tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post4268264110755374769..comments2024-03-10T14:04:48.024-04:00Comments on The Projection Booth Podcast: Episode 225: Fear and Loathing in the Projection BoothMike Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690940782275888014noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-1630106325262089062018-12-17T13:38:07.277-05:002018-12-17T13:38:07.277-05:00Hi, guys, I know -- late to the party. Of note, on...Hi, guys, I know -- late to the party. Of note, on revisting Where the Buffalo Roam after its Scream blu-ray debut this year (2018), is that the film IS about Lazlo/ Acosta more than Thompson as Mike complains, and seems actually to be about damning his post-60s burnout arc as Rob also suggests. That isn't hindsight -- I worked at a movie theatre when this came out, and even then it was clear to the small crowd and the bored ushers, Thompson ends up in a suit on a plane (granted, with fire extinguisher foam over him) with a name badge of respectability ("Harris from the Post") while Lazlo is a wild-haired and -eyed rebel off to parts unknown, never to be heard from again (as in real life re Acosta). Thompson is the (wacky) sidekick who finally can't go along. It's a buddy film in which they break up at the end.<br /><br />The film is hobbled by its double-headed need to lay in Murray/ Caddyshack-y antics and to make the eccentric, at-the-time unknown Thompson acceptable to mainstream viewers and as such, is a snapshot rather than a summary, an experiment rather than a treatise. Its goofy loose-limbed structure, an early all-in performance by Murray, and its close but not quite Venn diagram to the shape of actual events makes it fascinating for us completists.<br /><br />Keep up the great work, RogerRogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422504922725630957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-42878654542567663202015-07-07T00:12:51.444-04:002015-07-07T00:12:51.444-04:00Holy... Wow... You guys may find this interesting:...Holy... Wow... You guys may find this interesting: <br /><br />"Google’s A.I. system created some disturbing images after ‘watching’ the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-dreaming-ai-watches-fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-2015-7<br /><br />Fear & Loathing meets Altered States meets Philip K Dick?!J.P. Curwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03834449219118940042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-90453557488814143642015-07-03T19:31:06.435-04:002015-07-03T19:31:06.435-04:00And also give a listen to the audio dramatization ...And also give a listen to the audio dramatization of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" featuring Jim Jarmusch, Maury Chaykin and Harry Dean Stanton... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhdP1180GJY The audio books for "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" with Tim Robbins and "Songs of the Doomed" (with various artists) are both worth a listen, too. But sepecially listen to "The Gonzo Tapes," a five-CD collection of HST's personal recordings, including actual audio of the real-life events, recorded as they happened, that inspired passages of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-71217657010132876472015-07-03T19:22:30.470-04:002015-07-03T19:22:30.470-04:00Be sure to see the four HST documentaries by longt...Be sure to see the four HST documentaries by longtime Thompson associate Wayne Ewing. "Breakfast with Hunter, Volumes 1 and 2", "When I Die" and "Free Lisl." They're terrific and Volume 1 has some pretty sweet extras including an HST commentary track with director Ewing. Wonderful stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com