending the light at the end of the tunnel". That is exactly what i believe in and Hunter described it perfectly in his own unique way.
Then after that Jumping Jack Flash, 1 of the greatest singles with Child Of The Moon on the b-side, comes blasting out. Perfect.
Hunter wrote a book about what it's like going somewhere and going on a serious drug binge for a couple of days and nights and he wrote it so perfectly it speaks to me and so many people who have gone on really good drug binges, i haven't taken ether, mescaline or adrenechrome but i've gone on binges with a few friends many years ago as i'm too old to do what we used to now. Anyway, Hunter called the film a masterpiece and i'm so glad Hunter loved how the brilliant Terry Gilliam brought Hunter's classic book to life on the big screen. Terry Gilliam was part of the brilliant Monty Python team and he was involved in their tv show Flying Circus, then he co-wrote and co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail and he was co-writer and Art Director on their masterpiece Life Of Brian which is the greatest comedy film ever and 1 of my favourite films. So glad it was Terry Gilliam who directed Fear and Loathing and worked with Hunter on the film. Gilliam is the most visual director along with Tim Burton who has worked a lot with Johnny Depp.
Gilliam's films are great to watch just for the visuals but he's made some really great films imo like Time Bandits, Brazil his Masterpiece from '85, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brothers Grimm, The Zero Theroem, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
Time Bandits is a blast
@@Sleeprocket1i could be wrong but I’m pretty sure George Harrison mortgaged his house to fund the movie studio to make Time Bandits
@@humanbeing8068 i think that was life of brian
Jesus Christ, Dep in that typing scene and just the mannerisms overall, he must have really studied the drugs and the effects, especially the speed. Fuckin' nailed it.
Hate to be the one to break it to you but there's definitely a reason why Johnny Depp is very good at pretending to be off his tits on amphetamines
0:02 is one of my favorite shots of all time. Beautiful cinematography.
An absolute masterpiece, though i contend it should have ended with that pull out of him alone in the universe
"Freak Kingdom" that is the perfect summation of Hollywood.
Of the world entirely
Almost felt like the beginning of a movie there
We can’t stop here, *this is bat country!*
Could you imagine the movie ended where it began with him on the way to Vegas about to pick up his friend,
and eventually the hitchhiker?!
I spent years trying to find the tender of the light to no avail
Jonny Depp was born to play this role! When Thompson died in 05 Depp actually spent 3 million on his funeral cause him and Thomson were close friends.
He spent a good 6 months living with Thompson, learning his speech patterns, mannerisms.. they bonded quite well apparently. Must’ve been a hard loss.
He paid for the cannon that HST's ashes were shot out of.
The words at the beginning are absolutely beautiful.
That ending is so perfect its hard to describe
When he says "Just another freak in the freak kingdom" it's almost completely inaudible when he says "kingdom", so all I heard was "freak in the freak", which made no sense. I thought he was gonna keep going and say "freak in the freak.. the freaky deek, the freaky heeky deeky deek, the weeky heeky leaky neeky freak".
We're all wired into a survival trip now...
Just another freak, in the freak kingdom.
Sleep well Hunter, i hope that somehow you know that you touched so many lives ❤️
Wait till you see those god damn bats man
No one, for my money, had a more effective command of the English language, to deliver powerful, imaginative and perplexing prose that Mr. Hunter. What a profound genius and loss, love this guy
The best performance of Johnny Depp
"Too weird to live too rare to die"
Thank you for this.
☮
You bet.
The smile of victory always gets me
This film's too underrated 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Those “grim realities “ hit hard.
The Good Doctor - when I was a youngster my dad and I would read HST and act out the scenes with voices etc, jumping all over the living room
eat some mushrooms and watch the movie ... it'll bring back some vivid memories.
Hunter s Thompson went looking for the American dream but in reality they discovered the American Dream is a nightmare disguised as a dream
Something about
Failed seekers
Newsflash
You can't buy
Enlightenment
How the hell did that water just sit there without going through the floor and into the room beneath them? LMAO 🤣
it was a metaphor
Thank you!
No problem. 👍
Best scene ever
that went by Quick
This is the best part
Man so fine he cool 😎 rooster 🐓 😂❤❤❤
Just another freack, in the freacks nation.
I feel like the ending symbolizes how hunter is never alone even when he is because of his schizophrenia
he had schizophrenia?
He did
amongst other things. Mainly from heavy drug use. It’s Most likely why he committed suicide
@@Salamander676 I've read that he never wanted to get old and always planed to end it midway after he did and experienced enough.
@@funjunkyy Yeah I can see that
it’s just random, out the blue and kinda disrespectful if he did that intentionally when Johnny Depp was visiting his house and sleeping in his basement.
where did you get this information? I have never heard anything about this and I am pretty sure you're wrong in stating it.
Does anyone know what is on the TV screen in 0:29 ? Thanks
Funny how they have desert storm on the tv
Tell us about the
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Song from 1:14
Jumpin jack flash by The Rolling Stones
Song?
Expecting to fly by Buffalo Springfield
Jumping Jack Flash by Rolling Stones
where is PERDUE???
Berdoo that's San Bernardino
Song pls
First one was Expecting to fly by Buffalo Springfield
Second one was Jumpin jack flas by The Rolling Stones
@@ramonocadiz66 thanks
@@ramonocadiz66 the entire movie has a soundtrack that tells a story.
whos gonna clean all this shit?
Maybe it's a metaphor for tim leary
@Dobry Człowiek he created a big ol' mess, now who's gonna clean it up?
mexicans
damn
04162022
ADM
That room is trashed
Gods plan.
Los Vegas... lol
Fixed it.
Adrenochrome!!!
Америка - говно. Наркотики - говно. Американский фильм про наркоту - куча говна.
How ironic
Да.
If it's shit then go away, nobody wants you here and you don't wanna be here so flock off you humonculous boon
русская культура сегодня есть не что иное, как алкоголизм и содомия.
Looks like the Z propagandist is mad