Fear and Loathing… Johnny Depp the Genius?
Alright, like so many people I really enjoyed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which is basically the story of drug induced road trip to Las Vegas by a fictional character called Raoul Duke.
What I didn’t know up to this point is that Raoul Duke is an alter ego of Hunter S. Thompson, an American (real life) journalist. Which also explains why I didn’t truly understood Johnny Depps effort in portraying Raoul Duke.
If you can spare the time, have a look at this documentary about Hunter S. Thompson (or if you don’t have the time quickly skip through it and watch the parts with Hunter):
http://www.guba.com/watch/2000950652
It’s uncanny how close Johnny got to the real thing whileportraying Hunter/Raoul in FLiLV! Don’t you agree?
Oh and for the fun of it, a collection of Hunter S. Thompson quotes, which are amazingly eloquent at times:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/hunter_s_thompson.html