![]() ![]() My review of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on Blu-ray after the jump. Thompson's novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and took the project up only to have stars Johnny Depp and Benecio Del Toro already locked in as his leads, had to rewrite everything that came before, and do it (perhaps as it should be done) as a no-holds barred, gonzo, "let's shoot this fucker" kind of film. ![]() He was brought in last minute to direct an adaptation of Hunter S. Which is why The Fisher King strikes as one of his strongest works in the sense that it is accomplished without shoving itself down your throat. Gilliam is one of those directors that it is often hard to relax into because he's so there it's hard to ignore what he is doing. I say that in the sense that when you watch his films you feel the master's fingerprints all over, and sometimes that makes the film a bit blurry. Terry Gilliam is one of the most undeniable directors to ever work in the medium.
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