Hunter S. Thompson Interview on Gonzo Journalism (April 16, 1975)

Harrison Salisbury sits down with Dr. Thompson for an interview discussing his writing style and process. Part of the journalism interview series "Behind the Lines."
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[@luckyswine]

This could be the best Hunter interview I've seen. He's thoughtful, lucid, not defensive and clearly respects his interviewer.

[@joshb5500]

Same

[@richardbachman7934]

Yessir

[@alaskantool]

He is still a junkie... and that governs his persona...

[@saxonortizperez2586]

🤔📽️🎤

[@Bugaboo-wq5sc]

yes, definitely not fcked up at all

[@ShakeDelusion]

"I'm a word freak. I treat words like music."

[@tedtheman]

@Peter Parker u seem very intelligent

[@GizzyDillespee]

Sometimes I autotune my perception

[@doctorgonzo5358]

@Peter Parker Based on your other comments on this video, I suspect the only thing you understand about poetry is that words occasionally rhyme.

[@bon2yan88]

@@GizzyDillespee LOL you got me

[@TheCiaMKultra]

"Lyrical junkie " ..... Great way to put it. He got people Hooked on his own supply

[@MatSallehTV]

My recent interest is watching interviews from the 60-80s. They are so interesting and captivating. They are normally very composed conversations and it is amazing to see legends in their younger days.

[@SincereSentinel]

And always will be better. Less filter and more raw. Kinda like real life for once.

[@csukavalami3444]

@@SincereSentinel Agreed

[@SincereSentinel]

@@csukavalami3444 atta boy

[@SincereSentinel]

@@csukavalami3444 kinda sad to admit honestly but true ........

[@csukavalami3444]

@@SincereSentinel yeah

[@trapezeoidthreelobed7683]

This is a great conversation. Hunters not in “performance” mode, so is fairly relaxed. It seems he’s got respect for the interviewer and Salisbury credits Hunter by asking thoughtful questions. Gold standard interview

[@sykoteddy]

I love the expression "performance mode" 🤣🤘

[@Hamigal]

A man who chose to live life to the fullest extreme without guilt or shame. RIP Hunter

[@InnerCityOrganicz]

🎤🎤🎤💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

[@stu_chew]

Oh yeah. Even in this interview he says. "When it stops being fun, you stop."

[@chhansen9813]

F him, he killed JFK!

[@Americansikkunt]

So, an amoral degenerate? I guess the way you put it sounds nicer.

[@Hamigal]

@@Americansikkunt What a goofy name you have

[@CULtSHORt]

The world has lost the Hunter Thompson breed of human and its a real dull place because of it. It was a very rare breed indeed. The man was a philosopher.

[@Midlands_wolf]

Nope, we're still here

[@spudwickthrockmorton2112]

@@Midlands_wolfif you were you wouldn’t be in a youtube comments section. Truth is they’ve always been rare

[@hes_alive]

Too much now is about making a lot of money, most people back then were content making enough to cover their lifestyles and that’s it.

[@standardshirley2480]

"one of God's own prototypes"

[@greendurk]

@channel5 Andrew is still holding it down this way today.

[@FlintSL]

This is an absolute treat. None of the questions are straightforward, I love how they allow Hunter to explore his thoughts. Probably the best interview I've seen with him

[@BlackenedGold]

These used to read to each other when hunter found out johnny liked a fringe writer that they also enjoyed they'd red his work together after that hunter opened up an showed johnny his writings he was working on an how he wanted them read an portrayed, it was a major help as well as the fact they were close friends for his role to pay homage to the man

[@Juxtaposition1-Bitchute]

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[@bigpictureguys8415]

I mean the first question is “what is gonzo journalism” but I see your point

[@saintmbmjr6544]

You call that a proper f****** interview LOL

[@garrypatterson7671]

This is wanted top five I think but learning farther back about him my favorite story is when he left the base where he was a reporter for the Army and smashed a bottle of wine against Outpost leaving

[@joshuanipps9106]

I love the smile he gets on his face the first time the phrase "gonzo journalism" comes up.

[@haleyhart9373]

He seems so proud :)

[@MichaelLaFrance1]

The interviewer, Harrison Salisbury, is excellent. I didn't expect such good questions and that much of an open mind from a guy that was quite a bit older than HST in the mid-1970s. I'll have to find out more about him.

[@MichaelLaFrance1]

He was a highly respected foreign corespondent with UPI, and wrote for the New York Times. "Salisbury was among the earliest mainstream journalists to oppose the Vietnam War after reporting from North Vietnam in 1966. He took much heat from the Johnson Administration and the political Right, but his previous standards of objectivity helped to sway journalistic opinion against the war. He is interviewed in the anti-Vietnam War documentary film In the Year of the Pig. He was the first American journalist to report on the Vietnam War from North Vietnam after having been invited there by the North Vietnamese government in late 1966. His report was the first that genuinely questioned the American air war." And, "Salisbury reported extensively from Communist China, where, in 1989, he witnessed the bloody government crackdown on the student demonstration in Tiananmen Square."

[@matthewm2528]

Same!

[@charleswinokoor6023]

@@MichaelLaFrance1 Thanks for that information. He was an excellent interviewer. Just this past year I borrowed a copy of “Year of the Pig” from the library.

[@jeffryhammel3035]

@@MichaelLaFrance1 Thanks.

[@brazenlilhussy5975]

@@MichaelLaFrance1 Lol..I was just about to say how did your research go but you already laid it out! My man.👊

[@mrnelsonius5631]

“Campaign Trail ‘72” is the best book about American politics I’ve ever read. You read that, Hell Angels and Fear and Loathing LV… a portrait emerges of a person who REALLY understood what makes America tick, and it’s troubling. He saw our current predicament coming decades ago, it’s all the way back in Hells Angels. I miss him as a writer, for all his faults as a man. Hope you found peace HST. Thank you for the comfort of your work and it’s unwavering truth back in my own young moment of great disillusionment.

[@andrewdigby5114]

yes, reading his letters, c.1969-70, even the future 2016, 2020, 2024 is there. genius.

[@danielosullivan3110]

Uncle Duke. My favorite author ❤️‍🔥🥃

[@russcox3125]

That terror and tension when he wrote about drugs was from actual experience with those drugs. He didn't glorify or make it seem mystical, he showed you a more realistic side of drug abuse. Its not always unicorns and rainbows. Sometimes it's waking up in a trashed hotel room, with no clear memory of what had happened the past 24 hours.

[@davidkennedy4213]

There's always an excitement that borders on fear when taking some drugs. I assume it happens to everyone who indulges. There really is a point after initial gut wrenching excitement where things are experienced more completely. An orange in no longer an orange. It is slick and stringy wet orb glistening with its own luster. covered in dimples and divots, oily smooth and uniquely abrasive simultaneously. Experiencing that "walking with a king" where every encounter is a small journey and everything around you holds some marvelous island of feeling and observation and you know that no matter how hard you try to express what you are going through there is either only judgement or confusion.

[@paulandrews__]

One of the best interviews I have ever seen. 2 professionals. Not a wasted word. So much better than the vapid clickbait trash we have to put up with today.

[@irishelk3]

Awh this is gold. He always sounds like Elvis after a visit to the dentists.

[@ericpreston5826]

Hahahahahaah

[@Godshonestruth]

Brilliant comment. Best in years. Damn I appreciate this.

[@CodyRae11]

,😂😂😂😂😂

[@marknewton6984]

Return to Sender😮

[@Bilboteabag]

I think hunter is so composed in this interview bc the interviewer is obviously knowledgeable on his work and treats him with respect. He is asking questions that arent the usual gibble gabble

[@fishhookism]

This is the most lucid I have seen Hunter in an interview.

[@fishhookism]

@@bethenawaltz4190 the Proud Highway is a great collection of letters. It is a shame that his drug use and alcoholism overshadowed his brilliant writing career.

[@katespainhower1963]

He is still rather young here. Not as crazy as the old man he will become.

[@jasminejones9937]

Same here It was one of his rare moments of sobriety 🙄

[@full700kb]

This is the right interviewer interviewing HST. He is asking the right questions. It's a question of the setting.

[@echopathy]

he seems comfortable talking shop with a peer

[@jeremiahbullfrog1844]

I understand what he means when he says he hates writing. I make jewelry out of wire, I structure it, I weave it, and making the coils is a horrible chore. It's an extremely tedious and sometimes downright frustrating art. But then when I learn something new in my own style, or I actually complete a piece, the torture is over, and I can't stop looking at my creation with a smile on my face.

[@popart13]

im the same exact way with my guitar playing, ironically Covid quarantine forced me to re-assess my playing and im doing stuff i could never do before. I would get so frustrated with what I couldn't do without putting the time in to hone it. now? im a completely different player

[@jasonjones7451]

My dad made rings bracelets and necklaces outta twisting wire, he started when he was 19 until his death at 62, he was an artistic genius with a piece of simple wire he made women's hearts melt...

[@flowerbloom5782]

It’s a frustrating thing cause your not supposed to love what you make as your creating it. It can help to enjoy the process but that also means enjoy the anger. I get so angry with my own creations but that process helps you learn and discover your own process.

[@marknewton6984]

Bobby Fischer said he hated chess.😎

[@jaredsparks3871]

Todays journalists don't ask questions like Harrison Salisbury did. Great, in depth interview.

[@roddydykes7053]

It helps that he knew the ins and outs of Hunter’s work and didn’t have to ask laymen questions out of ignorance

[@ErichVonNasty]

He could never, and was never sucked into being a diluted version of himself. I think honesty is/was the sticking point and that’s why we still love him.

[@finismalorum9746]

I haven't seen this one before, thank you for uploading.

[@BrownMediaArchiveUGA]

Thanks for watching. I was very happy to stumble across this videotape in our archives. Never seen another copy!

[@henrypeterson8138]

@@BrownMediaArchiveUGA Fantastic! Thank you!

[@widescreennavel]

@@BrownMediaArchiveUGA Yes, this is classic! Funny when I went to college we were assigned Wolfe and had to ask around about Hunter...I think HST is wary about Wolfe and that is a theme for him. Hunter is a true blue honest man.

[@reprehensiblereptile1138]

Hunter Thompson was an American treasure, unappreciated, underrated, and terribly misunderstood. He was honest, at least. And most "journalists" now, can't even remotely maintain honesty.

[@danyhunck9557]

This must be one of very few individuals at his age who had recognized hunters talent without any prejudices.

[@SuperDaish]

Did anyone notice Jonny Depps persona changed after meeting Thomson ? The way he spoke , manorisms etc

[@ArtificialDreamsAD]

He is hunter.

[@jefflancaster4423]

Top notch interview. I miss you Hunter 🙌

[@smb2265]

As I watched this interview, it came to mind how well Johnny Depp did portraying this man in Fear and Loathing. He nailed it

[@jeremyharris7435]

Bill Murray did a great job as well. His intensity portraying hunter was on point. Where the Buffalo roam is a great flick

[@MrSolaris1982]

Vivid memories of a time in history. We need to pick up on the legacy of ledgens like Hunter. The critical and gentle voice of a reporter floating between the lines of history fueled on central stimulants, cigarettes and cold whiskey. When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.

[@boombaphardcore5975]

WHAT A COMMENT!!! damn..

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

Sounds like a sure fire way to get psychosis, good thing he also took psychedelics.

[@MrSolaris1982]

@@mimszanadunstedt441 I guess he mastered the act of combining the power fuel needed to be Hunter as we know him

[@joe-bh1rq]

Hunter embarked on the closest thing to discovering the truth and facts as anyone of his time. We desperately need a cold proof b.s. detector nowadays like Hunter. Watch, listen and learn.

[@MickRichards-uy9px]

​@@boombaphardcore5975 Evidently you've not read much Thompson, unless plagiarism impresses you. Suum ciqque.

[@TheOtherDerek]

This may be the best interviewer I've ever seen. He seems almost a fan but in a peer kind of way. This is more conversational than a standard interview. Perfection.

[@trevsanders5850]

Intensify the experience......best quote I've ever heard. Just realised when he did this interview that cell phones, internet and social media are not even dreamt of. How things have changed. I was only 1 year old.

[@laurapickman9415]

Hunter took me on many wild mental jouneys and taught me more about politics then I have ever learned in school. Cheers Doc!

[@VaansWorld]

such a lovely mutual respect for each other's profession. I love interviews like this.

[@santasangre996]

This has to be one of the most interesting interviews ever conducted, how Hunter describes his experiences with drugs and what they do to a person, the reason why you're taking them. With substances it's very much an abusive relationship, the way experiencing emotions becomes so unfiltered and yet you know you're probably frying your brain at this very moment. Salisbury should've asked more questions pertaining to writing and words in general, Hunter's insight on those subjects is fascinating. This video is full of invaluable writing advice if you listen to it carefully. BIG Thumbs up, this needs to be preserved for ever.

[@garrypatterson7671]

Well yes another interviews but this interview he's specifically talking about certain things and I'm using voice to text now so it is I'm not catching my errors with the punctuations but the point is you're right and some aspect but that's not the man he was not the only man he was that just made him speak freely

[@davidchandler1502]

I started reading Hunter in 1980, and got to see him lecture at UCDavis. I have most of his books and have seen most of the interviews. In my opinion, this is the best one I've ever seen.

[@gives_bad_advice]

agreed

[@Kratos3779]

If you don't mind me asking, what were his lectures like?

[@3chorddave352]

One of the students picked him up at the Sacramento Airport and brought him to Freeborn Hall for the "lecture". Someone gave him a big Grapefruit that was supposedly full of LSD.and the Lecture began, After making a few statements, Dr. Thompson had people line up in 2 rows, one on each side of the stage, to ask him random questions for the remainder of the time. It was fairly amusing, but there was little structure to the evening.

[@bowlingstoned2113]

I would have loved to have sat for one day and talked to this guy. He had a great mind and killer sense of humor.

[@SpaceWorlds]

There will never be another Hunter, this man is pure genius.

[@Jazzadrin]

Not at all

[@ChristopherRusanowsky]

David Holthouse

[@frankbrody239]

Donald Trump 🤭🤣

[@ablunt4me420]

@@frankbrody239 We can only hope for more Trump!!!

[@sevenfold089]

There will be, and currently are, many Hunter prodigies. Thoughtful drug users challenging the status quo through good writing.

[@MADMAX839]

“Sometimes you can go a bit too far. And then there’s real terror.” NO ONE stomped on the terra like HST. DEAR GOD I MISS HIM.

[@TheJoeyboots]

Hearing the real Thompson makes me appreciate Depps performance.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

John Depp is nothing like hunter - I would say he's just like the hunter in the book, the characature of Raul Duke in the book, the real man had much more backbone. A big jock afraid of nothing. Going 200 on a Cafe cruiser. I can't imagine old John's charecter eating death like a cracker. Its in the books, the interview books especially. Oscar's books. Even screwjack. But especially The Curse of Lono, where he writes the truth in gonzo, and you know the cat is just so much more weird than he lets on - not to mention the stories about him told by other people, downright mythic. I tried to live like that for a while lucky to be alive. But we did burn.

[@shawnhughes4192]

Bill Murray was WAY better

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

@@shawnhughes4192 like when he took out his giant gleaming hunting knife on the airplane to cut up a grapefruit and pour vodka in it, said to the lady, " you want some"

[@Peroxide-Mark]

@@JSTNtheWZRD i think he meant depp had his accent nailed

[@byzantinegold]

They were friends in real life too

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

Harrison Salisbury was a great writer himself. I have his and Hunter's books, nearly all of them read, sitting proudly in my home library.

[@hobstweedle123]

this interviewer really killed it. most interviewers dont know wherethis dudes coming from but he really got hunter to open up

[@alexandriawest3937]

The rapport between these two is palpable. Such great questions! The answers too! Fuggin bravo!

[@davekurtzmusic2371]

I really admire the respect, sincerity, patience and listening by the both of them. Nowadays, it also takes a patient listener to hear it; kind of like listening to jazz, blues or classical; you have to sometimes listen through some dissonant or unfamiliar territory to appreciate the resolutions/revelations.

[@friendlyfirefighter4645]

Great observation.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

Im impressed with Harrison's work in this interview. Well done to keep everything on pace, and engaging HST with every question.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Hunter must have liked him.

[@drbelljazz]

"I made ten thousand dollars off that thing" *scratches his nose*

[@edvinjesse]

This Hunter interview seems so different from all the rest. I don't quite know why, but it's amazing. Maybe it's the mutual respect, maybe something else. But this is such a fantastic piece of history. Thank you for uploading!

[@santasangre996]

because salisbury was approaching hunter like he was a human, not some overblown drug crazy character

[@edvinjesse]

@@santasangre996 That's an amazing point. Thank you!

[@Randelia]

So glad that I stumbled into this, such an amazing interview. The breadth & depth achieved is rarely achieved with our current attention-deficit culture.

[@gimme3steps933]

I’m so glad we’re able to watch this interview.

[@teresathomley3703]

A stellar interview. The Good Doctor straight- honest and reflective. Highly illuminating.👍

[@Breeder333]

Harrison Salisbury did a wonderful job with this interview. HST did a wonderful job teaching us about the future.

[@underwaterlevelz1947]

This is a very good interview, many good questions were asked and answered.

[@chrisprescott2273]

What a great video. Hunter seems relaxed, and the interviewer is asking some great questions. The chemistry is great between them. I can't believe I've never seen this before.

[@be6511]

One of the great ironies of my life is that I was at the Watergate. the night they broke in. Omg.

[@kelevra558]

Watching this mans mannerisms and hearing him speak really just writes home to how awesome of an actor johnny depp is.

[@EyeAmMyOwn777]

We are all familiar with Hunter's drawl, but despite that, he is a lucid thinker. Clear, direct, honest. Fillers are almost non-existent: ums, ahs...they don't feature in his speech much. It's all pauses, and what a master of pauses he is.

[@EyeAmMyOwn777]

Also, this interview is wonderful. The interviewer is taking this seriously and he is in himself an honest director of conversation.

[@evanjones5664]

@@EyeAmMyOwn777 it's a dying artform

[@chaunceyloveshack9530]

he says uh quite a bit...not that that's a slight against him like you think it would be

[@tony.bickert]

The pauses seem to master him.

[@YodpilotID]

That is how I speak and it throws people off. I am constantly being interrupted when I haven't finished my thought

[@thechief00]

they don't make interviews like this anymore.

[@katespainhower1963]

They don't have people like this to interview these days.

[@jessyfretz5800]

They do. This is how an interview looks before it gets edited down for the TV spot. And there are always brilliant people, it's just easier now for stupid people to become the hot ticket.

[@katespainhower1963]

@@jessyfretz5800 I would agree with what you say. I just mean you don't have as many free thinkers like HST that make it into interviews now a days. Not on main stream TV.💛

[@h.m.8137]

Because of the indoor smoking panic

[@steevrawjers]

TRUE

[@matts719]

When you hear him more or less chemistry free, calm, and in a reflective head space, you see how well Bill Murray captured him in those same moments in, Where The Buffalo Roam.

[@andrewlast1535]

What a great interview. No judgement, just a great conversation. I think that is why Hunter seems so composed?

[@maiqtheliar_]

Watching this interview made me realize Johnny Depp was the most perfect choice for his role

[@gives_bad_advice]

Captain Jack Sparrow would not exist without hst

[@johnnygizmo4733]

They talk alike. Kinda run words together. Not mumbling just soft monotone. Genetic engineering is ancient.

[@proctorritchie9177]

There is a guy on the MGM show called Hotel Cocaine that does a better dipiction of Hunter than Depp or Murray.

[@johnstarter777]

"most perfect" !??

[@raymondduck6492]

Great guest, excellent interviewer. As a former journo, who now writes with more candor, I still feel Hunter has a message for us non-gonzo people.

[@McRocket]

Best Hunter S. Thompson interview I recall hearing/seeing. Thank you for posting this. ☮

[@papapetad]

I've heard his name floating around several times over the years and now I see the face and hear the voice and a piece of his-story. Bit of a legend, then! Thanks for the share.

[@BurtSampson]

this is probably the best Hunter S. Thompson interview i've ever seen, and i'm not even 5 minutes into it yet. The person doing the interview is absolutely perfect. He really understood the subject matter.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

This is the best interview with Thompson that I’ve heard or watched. He seems completely lucid and not intoxicated, which makes all the difference. And the interviewer is excellent. I’ve always thought “Hell’s Angels” was the best thing he wrote, despite the fact that I went nuts for “Fear and Loathing” when it came out. He acknowledges that “Angels” was straight journalism and that “Fear” (his personal favorite) was an exercise in journalism and his big dance routine so to speak. Those two books will always be two of my favorite literary works. I didn’t much like his subsequent stuff.

[@Eusantdac]

Rum Diary was really good too, in my opinion. I recommend it.

[@friendlyfirefighter4645]

Excellent interview. Great to have an interviewer, whoever he was, give a lucid, cogent, and erudite interview. Clear he knew Hunter's work, and Hunter appreciated it.

[@cor2250]

He look so relax , with other interviews he is numb drunk drugs ,but this he look so sober . True Legend 💜✝️

[@cycrowell4791]

This vest and flannel combo is killer

[@DannyBK2LA]

What a great interview. The questions were well thought out and based on actual research and interest. Great stuff.

[@bryanfuchs1512]

I’m infinitely impressed by this man. This interview in particular is impressive when you consider the fact that that he most likely had consumed a considerable amount of alcohol, cocaine and weed by this point in the day. Maybe I’m wrong about that, but the man did have a regular routine from what I understand.

[@thephantomraspberryblower2675]

At least he laid off the acid for this.

[@r3b3lvegan89]

The irony of you describing the majority of millennials that’ve been inspired by him is hilarious. Life is short, have fun.

[@scottpreston5074]

His reputation as a druggie may have been played up a bit.

[@mulcher4permaculture720]

@@scottpreston5074 he use to carry a locked suitcase everywhere he went full of drugs. Not an exaggeration.

[@chadgrov]

There do exist people that are better on drugs than off…for a time, it eventually catches up of course but ..shit

[@benclarke986]

The world needs more characters like hunter to keep it interesting. Authentic and unapologetic

[@maxcornielje4169]

look up herman brood he is a dutch artist who is also a very intersting figure

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Around here, originality and personality are sure way to get yourself shunned.

[@marknewton6984]

Mark Twain, Will Rogers, Kerouac--- Hunter! 😎

[@wiseking6023]

This is an OUTSTANDING interview! Salisbury does a magnificent job here and The Good Doctor is cogent.

[@michaeld9682]

But doesn't ask about his snuff films

[@hamishmunroe9906]

@@michaeld9682 that would be because he didn't make any. Ignorant people talking about rumours as if they are fact is a dangerous thing.

[@michaeld9682]

@@hamishmunroe9906 hunter and his owl ranch were evil. He openly talked about how he liked to kill, he also was involved in adenochrome.

[@hamishmunroe9906]

@@michaeld9682 you've just misunderstood his writing

[@michaeld9682]

@@hamishmunroe9906 his house was filled with demonic trinkets. He had nude women running around. He had to boundaries and that included killing.

[@Nihmedu]

Thompson is an incredible person. Im so glad i was able to view this. Interviewer was excellent as well. Cheers

[@jimsteele4017]

This is a brilliant interview. I have only seen a small segment from this, the quote about "real terror." After seeing this I feel like I know Thompson on a more personal level now. Props to Harrison Salisbury.

[@Megapolaris]

The fact this is uploaded in 60fps is a staple of history

[@Fluxwithit]

Probably one of the best interviews I’ve ever seen.

[@seamuswarren]

I hope people know journalism is almost dead in mainstream media.

[@samanthajames9773]

Almost? Where do you see it alive ?

[@MissSeaShell]

@@samanthajames9773 you have to search for journalists who aren't mainstream. However I can't think of anyone who compares to HST.

[@q404]

@@samanthajames9773 Channel 5

[@riffraffrichard]

Technology is killing it, the space between something happening and it being published reduces a lot of journalism and writing to information. The one thing current society is missing is deep reflection. We need people who can take time to be contemplative and philosophical but a lot that is highlighted and displayed as great has a shallowness purporting to be zeitgeist. It’s good for humans to live in the now and just be and our understanding requires stepping out of this sea of information and finding depth and meaning in our lives by using the creative gifts we’ve been given.

[@marknewton6984]

As a doornail...

[@bw-414]

his professionalism was underrated. in every interview i've seen or heard, he was respectful of the interviewer and their career. and at a lecture, if the audience wanted raoul duke, he was entertaining, even though he wanted to be serious.

[@agentorange81]

I was stung by his style of journalism and I'm still scratching it

[@linesided]

"I treat words like music" - Gonzo or not, HST wrote with a love of the craft.

[@ice9594]

“As your attorney, I advise you to hand over the mescaline!” 😄 Love the Gonzo Journo...R.I.P. Hunter ❤️

[@monsieurdargason6874]

“As your attorney, I advise you to eat these 9 tabs of acid while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle”

[@Gaure856]

"As your attorney, I advise you to electrocute me to death while I'm in the bathtub"

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

From my cold dead hands........😉

[@MicrophonicFool]

This is probably the best interview I have seen with the man, and I have seen as many as can be found. Salisbury did a fantastic job of causing Hunter to open up immediately. Hunter is notoriously frustrated by shitty interview technique and that didn't happen here at all.

[@mayorofohio]

amazing. an hst interview i haven't seen yet, and one of the better ones.

[@anonanon7377]

I have never seen such harmony between interview and interviewee.

[@full700kb]

Thank you very much for sharing this piece. It's one of the few interviews where HST refuses to shut down because he's given the space he needs.

[@THEAWAKINGSOUL]

The man himself. The reason I got into new journalism. RIP Gonzo

[@brendonmasters]

How's the journalism quest going in today's society? Not trolling truly curious

[@dhh488]

I read somewhere Hunter didn't care for "Where the Buffalo Roam". I really liked the movie, I thought Bill Murray did a good impression of him. It seems Hunter got more gonzo the older he got, some of his interviews are pretty out there. Definitely one in a billion.

[@ndx2k]

Definitely seems like he was chasing the high yknow. He mentioned he really only enjoyed writing when it was gonzo so he tried to do more of that as time went on

[@tyronejones4245]

I think a lot of it was that he got very caught up in the character he was known for, which was Duke from Fear and Loathing. His deepening drug problems contributed a lot to becoming a caricature of himself as well.

[@lazurus222]

Whoever is interviewing him is asking awesome questions .

[@henrypeterson8138]

I know. I hadn't seen it either. This is great.

[@michaelromeo4601]

Hunter was my hero and for 20 years I did my best to imitate his life style, and still do, just not as intense. I truly hear him

[@78bcat]

What so differentiates Hunter from other participatory journalists and those he so clearly influenced, is his complete absence of pretension...and that's not a knock on the others because I think we all have pretensions, rather just an observation on what made Hunter so unique that even his "failures" are fascinating.

[@harriettemacy7399]

This is a beautiful interview. So well done

[@gonzorillamusicmoviescomed1740]

What makes this interview so great is that Salisbury asks questions that really engage and put Hunter to the test.. and his answers are revelatory and more down to earth and direct than I've ever heard.

[@fangofsilver5537]

That struck me to. Never seen him this composed in an interview:)

[@tylerdurden6901]

he also has good steaks too

[@zenbabaloo1931]

That and you can understand what he's saying. By the 80s he was so mumbly is was hard to tell what he was going on about.

[@oliverkalamata2753]

I wonder what an interview with Howard Stern would have been like for Hunter?

[@Greeneggsz]

Salisbury Steak with mashed potato’s

[@tripperjones1294]

This being the first time I have ever seen this interview it is amazing how well Johnny Depp did portaying him.

[@johnhenninger1980]

Some of his best writing collected in ´´A Generation of Swine´; columns in the the SF Examiner ´86-´88.

[@colinstewart1432]

That's maybe his best work. Certainly my favourite. 🙈🙊🙉

[@GreenCloudArtOrg420]

The Gonzo works and ethos are forever! Rest in power, good doctor!

[@tylerengland8919]

Wow, after watching this interview Johnny Depp did an amazing job in the movie Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas for playing Hunter S. Thompson. Hunter S. Thompson; an amazing writer indeed!

[@footballaustin55]

Amazing interview, never seen before thank you UGA! If you have any others, please bless us with them.

[@rickrecco143]

Sad to say but this is Hunter at his peak. His best writing days were already just about over at this point. After this it was the start of a long slow descent. I just watched as live show he did in '87 and the difference is noticeable. I saw him at a show in '89 and it was different still. He became a victim of his own success as someone once said. After a while he felt he had to keep up the act. Or couldn't stop it.

[@marknewton6984]

Like Liberace....with a brain.😮

[@sparkeyjones6261]

I remember first discovering HST from Rolling Stone, and High Times magazine. I then went on to read all his books, in secret, because my parents were relatively conservative. The counter culture fascinated me.... still fascinates me.

[@nathannall5754]

So many years later and Johnny Depp is still in character

[@brushcountry6361]

😂

[@dinguswiffle1866]

Hunter will always inspire and confuse me, he truly was one of a kind. I have a deep respect for his writings, and his standout personality, long live the Gonzo attitude.

[@stevel33]

except he was filming snuff films and drinking adrenochrome. there are even references about it in Fear and loathing in Las Vegas

[@dinguswiffle1866]

@@stevel33 Like any good man should do, raise hell

[@stevel33]

@@dinguswiffle1866 could you be more edgy? lol

[@dinguswiffle1866]

@@stevel33 Yeah that’s pretty edge I’m just messing with you dawg, obviously he wasn’t Jesus Christ. Dude did some terrible things but we all do, can’t shake him too badly.

[@cosmicavatar773]

One of the greats of all time, one of the most unique and amazing journalist who wasn't afraid to speak his mind. Rest in Peace

[@jasonbriggs9719]

Johnny Depp was spot-fucking on...

[@kevinmcqueen9180]

@Peter Parker guy in every comment. Do you not have a women or man to love. Weeds to pull maybe, bills to pay. Do you get profit share in your weak comments.

[@kingkalki5212]

@B K HST is the dalai lama look into it ;)

[@THEAWAKINGSOUL]

They spent a huge amount of time together...Depp is a great method actor.

[@craigjackson6883]

Bill Murray was better

[@craigjackson6883]

@Pamela May Where The Buffalo Roam. Murray and Thompson were good friends also.

[@stevebarber8501]

Great interview. Best I've seen with Hunter .

[@alloybust3842]

Wow! That's rare, thx for uploading this

[@maxmeeks9910]

There will be more of this after the reset is over. There's been plenty of suppression of nobody journalists that predicted current events. In 2015, my non-fiction book predicted an alarming amount of 2020 events. We Are The American Zombies.