Essays Tagged: "Gonzo"

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas": Review.

arstow, at the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold." So begins Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo's drug-filled journey in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" The film, directed by Terry Gilliam ... chieve this effect by changing the levels at which particular conversations are played.Duke and Dr. Gonzo, after checking into the Mint Hotel, go to the bar for a few drinks. Duke's acid trip takes ho ...

(3 pages) 25 0 3.8 Oct/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Hunter Stockton Thompson and his effect on Journalism in the 20th century

a celebrity, and even a would be politician, but through it all he was a journalist. His style of "Gonzo" journalism let the reader experience some of the most significant societal and political even ... he and his partner Ralph Steadman met at the derby. Often seen as the birth of Thompson's signature Gonzo style the story exists as a nearly unbroken anecdote, so full of hyperbole, simile, and metaph ...

(12 pages) 3 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors