Thompson' will be a "must see" for those who tend to embrace the counter culture, rather than pop culture/trash culture. Apart from that, 'Gonzo:The Life & Work Of Dr.Hunter S. What I could have done without was some of the more forgettable music from the 1960's & 1970's (does anybody really want to hear Jimmy Buffet's 'Margaritaville'for the twenty thousandth time?-I sure as hell don't). What I admired was the fact that it goes out of it's way to prove that the sixties was not always the hippie utopia that the baby boomer's make it out to be. Hunter Thompson managed to make a name for himself. The film (narrated by Johnny Depp,who played Thompson in 'Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas',some years back,making him a natural for the job)delves back to his association with the Hells Angels in the mid 1960's (which ended badly),to his being embraced by the whole Hippie counter culture of the later half of that era (along with massive intakes of various drugs),to writing several novels in the early to mid 1970's,to his subsequent downward spiral (in the creative sense),to his eventual death in 2005,by suicide (and his unorthodox memorial service). This documentary attempts to delve into the life (and head)of Thompson (not always with success,but don't let that throw you). However, in the case of “No Worries” (which features Detail and is the second single from the rapper’s forthcoming release I Am Not a Human Being II), what happens in Vegas doesn’t quite stay in Vegas.Let's face it, either you loved or hated the life & words of the late Dr.Hunter S.Thompson,you have to admit.he was a piece of work. Far less literate than Thompson’s savaging of the American Dream, Wayne nonetheless shares the Gonzo spirit of disillusionment. Wayne uses this tableau to update his thug-life vision of balls-to the-wall partying, complete with strippers and ho’s. As Fear and Loathing fans well know, Thompson rarely left the room, flooding it and repeatedly making ridiculous room-service calls. This iconic cover features an illustration by. Up in their room, it’s complete mayhem and debauchery. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in 1971, and it solidified his brand of Gonzo journalism that became his trademark. PHOTOS: VMAs 2012: Best and Worst Moments In a hotel casino, the hopped-up duo hallucinates as the carpets move and slot machines flash and whir. The images are fuzzed and doubled, to indicate a trip, as he arrives in Vegas, where Wayne’s joined by his partner in crime, a character similar to Thompson’s deranged lawyer in the book and movie. High as a kite on “sh-roomies,” puffing a joint via a long cigarette holder and wearing a beige bucket hat, Wayne is driving a red convertible in the desert when he picks up a bearded hitchhiker. Wayne may not have read the book but he surely saw the movie. Gonzo resonated in hip-hop? Written in 1971, the famous stoner book was adapted for the silver screen by Terry Gilliam in 1998.
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