Hunter S. Thompson Was Hard To Handle During His Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Cameo

Watching Terry Gilliam’s 1998 film “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” based on the novel by Hunter S.

Thompson is, in 2022, a fraught experience. For one, a viewer must contend with their views of star Johnny Depp, recently exposed in a high-profile domestic abuse case.

Additionally, director Terry Gilliam has, in recent years, said some notorious things in the press.

In 2020, he called #MeToo a “witch-hunt,” he once downplayed the crimes of Harvey Weinstein, and, all the way back in 2009, signed a petition pleading to exonerate Roman Polanski.

This was all in addition to reports of Gilliam terrifying a young Sarah Polley on the set of “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.” Polley, however, has since given her blessing to enjoy the movie. Additionally, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” is — by design — incredibly difficult to watch.

It’s a noisy, chaotic film with two protagonists who are constantly zonked

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