Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K 1998

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" at first seems like a crazy comedy about two fucked-up and stoned morons who go to Las Vegas in search of the famous "American Dream," but only in the middle of the picture a revelation and the true meaning of this picture came upon me. Let me tell you right away - the movie is not for the average viewer.

Let's start with a gorgeous duet that at first falls in love, but afterwards you look at the main characters with incredible disgust. All of this was accomplished only by the GREATLY CHICH performance of two talented and brilliant actors - Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. The images they perform are drenched in a narcotic and poisonous frenzy. It's so unimaginable to get into the roles of stoned junkies - it makes you feel good and laugh (as I've said before).

There's a sense that the cameramen and directors of the picture were unthinkably stoned along with the main characters. The angles of this film are impressive. There is Split Focus (the positioning of the camera, thanks to which you can capture the action and the game of two figures in the frame at once) and the Dutch angle (the operator's camera is turned from 20-45 degrees) and many other cinematographic tricks give the picture its own inimitable style.

Combined with the toxic yellow-green hues and well-crafted décor and costumes during yet another tripping of the main characters, it's a thrill to watch.

Script-wise, there's a jamb here.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas itself is based on the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Wild Journey into the Heart of the American Dream, which is based on true events. The book itself describes not just two drug addicts looking for a trip to the Z, but the very atmosphere of people's lives in the United States in the period from the 60s to the 70s. In my opinion, the authors of the picture were not able to make sense of the picture, which is why the average viewer will not like the film. The drugs themselves are a kind of metaphor for the greatness and lawlessness of the main characters. For all their antics in the hotel rooms, nothing happens to them. There is a reason why one of the main characters has a monologue about the time of the Vietnam War, because that is where the same greatness and lawlessness of the head of state in interfering in other people's conflicts is laid out. "Chasing the American Dream" here is also traceable only in one of the monologues of the main character and his memories from the 60s. The fact is that it was then that various subcultures and currents of rock bands flourished in the United States. All of them aspired to find the true meaning of their existence and were in search of their ideals.