Jul 25 2008
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Gonzo
Last night I finally got to see Gonzo (after failing to get a cancellation ticket at South Pacific). It was, as many reviews said, a little long but I quite enjoyed it, especially when they had original footage of Thompson himself.
Hunter S. Thompson was a completely oxymoronic character. He was a peacenik when it came to the Vietnam War and, yet, he was obsessed with guns. He was a journalist who fabricated pieces of information (most hilariously, the “Ibogaine Effect”). What the movie did effectively, and to it’s credit, was parallel what Thompson wrote about to what is going on nowadays, and it did this without being overly preachy.
Plus, I like anything with Tom Wolfe. Don’t you just want a white suit.
