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<span style="display: block;" class="description" id="Class49">Hello
everybody,<br>
<br>
Here's some info. about the film showing tomorrow, Wednesday, August
5th, in our Modern American Documentaries class at 6PM, on 2670 E. 13th
Ave:<br>
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</span><span class="time"></span><span style="display: block;"
class="description" id="Class49">“Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Hunter
S. Thompson”<br>
<br>
Several
attempts have been made to document and present the story of this
feverishly intense man of sex, drugs and sentences, but it wasn't until
Alex Gibney ("Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room") came along and got
all the footage, music and wide-eyed stories together in one film that
finally we had a proper look at the greatest American writer of a
generation.<br>
<br>
Leaping around through footage of his campaign for
Sheriff, narrations by Johnny Depp, and interviews with close friends
like Jimmy Carter, Pat Buchanan and former Hells Angels, “Gonzo . . .”
is a rhythmic presentation of one mans quest to observe and comment on
a period of cyclonic chaos in American history.<br>
<br>
Mostly covering
the golden years of 1965—1975, “Gonzo” gives us an intimate and
entertaining glance at the life that lead to such unforgettable books
as “Hells Angels,” “Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas,” and “Fear and
Loathing On The Campaign Trail.” Anyone familiar with these texts has
surely been infected with an itchy curiosity about the man that pried
open our eyes to such wild visions. And this documentary is surely the
unequivocal champion biography of H.S. Thompson, chronicling his mad
fast ride through presidential politics, outlaw bikers, and a Dyonisian
lifestyle of drugs and alcohol that mirrors the 60's age of hedonism to
varying degrees of pleasure and pain.<br>
<br>
In this class we will
watch the film, and follow it with a group discussion of the hippy
movement, the roles and responsibilities of journalists in society, and
the effect of mood altering chemicals on the creative mind.</span>
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