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Monday, September 26, 2011

GONZO: Dr. Hunter S. Thompson!!!

Hunter S. Thompson, Or to most people general knowledge the guy who influenced the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I just watched a documentary called Gonzo: Dr.Hunter S. Thompson. It explains his life from birth to death. It is absolutely interesting to see the interesting times that this writer/author goes through and how it really influenced the life of Hunter Thompson. Thompson wrote the first novel about the Hells Angels. He also went through the scandal of the Hells Angels being a violent drug doing, sex craving illegal biker gang. He gained a great amount of publicity through this novel and became more of a freelance writer after that. He was very interested in politics and the effect it had on his own day to day life. He got into politics and made people hear his voice and change the way they think about things. You can watch this documentary on Netflix.  Or probably check out some interviews with him on youtube.


10 comments:

  1. Interesting, I didn't know the movie was based on a real story. Following!

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  2. I didn't know either. I guess i will watch a couple of his interviews on youtube. The movie is one of my favorites ever, so this guy should be pretty interesting too.

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  3. I knew it was based off a true story just wasnt sure a true story of who so now I know. Hes really interesting. Mainly for me on his drug addictionand inventive his jounalism was because of it. Dont forget to use the new +1 feature Thx Mo!

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  4. Hasidic- Yeah this one of my all time favorites. Johnny Depp's voice is almost identical to Thompson's. Makes the movie feel way diffrent after you watch a documentary of Thompson's crazy life.

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  5. Alittle madness never hurt nobody except for Thompson. He commited suicide. He also owned like 20+ guns lol. I need to watch Fear and Loathing again.

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  6. I came to post the same thing. Each time i read about it or i see the trailer, i have a sudden urge to watch it again.
    Aaaand each time i watch the movie, i day dream about having a couple of days like those two had hahaha

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  7. I know what you mean haha. That movie surprises me everytime I watch it. Everytime I hear a song from the movie "Blow" I get the urge to watch it two.

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