Grainy montages shot on Super 8 film complement meticulously designed, period-accurate scenes of Thompson with his family, or agonizing privately over his work. Kennedy is hoping his new film, “Fear and Loathing in Aspen,” adds more real-life depth to Thompson’s persona and politics, which feel prescient in Thompson’s calls to demilitarize police, eradicate America’s racial and class disparities, and clean up the environment. “He was the first person I ever fired a gun with,” the younger Kennedy said, adding that Thompson and his father were longtime friends. Those stereotypes can’t possibly provide full pictures of Thompson’s life, said Bobby Kennedy III, who first met Thompson as a child when visiting Thompson’s 42-acre Owl Farm compound outside Aspen with his father, political scion Robert Kennedy Jr. Woody Creek’s unofficial mayor and gadfly, who babbled in unending streams, often indecipherably. Crumpled hat, sunglasses and omnipresent cigarette holder. 20, 2005, his persona seemed reduced to a handful of tropes. But when he died by suicide at the age of 67 on Feb. Thompson’s life inspired and often encouraged that. The late author of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (among many other books) has been portrayed by Bill Murray, Johnny Depp and Lee Cummings on screen, where the actors have struck compelling but cartoonish figures obsessed with drugs and guns as much as literary pursuits. Thompson is a character of his own making. Saturday, May 6th 2023 Home Page Close Menu
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