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Movie Review - 'Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson'
| Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Featuring Hunter S. Thompson, Jimmy Carter, and Johnny Depp  |
Hunter S. Thompson was a great writer who
became famous, although you couldn't exactly say he was famous because he was a
great writer. Nor could you say he remained famous because of his writing.Like
Truman Capote - and surely, only in this way and as it relates to
self-medication - Thompson's celebrity and notoriety overshadowed his craft,
which after a certain point had started to deteriorate and nearly vanish.The documentary Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson traces the trail of Thompson's unique place in the 20th century through mountains of his own archival footage, and not all of it is very flattering. But that may be beside the point. In reality, not even all of Thompson's fans are as familiar with his writing as they are the reputation that precedes him, so in that respect, this movie does exactly what a lot of fans would hope it would.
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