Fear and loathing in las vegas (albums, member, quote, Ching)

newton12 · 09-23-2009, 04:55 AM

While on the surface the movie may seem pointless it actually has a lot of symbolism. The basic synopsis revolves around journalist Raoul Duke and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they arrive in 70's Las Vegas to report on the Mint 400 motorcycle race. However, they soon abandon their work and begin experimenting with a variety of recreational drugs, such as LSD, cocaine, mescaline, and cannabis. This leads to a series of bizarre hallucinogenic trips, during which they destroy hotel rooms, wreck cars, and have visions of anthropomorphic desert animals, all the while ruminating on the decline of American culture. If you noticed while watching the movie the american flag is everywhere in this movie, and only really in the parts right before and after they go crazy. Before they enter the circus they use an american flag to take ether with. and while inside the circus the whole scene is full of symbols.
Watch the movie again and focus on "the american dream" and how they make fun of it. I'm having to write a paper on it in my college composition class and its actually one of the hardest things i've had to write because of how hard it is to see the themes and symbols.

09-23-2009, 04:55 AM	#27 (permalink)
newton12 Groupie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1	Fear and loathing in las vegas While on the surface the movie may seem pointless it actually has a lot of symbolism. The basic synopsis revolves around journalist Raoul Duke and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they arrive in 70's Las Vegas to report on the Mint 400 motorcycle race. However, they soon abandon their work and begin experimenting with a variety of recreational drugs, such as LSD, cocaine, mescaline, and cannabis. This leads to a series of bizarre hallucinogenic trips, during which they destroy hotel rooms, wreck cars, and have visions of anthropomorphic desert animals, all the while ruminating on the decline of American culture. If you noticed while watching the movie the american flag is everywhere in this movie, and only really in the parts right before and after they go crazy. Before they enter the circus they use an american flag to take ether with. and while inside the circus the whole scene is full of symbols. Watch the movie again and focus on "the american dream" and how they make fun of it. I'm having to write a paper on it in my college composition class and its actually one of the hardest things i've had to write because of how hard it is to see the themes and symbols.