Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - (Gilliam;1998;USA) - ****
Hunter S. Thompson under the alias Raoul Duke travels to Las Vegas with his lawyer to cover a motorcycle race while on heavy drugs.
I can only imagine how surreal Brazil is. This was an amazing movie. Although I really wanted to see it I assumed it was gonna be a *** film. I was especially skeptical to see several negative reviews, including Ebert giving it one star. Gilliam's direction is excellent, and I pretty much can't say a bad thing about it. This may very well be Depp's best performance. Del Toro was very good, but has done better. I can see how some may have low first impressions of this but to me it all worked out. The soundtrack is another great thing; this has to be one of the few movies I've seen in which I loved all the songs. An excellent example of the culture of the time period.
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By the way, is it true Oscar Acosta drowned in '74?