+Daniel Rosa I see it more as a "Can you believe this shit?" sort of look. In the book both Duke and Gonzo seem to regard the roach theory as utter nonsense.
+Daniel Rosa I did. I wanted to watch the movie badly, but it wasn't on Netflix at the time so I read the book to hold me over. I absolutely loved it, and since then I've become a big fan of Hunter Thomas. While a like the book a bit more than the film, I still love this movie too.
That's awesome... Hm, how close would you say the two are? Oh, let's not forget that maybe what the book did with words, the movie did with acting and images, sure.
+benfrombelow Yeah i don't think people give this movie the credit and or attention it's due, Gilliam really made a statement and interesting commentary piece in this.
after Amber doing bumps on the stand in the middle of court im determined shes just trying to take a scene out of every single one of his movies... ffs..
1. figure out whats happening 2. become "hip" 3. convince self to approve of whats "happening" 4. become "groovy" 5. raise self to rank of "cool" alright got it! time to go out into the world and follow dr. bumquists' 5 steps to becoming a cool guy
How'd that work out for you? Did you figure out what was happening ever? Were you able to convince yourself, and other's, that you are indeed, "hip, and, or groovy"? Were you finally accepted into the hive mind of those who are "cool"? I'm uh,... just asking for a friend. Oh, and another thing. I advise you as your attorney, to go into the bathroom and get the little brown bottle out of my shaving kit and take just a bit.
“He become one of those..cool guys” I love the way he says it with such contempt, it’s like he uses the fight against drugs movement to get back at those who say he isn’t a Cool guy lol.
I mean watch some of the old PSAs back in the 30s such as Reefer Madness. They legitimately believed that smoking weed would turn you into a psychotic killer
Weed is a pyschedelic tho. I've had many visuals on weed. Especially edibles. Maybe it was from my past lsd use but weed is definitely pyschedelic with me. And no, I don't mean laced weed either. Really good grass has had me in that headspace that would qualify as a trip
Agreed. I hope they work together again someday. It likely wouldn't hold a candle to this film, but they are masters of their craft and, as evidenced in this film, the Sum is greater than the parts.
CANNOT WAIT to see Benicio in "Reptile" coming out at the end of the month (9/29), alongside Timberlake (and the rare sighting of Alicia Silverstone). Looks like this "type" of movie, in it's own 2023 way, for sure!
Always watched this scene with a lot of contempt. I love how the whole point of this scene is to make you frustrated because of how stupid the conversation about weed had become at the time
I live in a state where it is essentially legal and a lot of the cops are now working for the companies that deliver weed from the farm to the dispensary. They like to joke about how they used to put people away for this stuff but now they're making money on it. Couldn't help but wish they got hit by a car on the way out.
@@jish55 I don’t think that’s the main point. In the book, Raoul Duke makes notice of all the police gathered at the Flamingo for the DA conference and says something along the lines of “Here are all these cops, gathered in Las Vegas saying ‘we need to come to terms with the drug culture’. But they didn’t even know what it was”. Since this happens after that part of the book, I’m inclined to believe it is more to do with the obliviousness and confidence of the system and the “war on drugs”
@@kylebrender5244 To be a Prosecuting Lawyer who works for the DEA, god-damn you can have great grandchildren lining up for their trust funds before you know it.
Now you have a society full of marijuana smokers that deny and don't even realize that they are addicts too and can't stop smoking. The weed corporations increased the THC content and got people hooked just like they did with tobacco and nicotine. They even convinced the ignorant masses that smoking this leaf is "healthy". Nevermind that smoking burnt carbon still damages your lungs the same long-term. They've solved the problem they had with tobacco smoking. Everything is a rich man's trick.
Just knowing all the crazy antics of L. Ron Hubbard and how brainwashed scientologists are makes this whole lecture to law enforcement that much worse. Disgusting like Dave Grossman's "on killing" lectures to cops.
LMAO favorite lines from the movie: If he figures out what IS happening then he can rise one notch and become...hip and then if he can convince himself to approve of what is happening.. then he becomes groovy.. Grooooovy!! Then after that he can actually raise himself to the rank cool, he can become one of those Cewl guys.
I like how the line is so similar to lines written by Thompson himself in an earlier article about drug culture where his style was still rather standard, but you could tell he wasn't at all a stranger to the whole shebang.
Best line ever : "I saw the bastards in 'easy rider' I didn't believe they were real. Not like this man, not Hundreds of them." "They're really nice people once you get to know them" "These people drink God Damned Blood" "Don't say that word around here, its gets them excited"
Just knowing that Dr. Gonzo was the Mexican-American attorney, politician, novelist and activist in the Chicano Movement, Oscar Zeta Acosta, makes this all so much better. From his Wikipedia page: "He represented the Chicano 13 of the East L.A. walkouts, members of the Brown Berets, Rodolfo Gonzales, and other residents of the East L.A. barrio. Acosta's controversial defenses earned him the ire of the Los Angeles Police Department, who often followed and harassed him. In 1970, [the year before the events of Fear & Loathing] he ran for sheriff of Los Angeles County against Peter J. Pitchess, and received more than 100,000 votes. During the campaign, Acosta was jailed for two days for contempt of court. He vowed that if elected, he would do away with the Sheriff's Department as it was then constituted." He ultimately went missing in Mexico in 1974, less than three years after this trip. He's presumed dead, virtually definitely murdered.
Amazing shot, it's like Dr. Bunquist is projected on the blue screen behind him, yet from times to times, he goes out of the frame. It fucked with my brain so much when I was on shrooms haha. That and the hallway with mirrors.
Marijuana gave me chronic depression and social anxiety when I used to smoke it so I don't know why you put dangers in quote marks as if the possible harmful effects aren't real.
John Taylor yeah I smoked pot every day for first semester grade 12, I’m glad I stopped in second semester (because then I had a tough gym class in the morning) and I’m glad I did, because I was losing my nerve and looking like a clueless stoner way more than I realized. It’s definitely more dangerous to the average teen brain then people like to admit, maybe not psychosis or schizophrenia bad, but still not a good way to set up your future self
@@alexmonro1711 so you stopped using it; and I respect your decision but that does doesn't mean that other people have to stop smoking weed just because you did...
Really highlights a key part of Hunter's personality, for as much as he hates the fascist police force he loves the dissemination of unsubstantiated rumors even more.
Missed the freaking best part - How to identify the Marijuana Addict! "the front of his pants will be encrusted with semen from chronically masturbating whenever he is unable to find a rape victim…" lol or something like that... cheers charliewired
1:38 "Too crazy man, your too crazy...they're going to shoot you down! Man what a FUCKING nightmare!" hahaha I watched this over 100 times and just realized what he was saying in this scene! Too funny!
In the book (yes, this movie’s an adaptation of a book), the conference speaker’s name is “E. R. Bloomquist.” E. R. Bloomquist was a real dude who wrote a lot of what is said in this scene in a book called “marijuana,” which you could buy on amazon for prices between $3.34 and $30.00. I think the reason why they changed it to L. Ron Bloomquist is exactly what you say: they’re probably making a joke about cops and drug-spokesmen being in a Scientology-esque hive mind. But who really knows.
The best part is Dr. Bumquist's lecture almost copies verbatim one of Thompson's earlier articles before he got into developing his trademark style. It's around the time he actually started to transition from objective journalism to Gonzo journalism, though. Because where he seems completely straight in the beginning, describing the Frisco head scene like a 60 year-old who only knew about it from Reefer Madness-type movies, at the end you can catch these cracks in the façade and you realize it was all a giant shitshow on his part. Going back and reading the article over once you know this only makes it that much more hilarious.
The active compounds in marijuana actually shrink and kill tumorous cells, according to multiple different independent studies (Harvard, West Virginia). Also if you're worried about the carcinogenic affects of the smoke, you can always use a vaporiser. :)
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I love how Johnny Depp breaks the fourth wall for a second and looks into the camera after the line about the roach.
Yeah, and it wasn't just for the hell of it, it makes sense! Like... As if he's saying "Sh*t, I hadn't thought of that" or I don't know.
+Daniel Rosa I see it more as a "Can you believe this shit?" sort of look. In the book both Duke and Gonzo seem to regard the roach theory as utter nonsense.
Hahah, I see. Oh, did you get to read the book?
+Daniel Rosa I did. I wanted to watch the movie badly, but it wasn't on Netflix at the time so I read the book to hold me over. I absolutely loved it, and since then I've become a big fan of Hunter Thomas. While a like the book a bit more than the film, I still love this movie too.
That's awesome...
Hm, how close would you say the two are? Oh, let's not forget that maybe what the book did with words, the movie did with acting and images, sure.
Every scene of this movie is my favorite scene.
+benfrombelow exactly
+benfrombelow Yeah i don't think people give this movie the credit and or attention it's due, Gilliam really made a statement and interesting commentary piece in this.
lmao same
I still agree with me.
HOW DO YOU REMEMBE?R
He's doing blow at a drug lecture in a room full of hundreds of cops. LOL! Anything worth doing...is worth doing right.
If you're walkin' on ice you might as well dance.
@Rio Smith The great Joey "Coco" Diaz. I met him in San Diego about a decade ago.
Yeah Even gonzo says Your too crazy man.. your too crazy..
I smoke my weed vape going past cops... I don't care..
after Amber doing bumps on the stand in the middle of court im determined shes just trying to take a scene out of every single one of his movies... ffs..
1. figure out whats happening
2. become "hip"
3. convince self to approve of whats "happening"
4. become "groovy"
5. raise self to rank of "cool"
alright got it! time to go out into the world and follow dr. bumquists' 5 steps to becoming a cool guy
How'd that work out for you?
Did you figure out what was happening ever?
Were you able to convince yourself, and other's, that you are indeed, "hip, and, or groovy"?
Were you finally accepted into the hive mind of those who are "cool"?
I'm uh,... just asking for a friend.
Oh, and another thing.
I advise you as your attorney, to go into the bathroom and get the little brown bottle out of my shaving kit and take just a bit.
I'm still trying to figure out what's happening.
When you become a level 6 cool palladin you get to try adrenochrome
I never know whats happening because I haven't taken my meds
Lmfao rip Michael Jeter love how many random cameos there were in this movie
“He become one of those..cool guys”
I love the way he says it with such contempt, it’s like he uses the fight against drugs movement to get back at those who say he isn’t a Cool guy lol.
Which is silly because Dr. Bumquist is clearly one of the coolest guys
Exactly,
Thats what most anti drug people are like. Same as anti alcohol people.
Contempt but also... jealousy I think. Disgust mingled with longing.
@@jacobhollback2879 Powerful sour grapes.
It’s amazing to think that weed used to be seen in the eyes and minds of many Americans as a hard core psychedelic.
I mean watch some of the old PSAs back in the 30s such as Reefer Madness. They legitimately believed that smoking weed would turn you into a psychotic killer
Especially with how weak it used to be.
Weed is a pyschedelic tho. I've had many visuals on weed. Especially edibles. Maybe it was from my past lsd use but weed is definitely pyschedelic with me. And no, I don't mean laced weed either. Really good grass has had me in that headspace that would qualify as a trip
@@dunnlean9041 yeh, you're an innate lightweight. had a few friends who, even yrs after smoking, would turn into sleepy babies after 1 or 2 bong hits.
@@beamzsalt4252 No one cares tho.
1:12 love that he just stares at us in disbelief
The lighting used in this movie is so underrated
Underrated line: "Good question."
Good reference.
I love the cinematography in this.
True, the cinematography in the movie in general is great
Michael Jeter - great actor RIP 🙏🏻
Benicio del Toro, and Jonny Depp were the perfect combo in this movie
Agreed. I hope they work together again someday. It likely wouldn't hold a candle to this film, but they are masters of their craft and, as evidenced in this film, the Sum is greater than the parts.
CANNOT WAIT to see Benicio in "Reptile" coming out at the end of the month (9/29), alongside Timberlake (and the rare sighting of Alicia Silverstone). Looks like this "type" of movie, in it's own 2023 way, for sure!
damn, one the best moments in this scene is absent: gonzo walking out and doing this crazy fake laugh
Always watched this scene with a lot of contempt. I love how the whole point of this scene is to make you frustrated because of how stupid the conversation about weed had become at the time
I live in a state where it is essentially legal and a lot of the cops are now working for the companies that deliver weed from the farm to the dispensary. They like to joke about how they used to put people away for this stuff but now they're making money on it.
Couldn't help but wish they got hit by a car on the way out.
It's more to show the contradictions within their own ideas as they're talking about how bad addictive substances are while smoking cigarettes.
@@jish55 I don’t think that’s the main point. In the book, Raoul Duke makes notice of all the police gathered at the Flamingo for the DA conference and says something along the lines of “Here are all these cops, gathered in Las Vegas saying ‘we need to come to terms with the drug culture’. But they didn’t even know what it was”. Since this happens after that part of the book, I’m inclined to believe it is more to do with the obliviousness and confidence of the system and the “war on drugs”
Mr. Noodle??!?!?!?
Yup, that's Michael Jeter :) he was also del in the green mile
Benjamin Harris No his brother
yooooooo
That’s what I said when I saw him get killed by a velociraptor on isla sorna
@@coolrock92 wow.
You just blew my mind.
I had no idea.
Then read that, and it immediately clicked.
It's absolutely perfect. An anti-drug convention, arguing against addicts, all smoking cigarettes.
including the speaker lol
Drinking coffee too lol, some sodas.
This just shows how ludicrous the war on drugs really is
@@kylebrender5244 To be a Prosecuting Lawyer who works for the DEA, god-damn you can have great grandchildren lining up for their trust funds before you know it.
Now you have a society full of marijuana smokers that deny and don't even realize that they are addicts too and can't stop smoking. The weed corporations increased the THC content and got people hooked just like they did with tobacco and nicotine. They even convinced the ignorant masses that smoking this leaf is "healthy". Nevermind that smoking burnt carbon still damages your lungs the same long-term. They've solved the problem they had with tobacco smoking. Everything is a rich man's trick.
2:14 ...“he can become one of those…… COOOOOL GUYYYYSSS”
-Dr. L. Ron bumquist, (one of the great speakers of the 20th century!)
Just knowing all the crazy antics of L. Ron Hubbard and how brainwashed scientologists are makes this whole lecture to law enforcement that much worse.
Disgusting like Dave Grossman's "on killing" lectures to cops.
@@animal0mother I know! It is disgusting.
It's brilliant. Depp's acting throughout the movie has got to be one of my favourite performances ever.
The actor doing the speech is brilliant
Michael Jeter, legend
Mr. Noodle
Well technically he played the character Mr. Noodle's Brother Mr. Noodle.
@@avremirine8986 he also played Del in The Green Mile
And Norm Snively in the first Air Bud!
LMAO favorite lines from the movie:
If he figures out what IS happening then he can rise one notch and become...hip and then if he can convince himself to approve of what is happening.. then he becomes groovy.. Grooooovy!! Then after that he can actually raise himself to the rank cool, he can become one of those Cewl guys.
Whenever I get high I say I'm getting groovy cuz of this scene.
I like how the line is so similar to lines written by Thompson himself in an earlier article about drug culture where his style was still rather standard, but you could tell he wasn't at all a stranger to the whole shebang.
@@aguy7848 when your parents caught you getting high, you blamed Chandler. That was not groovy...
@@AceAttorny he wrote that line in his book.
The irony of this scene is fantastic.
'cancer' while they're all smoking cigarettes, america at it's damn finest there lol
America is actually pretty low on the list of the countries that smoke the most
@@bhd1877 By the way russians are on top of the list, even now .
@@boatswain48 In Russia a pack of cigs cost you less than a dollar.
@@arnevajsing7120 150 рублей уж больше доллара.
@@gumballwatterson2020 what you trying to say
Best line ever : "I saw the bastards in 'easy rider' I didn't believe they were real. Not like this man, not Hundreds of them."
"They're really nice people once you get to know them"
"These people drink God Damned Blood"
"Don't say that word around here, its gets them excited"
Just knowing that Dr. Gonzo was the Mexican-American attorney, politician, novelist and activist in the Chicano Movement, Oscar Zeta Acosta, makes this all so much better.
From his Wikipedia page:
"He represented the Chicano 13 of the East L.A. walkouts, members of the Brown Berets, Rodolfo Gonzales, and other residents of the East L.A. barrio. Acosta's controversial defenses earned him the ire of the Los Angeles Police Department, who often followed and harassed him. In 1970, [the year before the events of Fear & Loathing] he ran for sheriff of Los Angeles County against Peter J. Pitchess, and received more than 100,000 votes. During the campaign, Acosta was jailed for two days for contempt of court. He vowed that if elected, he would do away with the Sheriff's Department as it was then constituted."
He ultimately went missing in Mexico in 1974, less than three years after this trip. He's presumed dead, virtually definitely murdered.
@@animal0mother yea murdered by his own people. They put his head in a pot
Amazing shot, it's like Dr. Bunquist is projected on the blue screen behind him, yet from times to times, he goes out of the frame. It fucked with my brain so much when I was on shrooms haha. That and the hallway with mirrors.
“Don’t say that word around here, might get them excited”
Am I the only one who laughs when dr gonzo says 'fucking bullshit!' When everyone's laughing?
hahahahah
My favourite moment in the entire movie is the look that Depp gives at 1:13. Always makes me laugh
He would've made a fantastic Joker. 2:45
big Caesar Romero vibes
The cinematography in this particular scene really makes for one hell of a trip when watching this movie on acid.
For sure dude, holy damn
1:11 something about duke looking directly into the camera at the same time the camera in the back goes off is just cinematic excellence
This film is a classic
"Good question ! " Flol
My face during this entire movie 2:53
I'm so anxious for Gilliam to do a horror movie. My guess, it would be the most disturbing emotional film in years.
He has. 'Tideland' is unwatchable, but is an amazing horror film.
While it's not a horror film per se, I feel like certain scenes in 'The Fisher King' were quite horrific.
_The Brothers Grimm_ played up the horror aspect of the fairy tales it intertwined into it's plot.
That cop at 2:53 with missing teeth looked scary while watching it on acid
man the best part of this scene is the fake laugh benecio does when he gets up. its cut out though
Yeah i was pretty disappointed whenit cut off before that part lol
Love the blue lighting contrasting with Duke's beautiful Kalichrome shooters
Is that Mr. Noodle from Elmo's world?
Yes lmao!
Yup! Sure is!
He died didn't he?and if so it's a shame!
@@davemustaki134 he died in 2003. Age 50
"GROOOOOOOOVY"
2:15 He can become one of those....cooool guys 💀
"Too crazy man, you're too crazy!"
HAHAHA I'm crying! x'D
The vibes & energy created. This is the movie.
HA, this is almost a perfect representation of me and my friend in high school when a teacher was talking about the "dangers" of marijuanna.
...good question
Marijuana gave me chronic depression and social anxiety when I used to smoke it so I don't know why you put dangers in quote marks as if the possible harmful effects aren't real.
John Taylor yeah I smoked pot every day for first semester grade 12, I’m glad I stopped in second semester (because then I had a tough gym class in the morning) and I’m glad I did, because I was losing my nerve and looking like a clueless stoner way more than I realized.
It’s definitely more dangerous to the average teen brain then people like to admit, maybe not psychosis or schizophrenia bad, but still not a good way to set up your future self
@@alexmonro1711 so you stopped using it; and I respect your decision but that does doesn't mean that other people have to stop smoking weed just because you did...
@@disasterexperiments493 People don't have to stop smoking it. But they should stop promoting it as some harmless wonder drug
every one should do.
Yeah probably best part is GOOD QUESTION
LMFAOOOO
Really highlights a key part of Hunter's personality, for as much as he hates the fascist police force he loves the dissemination of unsubstantiated rumors even more.
Duke's face at 1:11 always gets me
Always 😂
his cig dropped
dude does a bump in the middle of a cop convention I love it
So basically pulling an Amber Heard before it was a thing.
what an incredible way to break the 4th wall!
"good question"
Missed the freaking best part - How to identify the Marijuana Addict!
"the front of his pants will be encrusted with semen from chronically masturbating whenever he is unable to find a rape victim…"
lol or something like that...
cheers
charliewired
He becomes one of them... Cool guys 😎
“I saw these bastards in Easy Rider, but i didn't believe they were real. Not like this, man, not hundreds of them”
"Good question!"
I love how the last drop for Del Toro was that awful joke 😂
"Groovy..." with a sinister undertone :D
1:38 "Too crazy man, your too crazy...they're going to shoot you down! Man what a FUCKING nightmare!" hahaha I watched this over 100 times and just realized what he was saying in this scene! Too funny!
I don’t know if this movie does subtle editing to make it seem 100% trippier or if I’m just really high
I like how angry his attorney got and stormed off 😂
Grooovy.
R.I.P. Micheal Jeters
"L. Ron Bumquist" is this a Scientology reference (L. Ron Hubbard)? I feel like it is, given Scientology's well-established opposition to drug use.
Cap'n Jazz, hell yeah!
Funny. I'd think Scientology would endorse drug use, considering it'd probably make you dumb enough to buy into it.
In the book (yes, this movie’s an adaptation of a book), the conference speaker’s name is “E. R. Bloomquist.” E. R. Bloomquist was a real dude who wrote a lot of what is said in this scene in a book called “marijuana,” which you could buy on amazon for prices between $3.34 and $30.00.
I think the reason why they changed it to L. Ron Bloomquist is exactly what you say: they’re probably making a joke about cops and drug-spokesmen being in a Scientology-esque hive mind. But who really knows.
@@Peace8267 I need to find and buy that book, sounds amazing.
While holding a cigarette
After finding out the actor for the professor played a death row inmate in the Green Mile, I couldn’t unsee it.
1:10 best moment
The best part is Dr. Bumquist's lecture almost copies verbatim one of Thompson's earlier articles before he got into developing his trademark style. It's around the time he actually started to transition from objective journalism to Gonzo journalism, though. Because where he seems completely straight in the beginning, describing the Frisco head scene like a 60 year-old who only knew about it from Reefer Madness-type movies, at the end you can catch these cracks in the façade and you realize it was all a giant shitshow on his part. Going back and reading the article over once you know this only makes it that much more hilarious.
I like the contrast of clothes the main characters wear! The dark clothes in a sea of light coloured clothes!
I've literally sat though presentations that are exactly like this - look up "understanding street culture", a college textbook, it's a joke 🤣
One of those....cool guys.
This whole movie is trippy af on acid. Half the movie is actually how being on acid really is.
I love the hypocritical contrast with everyone smoking cigarettes in the room. Irony at its finest.
2:30 “good question” hahahaha like wtf
i love this movie soo much
Dr Gonzo laugh is cutted! Daaamn
WHAT A BUMMER
Every time I am in Vegas...this scene
The active compounds in marijuana actually shrink and kill tumorous cells, according to multiple different independent studies (Harvard, West Virginia). Also if you're worried about the carcinogenic affects of the smoke, you can always use a vaporiser. :)
Do these compounds also appear in edible form?
@@spartanguitarist6579it’s been 10 months but no, burning stuff makes carcinogens so edibles won’t have that
isn't that anti drug dude the french mouse guy from green mile?
Yeah the guy who’s face got burned off by that corrupt guy
mr jangles
Terry Gilliam is a genius
Top film👍
The lawyer is the best character man don't build them like that no more
"Good question." 🤣
Hunters face at 1:11 kills me every time
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Brilliant
Fourth wall break at 1:13.
*checking for seamen stains*
God what a great movie
The Easy Rider reference was on point
Glad to know that Mr. Noodle found his way out of Elmo's window in sesame street. :) @ 0:49
This is a good scene to smoke a joint during.
Lol literally doing that as we speak
The satire is so delicious 😂
And you’re pretty
This movie is just the best movie ever made I love it so much
While smoking tobacco...
Benicio Del Toro's finest role
Dr Seigel, is that you?
Drones, all there for the same thing but we were new. A brand new breed for mankind.
this is my favorite movie
I love it how he smoking a cigarette haha
I hope they still have their annual convention in Vegas.
John Oliver and his piece on 1997’s Airbud brought me back here when I found out the actor who plays L Ron is Airbuds owner. Great scene
Four beers