A lot of archival footage its clear, but it doesn't seem possible that Thomspon road around with his own video-agrapher. Assuming several scenes like him shooting the typewriters were recreated, why aren't the actors given credit?
i.e. IMDb is not about Gonzo-tainment, it supposed to be about the facts about a movie (or show) collected in a database, leave it to the reader to sort out what part is myth, etc.
There are a few names Pierre Adeli, Joe Cairo, are these the stand in actors?
I'm not sure why Gibney took artistic device in a documentary and chose not to put the names under some of the people talking into the camera. Three quarters of the way through the movie we find out that this woman commentator is his first wife. Took me awhile to figure out Pat Buchannon was and therefore I missed the irony of his comments.
One final question: Is it possible to write a Gonzo-hagiography if the subject's genius and attractiveness is so intentionally inverted by himself (i.e. Duke, et al) He knew when he became a caricature of himself, so which part are we idolizing?
THX
i.e. IMDb is not about Gonzo-tainment, it supposed to be about the facts about a movie (or show) collected in a database, leave it to the reader to sort out what part is myth, etc.
There are a few names Pierre Adeli, Joe Cairo, are these the stand in actors?
I'm not sure why Gibney took artistic device in a documentary and chose not to put the names under some of the people talking into the camera. Three quarters of the way through the movie we find out that this woman commentator is his first wife. Took me awhile to figure out Pat Buchannon was and therefore I missed the irony of his comments.
One final question: Is it possible to write a Gonzo-hagiography if the subject's genius and attractiveness is so intentionally inverted by himself (i.e. Duke, et al) He knew when he became a caricature of himself, so which part are we idolizing?
THX