[Quick Summary: Duke, a journalist, and Dr. Gonzo, his attorney, go on a drug fueled trip while covering two events in Las Vegas.]
TWO THOUGHTS:
1) WGA ARBITRATION: If you ever want to know what a contested arbitration feels like, read the impassioned intros of this book.
2) DESCRIBING "HIGH." I did not like this script, despite the fact that it was exceedingly inventive.
In fact, the writers kept topping themselves with wilder and wilder exploits of Duke and Gonzo...until it became exceedingly repetitive and dull.
However, I thought this was a good description of behavior, i.e., how someone acts when he's high:
ex. INT. MINT HOTEL CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THEIR SUITE -NIGHT
DUKE AND GONZO RUN MADLY DOWN THE CORRIDOR...DUKE TAKING CARE NOT TO STEP ON THE PATTERNED PART OF THE CARPET.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED: Not every story has to have a moral or a message, but I do wish want to be amused or entertained. This did not for me.
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
by Terry Gilliam & Tony Grisoni
Based on the book by Hunter S. Thompson
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