Hunter S. Thompson Omnibus 1978

[@frankensplean]

Sloppy reporting by Finch: HST was not a member of the Hells Angels, just rode with them. If you already knew, now you don't have to comment. ;) music at 18:25 - "Spem In Alium" by Thomas Tallys (unknown recording - ask the BBC)

[@renediedrich875]

I thought I was being anal in the first comment I read is yours. I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who doesn't like things to be sloppy especially when they're dealing with our hero

[@goatmanindustries7182]

Depp actually spent time with Hunter studied him and did an absolutely fantastic job in capturing his essence masterfully.

[@landwirtschaft2116]

Maybe it's this recording, or at least close: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXTRaI2Nbdmmabs

[@frankensplean]

@@landwirtschaft2116 Taverner doesn't seem to have any published recordings of Spem before 1978, when the documentary was produced. Also, this particular piece requires an unusual choral setup (40 voices!) & I found most performances sound very similar outside of room acoustics, mic quality etc. Of course, who knows what BBC has hiding in its vaults, so I give you a distinct "MAYBE". :)

[@FrankDelvalle-zz2jh]

Good job Frank. . I didn't see your comment , or I would have not brought it up myself.

[@Andre39814]

There's a fine line between genius and crazy... Hunter S. Thompson has snorted that line

[@BBQLore]

Richie Culver

[@ursweetsab]

I will use that line (snort). Brilliant.

[@B.L.K.S_808]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OblioandArrowInc]

You hit him on the nail perfect!

[@DroneifyCinemaStudios]

If thats not poesi, I don’t know. I applaud you good sir.

[@l1z4rd4]

When I saw "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" I thought Johnny Depp was doing some sort of comedy impression of the man. But no... Whoa...He's actually like that.

[@Felderos]

im sure he was being slightly comedic when he was in the reptile zoo.

[@l1z4rd4]

Felderos Some parts he definitely dramatized yeah.

[@damiencross5110]

I thought the same thing. Depp sounds almost exactly like the man.

[@Ugh-Fudge_Bwana]

Depp actually lived with Thompson for a few months just so he could get the mannerisms down. They were really good friends outside of their work, as well.

[@l1z4rd4]

***** So I've heard.

[@jburner4299]

There is a fine line between genius and crazy. Thompson walked that line about as well as a man in the depths of an ether binge.

[@robertjonsson684]

there is nothing more irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depth of an etherbinge, and i knew wed get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.....

[@MisterBones2910]

Gold.

[@qrueLfish]

hows it like?

[@thewaywelive2775]

I'm sorry, but that's such a stupid thing to say:" there's a fine line between genius and crazy". That tells me you really don't know the neurological reason for either

[@UKGraffitiWriter]

Yes

[@60RPM]

Love how Bill Murray's in this and is just described as one of "Thompson's actor friends" because no one knew who he was at the time

[@frankensplean]

At this time his bro Brian Doyle Murray (also in the scene) was probably more famous.

[@davehoward22]

He'd joined snl the year before this,a few people probably recognise his face....not many

[@215juliusgirl]

@@60RPM that and Hunter absolutely hated how he portrayed him in whatever movie he made where he played him (I honestly can’t even remember and don’t think i watched the whole thing but don’t think i haven’t noticed that Johnny Depp’s every character since he played Hunter is the same, just Hunter with a pirate hat or whatever)

[@shelsd64]

Wild I just noticed bill Murray lol what a legend

[@nickthelick]

Where The Buffalo Roam... It wasn't great, wasn't totally awful either. ​@@215juliusgirl

[@ATaylor55]

It’s a wonderful thing that this footage still exists. Thank you.

[@jelkel25]

The frightening thing about Thompson's political writings is they were seen as paranoid and delusional at the time but with retrospect he'd pretty much understated things.

[@BryceeTB]

QFT.

[@infinitepaths]

Yeh he wrote a piece a few days after 9/11 about what he thought would happen, which pretty much predicted the last decade.

[@jelkel25]

Mainstream media find so many ways to dismiss dissenting voices, he swears, he takes illegal substances, he twitches, he looks strange and many people let them take this judgmental stance on their behalf when in actuality if they saw the real personality of many politicians Hunter would be looking pretty good at that point, he knew this too but they knew he was easily dismissed or he would have been shut up a long time ago.

[@KeyonSumner]

Infinite Paths It was actually written only the day after the attacks on the 12th. It's an amazing piece. "The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now - with somebody - and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives. It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides. It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy. … We are going to punish somebody for this attack, but just who or what will be blown to smithereens for it is hard to say. Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once. Who knows? Not even the Generals in what remains of the Pentagon or the New York papers calling for WAR seem to know who did it or where to look for them. This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed - for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it Now. He will declare a National Security Emergency and clamp down Hard on Everybody, no matter where they live or why. If the guilty won’t hold up their hands and confess, he and the Generals will ferret them out by force."

[@EatThisBiscuit]

jelkel25 Perhaps that was the trick, making yourself dismissable

[@frankpedersen9813]

I love how Jonnhy Depp paid and arranged his funeral just as he wanted! He got shot out over the valley from a cannon! A good friend indeed

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

depp has millions and millions... doesnt make him a good friend you son of a douche. Also depp is a poser. Damn i hate you generic celeb worshipers.

[@johnnykebab3299]

@@Stoney-Jacksman go to bed nephew it’s late

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

@Jake Stockton hahaha you american celeb worshipers hilarious

[@paulsalerno6362]

@@Stoney-Jacksman you’re awful. Johnny is way better than you.

[@steffen2165]

@@Stoney-Jacksman hates Americans and celebrities. Yet, he watches an American celebrity.

[@MelancoliaI]

You did well, Hunter. You took the chaos of the counterculture, of the events of your time and turned it into good things for us to read. You didn't fail, you succeeded. Thank you and rest easy.

[@AliceBowie]

The thing that made him stick out was that he supposed to be writing for the sports section. If it was just writing about the counter culture, there was plenty of that. He was writing about sports, and the counter culture stuff just came out.

[@klarkolofsson]

@@AliceBowiea smart guy will see that the thing (sports) isn’t about sports, but something else.

[@johnogrady2418]

@@klarkolofsson Sports can be much deeper than we realize.

[@N.A.M.LazyCloud]

24:34 "Are the cops behind us anywhere?" "No." "The guy behind me was looking at me in a very ugly way."

[@SuperKamiGuru-i3c]

I love how they treat approaching him like approaching a dangerous animal.

[@LieutenantDangles]

They were charging a nickel for beer on that flight God damn what a time to be alive

[@jon33.3]

fuck the lemonade they were sparkin up in that bitch lol

[@Turnheadcough]

Making $3 a day though?

[@libragirl4471]

I thought that was a key point as well

[@danieldanielson2650]

3.10USD per hour minimum wage around that time. @@Turnheadcough

[@guydreamr]

And you could blaze like a chimney inflight. 🚬🚬🚬

[@HundredDayHaul]

I could watch this over and over again. Very entertaining look at a man in his early 40's at the height of his career in the 1970s.

[@JacoxNovak]

I love how he says that he doesn't know what people expect of him, whether Thompson or the Duke. That is the strongest part of the documentary for me.

[@Malouco]

Jacox "Seems we ran out of film again" "Really already, sheesh I've never seen such lame equipment" This dude would hv loved a sober mind in 2017 but convinced himself he was worn down with nothing left to offer.

[@andrews4596]

Ppl want the duke journalist and thompson needed his own life, a secretive person to enjoy and write about raols whacked escapade living

[@ReallyReall]

🕊🤍🕊

[@ryanfatal]

"Always the crazy ones were discussed with hidden interest. Some were mocked outright, and others were affectionately referred to with lines like “she’s a bit different” or “he’s a bit out there”. Whatever the case, it seemed most people had a subconscious fascination for the alternative mind. People would stand back and observe them as if they were a rare species - some kind of exotic bird with pink feathers. Mostly they fascinated me because they were the creatures who had jumped the fences of normality; they were the ones who hadn't subscribed to the current version of sanity which helped us all enjoy small-talk down the pub. To me that was a liberating quality I couldn’t help but envy. Without being shepherded on the farm of conventional thought, you were free to invent yourself and be whatever you wanted to be. And what was more desirable than that? In a world that said the winners were the rich people, or the famous people, or the good-looking people, to me it was the crazy ones - the people living life on their own terms - who were life’s greatest success stories"

[@michelleleesalay6676]

Nice writing!

[@elzerica]

Man this is one of the best things I’ve read in a long time. Is this yours? Would love to read more.

[@darkheartlightsoul]

Ryan amen to that

[@for.the.love.of.movement4688]

❤️

[@jamesbainesii8518]

Nice

[@spazoidSTS]

The part where he drops his drink and then goes on a monologue about rolling ice in the grass to absorb chlorophyl is classic.

[@barres5584]

I failed chemistry, is that actually a healthy thing to do?

[@spawn2110]

I shit myself man I try to play shit off like that

[@kabisikletamba142]

It was a joke though.

[@SpongeBath_ShitPants]

Chlorophyll? More like _borophyll!_

[@AP-mk7cf]

@@SpongeBath_ShitPants Get out

[@PANTERADAVE666]

"No thank you......I hate Popcorn" -Hunter S. Thompson

[@murraywatson9238]

I bet he didn't even hate popcorn, he just didn't wanna be there. "I asked hunter s thompson if he wanted some popcorn in 1970's hollywood and he told me 'no thank you, i hate popcorn.' " someone, somewhere can say that.

[@Goochbag8]

I mean, popcorn is over rated.

[@Fuq2]

@@Goochbag8 No it isn't.

[@dementedpuppy]

I always wondered why I hated popcorn

[@MASONMAXEY22]

Laughed my ass off at that.

[@Wattsnic000]

"Careful, this is bat country!"

[@indiegalx5076]

The two French horns at 1100 dollars killed me 😂 whyyyy

[@Effin_the_Chat]

If you could time-travel Hunter from the 1960s to the 2020s, he'd have a heart-attack from the nightmere of it all.

[@MelancholyProductions]

Yeah, thought about that too. He would’ve HATED this day and age.

[@dstaggs33]

No he wouldn’t. He’d be just as articulate as shown in the video. He knows the world is burning, and he knows he can’t change it.

[@215juliusgirl]

When he died I thought “no! We need him now!” The closest thing I’ve been able to find is chris hedges as far as the america/political/societal stuff goes but he’s not… I’d be surprised if he ever smoked a joint before. Anyone else got suggestions? And don’t bother saying Rogan because HST would eviscerate him and just no.)

[@davehoward22]

Probably be suprised the world's still in one piece

[@kaibutnor]

fr tho

[@mayhemron]

Johnny deep nailed this guy in fear and loathing ...

[@chaznewby1]

Johnny Depp has nailed a lot of men.....😁

[@slopcrusher3482]

I was surprised how similar they looked and even sounded when I watched Fear and Loathing and then this, he completely nailed HST

[@GeorgieHue]

They were friends of course, Thompson even gave depp the haircut for the role!

[@johnnybgood774]

Lol

[@c-flav1084]

my god bruh die he ever lol

[@noiztrauma]

I have seen fear and loathing 2 times, but this is the first time i watch something with hunter s. t. and I am amazed with just how good Johnny Depps performance was.

[@MissTaiSah]

And Johnny Depp ended up shooting his ashes our of a cannon into the stratosphere!

[@FerrariTeddy]

and he used to blow up propane tanks in hunters yard (when they lived together) their relationship started and ended with a bang.

[@ergbudster3333]

Johnny Depp.. Freemason.

[@andrews4596]

@@ergbudster3333 that hell movie was really weird

[@sumeahsking8019]

MissTaiSah Stratosphere...

[@skullettrump3424]

@@FerrariTeddy they lived together?

[@norfolkronin6307]

One of the most important writers in American literature. Bless you and takecare from U.K.

[@christophercarlisle7887]

This documentary has actually left me astonished. I always liked fear and loathing because of Duke, the character. But I actually was amazed at the deepness of philosophy that came from H . S Thompsan if you can simply wade through the drug high and just listen! This guy was actually incredibly deep and the complete embodiment of a free thinker

[@ReallyReall]

💯

[@bmwloco]

God, we could use HST today. This clown show is right up his alley.

[@markrago4839]

Dean Klein Oh,you mean the clown show going on for decades since Carter? I agree

[@mercerpickens]

He'd have a goddamn heart attack over it.

[@hunterchristensen2954]

ikr, its crazy how racist and hypocritical the left is these days. their identity politics and white hate would really make for some great material from HST

[@nathanbruce1992]

Hunter Christensen: projection at best

[@edmasterson4588]

thats no joke

[@Sailor_Man_Music]

Nickel beer, and a cigarette on a flight. God what happened to those days.

[@GeometricPidgeon]

i got decent whiskey on an economy flight, ciggies there is just rude

[@Burps6]

Cancer probably

[@mewxtwo]

Uh, we discovered that those things are killing us...

[@LRGDuran]

Good and cheap coke too

[@alangray9117]

​@@LRGDuranback then blow was $100 a gram.

[@bforce909]

I react the same way when I drop my weed.

[@bigbelix]

Us dope fiends are all the same.

[@samsonmcgloughlin]

Then start writing

[@jeffleg8660]

I hate dropping pills on the ground they end rolling under cabinets and shit.

[@austinstevens7736]

Jeff Leg ain nobody talkin bout pills

[@PatrickRob82]

@@jeffleg8660 then you have to get on all fours and scramble around for them. Nothing makes you feel like more of an addict...

[@Damidas]

I love how he was so outlandish and couldn't be confined yet he was always clean shaven and wore stylish clothes that perfectly fit his body

[@nadger6240]

"I have now given my ice enough time to absord the chlorophyll... that's how i stay so healthy folks, i always roll my ice in chlorophyll" the grin as he's riffing some bollocks with intellect behind it... sums him up. He was a very clever freak.

[@TheRedJokerrr]

The last 10 minutes just shows how much humanity was left in him. He's an asshole, against any sort of rules but he has a heart and suffers the consequences of his actions. Of the character he has created. He suffers the impression he gives everyone he meets.

[@Movetheproduct]

No.. he doesn't have a heart.

[@markcitarella454]

This man is the embodiment of the American spirit

[@andrews4596]

General Patton is a good role model

[@GeorgieHue]

This man is the embodiment of the human spirit*

[@seankelly378]

@@andrews4596 general Patton was a terrible racist , who later would have , in his own fucked up idea of hindsight , would have had the USA collaborate with the Nazis

[@keithcroissant5640]

In which case I’m coming to the U.S

[@tejpatil3065]

@@GeorgieHue no he is not. the human spirit choses life. WHAT MAKES A PERSON WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY HAPPY TO LIVE EACH SECOND OVER AND OVER EVERY DAY! Hunter S. Thompson is the greatest genuis of all time but at the same time he is a stupid dumbass loser. And that's why he couldn't find love. because he didn't love himself in his physical body enough for that light inside to keep living. he lived for self destruction he enjoyed slowly killing himself with drugs. He knew he was doing so and it would lead to his downfall. Why did he not stop, why did he not get help? because he hated everything. he hated simply existing in society, the fact that greed and blood has built all the evil around him. and it slowly drives a pure soul insane until they seek refuge and self destruct their life in drugs/self harm. because you dont wanna be there when the sirens go off. the sirens going off is the end. or are they? the sirens going off when the going gets weird is what makes the weird turn pro. but not everyone can be weird and know it sadly. that's your own journey, but let love be your helping hand in it. you have to sacrifice your own consciousness nd separate human physical brain from society. you have to break that wall. i cant explain much more. but he said when the When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro he was not referring to himself, because he died. he didn't turn pro. he turned into darkness. he lost. the end. he fucked his life up. he was so far but so close from the truth. you gotta go to hell and back and then deeper than hell and breathe life back into your own lungs to feel happy forever. and this is when one defeats fear and loathing. because instead of going forward like thomas, they reverse. they stay in fear and loathing population 1 forever until they cant take it anymore. then what is there to kill? that is up for the rest of the weird to find out

[@TESdubZ]

I love his reaction when he drops his weed at 18:02 lol "Help us Jesus!"

[@TheRaptorPope]

To be fair, I usually have a similar reaction when dropping weed on the ground.

[@FerrariTeddy]

+Gordon Freeman dont we all?

[@aerdwolram3938]

Thrusty Puss

[@shkwave99]

been there

[@phillip5245]

"Did you see what GOD just did to him?!?"

[@mk12pickle]

My friend was a huge fan of H. S Thompson, and watching this everything makes so much more sense now.

[@youarelife3437]

It's so wonderful that documentaries from back then had such a calm voice narration. Brings back some memories.

[@BigBallhead]

I write everyday, At least 2 pages and this man is the biggest inspiration that I have. Doesn't matter if I'm up all night on the drops or if its a day light scribble, anytime I need to jog my brain and get a refresh, his words are the way.

[@dowhatiwantc7637]

I know I love making rap have like ten full notebooks but this makes me wanna write a book

[@navigator8222]

Did you ever publish?

[@daisycruz6295]

RIP he was bordering from genius and insanity like all great artists are. Absolutely loved him and his gonzo style of writing. He will be missed. People like him come around only once in a great while.

[@skyhunter6385]

Daisy Cruz I miss him so much

[@RavenWolfDrum69]

All the humans he ate and drank their blood

[@andrews4596]

Not many good writers

[@jamessantos9861]

anikka williams What?

[@Meleftnut]

@@RavenWolfDrum69what

[@jeffburkhart-time]

We need a Hunter S. Thomson TODAY to explain what the hell is going on now!!!

[@ninjabreadgirl]

It's the same thing that was going on then... deep, sick corruption!!

[@goclimbsomething]

We’re still having the same conversations we were having in the 60s unfortunately.. Civil rights, human rights, worker rights.. Who gets rights? Who gets representation? But now there is unlimited corporate spending thanks Citizens United! The drugs are far deadlier than ever before despite having 2 million citizens incarcerated, record border patrol & police budgets & 100,000 Americans dead from ODs every year. Thanks drug war! The guns are deadlier, more accessible, more polarizing than ever & are now the #1 cause of preventable death of young people. Thanks NRA! People are more divided & separated than we have been prob since the 60s. Thanks internet! There are record homeless & mentally ill citizens on the streets. Thanks Reagan! We’re staring down the barrel of global warming & it’s cocked n locked. Thanks Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron, Saudi Aramco..! Home buying is now off the table for wide swaths of the American working public. Thanks banks! Oh yeah, the taxpayers are out the $700 billion used to rescue those same banks after they gambled everyone’s retirements & homes away, $1.1 trillion for a pointless war in Iraq, $2.3 trillion for a ineffectual war in Afghanistan + a $15 billion loan of military equip to the Taliban. Thanks, mutual defense! The doomsday clock is 90 seconds from midnight & we are actively funding 2 wars, while ignoring a(nother) genocide in Africa. Thanks diplomacy! We have seen the largest shift in wealth from the working class, to the rich, in history. The bottom 50% of households now have 2.5% of the nations wealth, while the top 2 INDIVIDUAL American’s have as much money as the bottom 160,000,000. Thanks capitalism! Our discourse has become combative, our faith in institutions eroded & our trust in journalists, doctors, teachers, scientists & politicians at an all-time low. T! Many Americans believe in a Jewish space laser that is faking global warming, liberal lizards that eat children, that antifacists are facists, that cell phones are reverse engineered UFO tech, that the Earth is flat, that there are Martians on Mars.. Thanks, conspiracy theorists! Men at the highest levels of our spiritual institutions are guilty of assaulting children while men at the highest levels of government have rubbed elbows w/ a child trafficker. Thanks, patriarchy! of A significant portion of men in the country are allowed or even INCLINED to fly nazi or confederate flags, the flags of 2 nations the US defeated in costly wars against racism & xenophobia, while claiming to be patriots. These same patriots raised a gallows in front of our capitol. Thanks proud boys.! Oh yeah, & we in America are STILL the ONLY 1st world developed nation to deny it’s citizens comprehensive healthcare as a right. Thanks, health insurance industry! Hate to say it, but Hunter wouldn’t have answers. He would likely be disgusted with the current discourse. He would have his positions like everyone else & would provide some amazing snark. He was an amazing writer, but he was a sports writer. I think we woulda lost him to the hills in the 80s tbh. The rise of the Moral Majority, the demise of the middle class, the continued cost of an ineffectual drug war, the popularity of racist ideologies, the self-obsession of a social media & reality tv obsessed population, the demagoguery & dog-whistling.. I think he would of wrote us off like GC did, total loss of faith in humanity, but unlike Carlin, Hunter wouldn’t have hung around to keep reminding us we’re messing up. Acosta was the real revolutionary & would be much more effective in today’s hostile political atmosphere imo..

[@WisdomTooth1987]

what an interesting life he lived. he wrote books and enjoyed freedom to chill and do drugs and be creative while traveling the west coast.

[@rufus3898]

It's a tragedy that John Dunsworth was never able to make a Hunter S. Thompson movie.

[@glitch1336]

That would be the wildest thing ever! You are talking about Lahey, right?

[@sidmaniam]

@@glitch1336 Hot damn, yes! :D

[@ShlomoZOGelstein]

THAT would have been primo. I always thought they looked eerily alike. And the fact that John was not a drinker yet portrayed a drunk masterfully, is a testament to how well he would have played HST.

[@NowFunStarts]

Well done BBC, Great documentary. I was 15 when this was broadcast so I had to go to bed after Alias Smith and Jones :(

[@FedorMachida]

Nickel beer? I would have died on that plane.

[@Luke18_13]

Lol

[@masonnowlin6716]

Bring me 20 of them please

[@SaltyFrank1990]

Inflation man, inflation.

[@Adam-mi3hb]

@@SaltyFrank1990 75 cents with inflation

[@SaltyFrank1990]

@@Adam-mi3hb 1$ from 1978 is 3.99$ today. You don't know how inflation works.

[@willthacker5182]

Hunter had a great way of arranging words. Those lines about seeing the high water mark with thd right kind of eyes, is brilliant. Hes right up there with the best American writers like, Burroughs, Bukowski, Kerouac etc.

[@DefNotCam22]

Hi

[@DuanTorruellas]

This son of the American counterculture was the embodiment if the time. He gave us yet another way of seeing beyond the surface of the beyond. It was there right in front of us , and Hunter gave it style and journalism was never the same since. Thank you for everything Hunter and Godspeed. ✨

[@Illcastashadow1]

Makes me want a line again so bad. Been years. Too expensive now though, too risky too

[@thanksmisfortune]

One more comment: "the technology warps reality" this guy had it figured out.

[@Wil_Dsense]

I was reading this and heard it being said at the same moment... trippy....

[@nondescripthandle212]

@@Wil_Dsense for some reason I get that a lot when I read comments on videos its freaky

[@luckyluciano2848]

@@nondescripthandle212 ikr

[@TheMatkein]

@@nondescripthandle212 its most likely that youtube has a algorithm showing comments that correspond to the current video sequence you are watching

[@nondescripthandle212]

@@TheMatkein it doesnt

[@Calicocutpants]

He was a truly one of Gods own prototypes. Not meant for mass production. Too strange to live, too rare to die ✊

[@dante666jt]

No. That would be his Samoan lawyer.

[@bodoor8172]

Johnny Depp really nailed his character in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, same way of talking.

[@Thatskatermetalgirl]

Well said!

[@johnnyawful5120]

@@bodoor8172hunter Thompson taught Johnny drop exactly how he wanted his words to be read

[@milascave2]

But. he did die.

[@DeltaSniperZRR]

"Want some popcorn?" "No thank you I hate popcorn."

[@yagi_661]

tht shit was great

[@skyhunter6385]

Hunter You Always take me back to Vegas like no one before

[@ztpatterztpatter1897]

but its so salty and delicious

[@LiberalSquared]

I hate popcorn too, just another thing to love about the old scamp.

[@miketython6554]

May as well go to fuckin Bangladesh

[@jackwillis680]

That poor bird Edward, seeing hunter slapping the cage and yelling “TALK TO ME EDWARD” made me laugh tho. And then he said “that thing will kill a bear at 200 yards”. This man was such a unique character, it would’ve been nice if he was alive today. I bet he would’ve been a crazy old man.

[@itzajdmting]

Yeah I never knew about his abuse of that bird. Keeping a bird in a cage is bad enough (my grandmother kept budgerigars in cages when I was a kid) but THAT.... Crazy cunt. Truly unique, but still, bit of a cunt to behave like that. Can you not imagine what other shit he would do to small animals when no one is looking?

[@tylervaughan9473]

This man, though flawed, was the epitome of greatness. He created his own lane all altogether, and though part of what he created consumed him, there is no doubt that the story of literature amd journalism can not be told without dedicating, if not only a chapter, more likely an entire encyclopedia, to Hunter S. Thompson. He had a writing style like no one before him, and though many have tried, like none after.

[@guessowii]

Flawed?

[@nevercertain]

@@guessowii there's not a person on this planet who isn't flawed

[@CommanderLongJohn]

@@LarryBirdsBurner Lmao I'm sure you're all pissy because someone pointed out an inherent fact

[@CommanderLongJohn]

@@LarryBirdsBurner Not "if", it is, and it's not irrelevant when praising someone's entire character-claiming they're the embodiment of greatness-especially when so many people blindly praise X

[@PsychedelicArchaea]

@@LarryBirdsBurner imagine being this hostile over nothing lol

[@aaronbrakefield]

Reporter, “Do you recognize any of these na..” HST “I don’t see any names I don’t wanna see any names just looks like a dirty sidewalk. I’d like to get out of here.” Damn

[@kalebjester588]

I can't imagine the anxiety that bird had lmao

[@duffdeluxe]

Yeah, kinda made me think Thompson was a dick tbh

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Kaleb Jester one drunken squeeze..jesus

[@andrews4596]

Why is that

[@andrews4596]

Thompson may have been involvedwith bohemian grove in that book franklin files, exposing hunter by one survivor of Republican politician Larry Kings deadly happenings in bohemian grove forest.

[@andrews4596]

Woodpecker type anxiety

[@robsteries]

he's not an ex hells angel, that would do him wrong

[@Shawnkells]

Thank-you. Came here to say this. Major faux-pas!

[@drumstick74]

I read the book. He got the opportunity to ride with Hells Angels, but something made them angry and they beat him up. He left after that, calling them depraved animals on mopeds.

[@jkjerome1]

""depraved animals on mopeds" - ah thanks for saving my day at the last minute with a laugh

[@timspellman47]

drumstick74 What happened is he tried to stop one of the Hells angels from beating his old lady so they ganged up on him and beat him into the hospital.

[@TheEzmula]

robsteries nice...🖒✌

[@edmasterson4588]

given the comments ive seen not enough people are recognizing benicio del toro's great performance

[@nickreynolds8391]

Yeah that performance from Benicio was nuclear

[@PastPerspectives11]

Obviously it was great. But Johnny Depp playing Hunter S Thompson was a really special moment in the history of popular culture.

[@michelletruelove7783]

Well its a doc about HST so naturally people will bring up Depp. Benicio was incredible, but many don't know the reference point to grasp the incredible skill on his part in the role. I do not think it means it's not appreciated though.

[@billycollins6005]

I think storytellers across many mediums can learn from HST in his method of vividly describing his subjective experience and perceptions instead of being weighed down by a detached point of view. "I don't understand film, thats why I want to learn about film. I think the technology is not up to the lever we have to get to portray reality"...So true and ahead of the times in the discussion of 'truth' and documentary film. Not my original idea but I agree that the most truthful documentaries are focussed on a single person's emotions and perceptions of events.

[@jimbojankerson5610]

I noticed his comment about technology as well. I then thought about today's tech and how he realized cameras and mics needed to be micro in order to conceal them to catch authentic human nature. Once one sees everything as it is they can see everything as it will eventually be or as it should be.

[@somethindarker]

Murray played the best Hunter S. Thompson the man, Depp played the best Hunter S Thompson the character.

[@TheThelaughingboy]

Yep, Murray played Thompson, Depp played Raoul Duke

[@daltonbedore8396]

Zeke Payne very true

[@BigpapamoneymanMVPtypebeat]

Well put

[@johne.nobody2946]

The most effortlessly hilarious character I’ve ever seen. Love him, tragic how his life ended but at least Hunter’s wishes were ultimately realized.

[@DanielCrane-uz1rh]

He went out exactly how he wanted to.

[@michelletruelove7783]

He did it on his terms and was certain he lived 30 years to long.

[@crooktv2800]

More than likely a celebrity you idolize uses drugs and alcohol they’re just not as open about it because they care too much for their career

[@andrews4596]

Yep most news reporters and journalism use adderall

[@beauntea8356]

Or friend or family

[@seankelly378]

Hunter , Jim Morrison and Hendrix are mine . They were pretty open about it

[@ggaccentc]

You're not giving him enough credit - he's one of the best writers ever, even if he was a mumbler :D

[@fogasterg]

isn't it the other way around nowadays ?

[@elissasangi-hd9om]

Used to watch this with my dad on PBS, Sunday afternoons in '68. Was in 6th grade. This, William Buckley. Buckley had on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg... Remember it all. When Rolling Stone was worthy of reading.

[@goclimbsomething]

Maybe if Buckley had tripped too he wouldn’t have been such a scumbag..

[@backyardadvocate9377]

Through war and life, I’ve lived one quote more than any…, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” Hunter owns the quote. But fortunate ones get to share a Guinness and some fine waves and feel grateful for living HT’s words…without forgetting the adventures through all the chemicals😎🏄‍♀️🕉

[@debbies.5975]

One of the greats.He could write deep, brutal insights with such grace and brillance.So brave with hilarious satire that was unique and his own.I love Steadmans artwork.

[@LloydBraun13]

Hunter seems like that friend in college who always had to give you his opinion about everything... Which is always right

[@steveeisenhowereisenhower7130]

for a guy who was in the clouds, he was quite brilliant in a sense all to his own

[@gordoesgtheboycott]

true, most brilliant people are strange

[@sloppyjo4560]

cos thats genius

[@andrews4596]

U dont know much about drugs do u

[@jamesbueker11]

My friends in the age of Hunter called me Jungle. I adored and absorbed every word he wrote. I also tried almost all the drugs just to see what the attraction was. Never making them part of the fabric of my life but enjoying the effect almost every time. Overdosed on mushroom tea once. That’s a whole other story. Let’s just say Hunter was unique but many of us are. If only I could write like him but alas, I’m a mere human

[@HODIUSDUDE]

Thanks for posting. I have a love hate relationship with this legendary writer. In the end he was human, with all the faults and trappings that go with it.

[@frankensplean]

amen

[@020djcorsa]

Johnny Depp nailed it when it came to acting like Hunter S Thompson in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. allot of actors need to do that as well because acting is a skill not everybody has. we got to much mediocre actors now a days, most of them play the same character over and over again. this just shows how good Johnny Depp is as a actor!

[@charmicarmicat2981]

I can’t remember the exact video I saw but it was Hunter’s first wife talking about the only two times she saw him cry. Once was about a dog(which goes to show Hunter was a dog weirdo which is awesome) and the second time was when he was describing the police action taken during a civil rights protest he was at. Not only does it say a lot about his true character as a man, but just a lot about how much personal freedom and equal rights meant to him. What really saddens me is what he talks about in this documentary, how people just always see him as the drunk drug addict crazy psycho character. In reality he was so much more than that and the more digging you do the more you realize how much of a patriot of freedom this guy really was. He described Acosta as that famous quote we all know, one of gods own freaks of however it goes. What’s truly ironic is how much that quote about Acosta might as well be him talking about himself and I don’t think he ever realized it. As Henry Rollins once said “A leopard doesn’t know they have spots, they’re too busy being a leopard.”

[@villanelle8888]

I think it was in the docu-film 'Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson', where his first wife mentions the two times she saw him cry.

[@myapalmer4206]

what i love about him is that his outward projection is that hes the craziest person in the room but if you feel the undertones of his character and rly understand what hes saying u realize hes the most sane

[@ShawnJonesHellion]

Lol big cats know they are big cats. It's why they roll about like happy little children; right before killing a few animals for dinner. "never underestimate" a big cat

[@charmicarmicat2981]

@@ShawnJonesHellion jfc man it’s a metaphor

[@lif7298]

Didn't he direct or was involved in a snuff film? That would explain his weird Letterman interview.

[@EbenezarGold]

Johhny D. was a good friend, to blow Hunter's ashes into the atmosphere as was his desire.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

If you truly want to understand the late 1960s-1970s, both politics...and the NFL of all things, you gotta read Hunter S. Thompson, he found the perfect way to pull pack the curtain and expose the ugly truth we all wish to forget.

[@dwyerrr]

everything this guy does makes me laugh to tears, thanks for the laughs hunter. RIP

[@greengrassofhome]

I came to this film after hearing a joke about Hunter S. Thompson on the Sick and Wrong Podcast,Episode 608. I think fans of Mr Thompson would appreciate the Sick and Wrong Podcast. Every week they (hilariously) discuss news stories which are the antithesis of the American dream: meth cities, mass shootings, gruesome murders, rapes, incest, stinking Las Vegas, Hollywood shallowness, insane politics and all else that makes the United States quite possibly the sickest and wrongest country on the planet. Hunter S. Thompson was right on the money!

[@tinononit8623]

Bro thanks for turning me over to the sick and wrong podcast

[@greengrassofhome]

@@tinononit8623 My pleasure, my friend. I am still listening after all these years. It's been about 15 years, three co-hosts, over 800 episodes and they have never missed a week. I swear that show keeps me sane and grinning amidst all the madness and sadness that so often is life.

[@gotodgen1diabloimmortalnew236]

RIP Best Writer and Journalist to ever live

[@cornpit77]

Fascinating person. Appears to me like a genuine good friendly and intelligent fellow. With a rough edge on the good side, which I like. There's already enough square persons out there.

[@jon33.3]

Lost count of how many times I've watched this. I'll keep returning. I'm 35 now. Let's see how long I last 🥰

[@slopcrusher3482]

Hunter truly was a great mind, although tormented he had some good ideas, even in 1978, he knew so much, just like his statement about bringing in cameras creating a false aura and making people act different and that is why he doesn't like film.

[@TheWaldocrazy]

And this is why I don't like people shoving their phone cameras 24/7

[@hollands694]

Wow after watching this, I realize even more how amazing Johnny Depp is as an actor. He portrayed him perfectly!!

[@soundsfortowny6485]

41:22 This part of the interview is really enigmatic to me. It's interesting to think about to what extent Thompson's personality is influenced by the character he's created, and vice versa. I really feel bad for him, because he never seemed truly satisfied with who he was as a person... I don't know, perhaps I'm projecting at this point. He really was a gem, though.

[@santasangre996]

Yeah you get it

[@neloth434]

Judging by his reaction it seemed to be a particularly disturbing thought/question to him. Honestly one of the more interesting things about this documentary

[@sneezewax3567]

It's hilarious that's when they ran out of film.

[@tiffanyquinn643]

I think that's good thinking if it's bad ok you got to be able to see things in different ways to truly understand

[@bestfilmclips9064]

back when booze was cheap and you could smoke on a plane XD

[@Turner9090]

best film clips back when life was FUCKING GOOD MAN

[@christiannagrace1]

johnny depp actually resembles him and played him spot on woahz

[@lowermiddleclasspatriots4828]

People who dismiss this man off the cuff are ignorant folks. He was truly a genius and he lived life like he wanted to......full throttle!! If more people had the balls to explore our society with the honesty and enthusiasm that Hunter did, we would live in a better world!! He had his demons for sure...but he was a complicated man that no one really knew too well. I say>>>live and let live, and if you spend a little time doing some investigating on this extremely complicated man, you will definitely look at him differently.

[@hardhoagie3809]

Not sure you could follow that dream in 2019 half as well as his time

[@jeffbarton3353]

The most beautiful 480 footage ive ever seen here

[@misfitsmiami6777]

Amazes me how long he lived the lifestyle he did and didn't go because of health problems but on his own terms

[@GordiansKnotHere]

15:45 Anyone else here remember those days when you could be driving down the road with a beer between your legs with no seat belt and what come may? Good ol' days...

[@double_d_8885]

Seeing this for the first time and I cannot believe what a good job Johnny Depp did playing Hunter in fear and loathing in Las Vegas.

[@The_True_]

Bill Murray working with Hunter S. Thomson, legendarily epic!

[@alvinoflys7504]

Ralph Steadman's art really reminds me of Gerald Scarfe's animations for Pink Floyd's The Wall (rather the other way around). Creepy miniaturized or elongated forms, thin lines high contrast deep colors. Wild animals/characters and super trippy to say the least

[@califinn]

"Speak up Edward, speak up, speak up, Talk to Me!"

[@RavenWolfDrum69]

He's stupid

[@ilijakecman8173]

That man makes me feel better every time i read his work, watch something about him etc...

[@isaacjames7410]

Pretty amazing. The man, the character, his work, this doc... it’s all great.

[@chriswalshe499]

The thing we should treasure about Hunter is his disgust of the human race and that he didn't include himself as a member. 🖤

[@cmen6895]

“I always roll my ice in chlorophyll” Fucking love this guy

[@Alllovingalex]

Look up to this dude heavy cuz of the fact we live ass backwards and there needs change and love

[@ok2593]

I love hunter but you need to reevaluate your role models

[@Brendan-Black]

Holy sh*t, just the footage of Thompson talking with John Dean is well worth the watch. Awesome.

[@2700cmack]

Whatever kind of man he was. He was one of the most brilliant writers of all time.

[@skyhunter6385]

Craig Coy I agree

[@Alllovingalex]

Boy was no joke

[@jamesbueker11]

When he walked out on stage at the university of Texas he was holding a bottle of Jack and his cigarette in a holder. Sunglasses of course. He walked to the podium looked out at the assembled masses in his red flannel Pendleton shirt and said I have nothing to say: any questions? Thus the beginning of an incredible 1 1/2 hour hilarious oddysey. 🎉

[@faithbad666]

Thank You For Your Service

[@triplucid3563]

Why don't people thank prostitutes at LEAST this much too. Lol

[@basishub]

Nothing could take this man out. He lived the life of 500 men then did it himself.

[@danielt6856]

I love the bit around 42:40. He's so deep into the self-disgust that he seems genuinely taken aback by being told that he comes off as authentic.

[@danielm4114]

Literary freaks are fortunate to have this document of peak Hunter when his Gonzo-ism was at critical mass. This interview is of a different tone entirely but a nice companion piece: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKS1on-ZeZJkqac

[@myapalmer4206]

i feel like theres a lot of sad parts in this that get over looked

[@iraqi4211]

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.