Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride on DVD

[gonzocanuck]

Trust me - you will enjoy this Starz documentary a lot! It's available from for ~$20 or less.

You can find some clips on YouTube too!

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Thoughts on 'Buy the Ticket'...

[(Anonymous)]

I was just over at Amazon reading the comments about this film. There were only 3 (one from the official reviewer and two from consumers). I would agree with them. Though I enjoyed it, as I do all HST media, it seemed a little starstruck to me.

The director (who I met at the initial screening with the Thompson family) seemed so dazzled by the stars that less of the Hunter story got in than I would have enjoyed. Of course, it was probably made for an audience of people less HST obsessed than myself.

Oh the whole, I enjoy Ewing's 'Breakfast with Hunter' more, because it is just two hours of following Hunter. There isn't much third person pontificating going on. You get to judge for yourself what a few years with this man was like.

Of course, being the collector I am... I have all the films including the bootleg DVD of cobbled together HST appearances. If someone asked me who Hunter was, I still think I would throw on the Depp film of Fear and Loathing. To me, that movie is the absolute pinnacle of HST entertainment, writing, charactures, everything.

Also, it's possible Depp made a better HST than HST himself. That sounds strange, doesn't it? Oh well, cheers!

Lono
Parker, CO

Re: Thoughts on 'Buy the Ticket'...

[gonzocanuck.livejournal.com]

Hey ol' buddy! My usual apologies for being so behind on stuff.

No, it doesn't sound strange at all that Depp would make a better HST than HST. I think Depp has a keen eye that he brings to all his performances - it's like he can channel the intangible qualities of others (real or imagined). I enjoy his films immensely.