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The original New York Times review described the visual aesthetic as “splendiferous funhouse terror” and called the film “the closest sensory approximation of an acid trip ever achieved by a mainstream movie.”, “My guess is that today’s audience wants this film desperately,” Gilliam said upon the movie’s release. Thompson’s literary legacy, meanwhile, has grown in stature in the 14 years since his death by suicide. Aspen Film is hosting an anniversary screening at the Wheeler Opera House tonight, followed by a Q&A with Thompson’s wife, Anita. Full benefits. Now Hiring! “Hunter always called it ‘the crown jewel.’ Cox didn’t get it. His iconic tale of journalist Raoul Duke and attorney Dr. Gonzo’s darkly comic journey to the ugly heart of Nixon-era America was first published in 1971. Aspen Times file | A writer’s retreat, a private museum, a public off-site gathering place for the Gonzo faithful and a brand of cannabis products are all in the works at Owl Farm, the iconic longtime home of Hunter S. Thompson in Woody Creek. Looking for some great streaming picks? The wild drug-fueled ride of the film version and its generous doses of booze and cocaine and acid (and amyls and ether and “uppers, downers, screamers, laughers,” etc.) Aspen Film is hosting an anniversary screening at the Wheeler Opera House tonight, followed by a Q&A with Thompson’s wife, Anita. Before moving to Aspen, she was a full-time fundraiser for groups such as the Sierra Club while elected to chapter chairperson of the largest student group at UCLA, CALPIRG. This poignant elegy for ’60s idealism is narrated in voiceover by Depp’s Duke as he works on his typewriter in a dim-lit hotel room with The Youngbloods’ “Let’s Get Together” playing in the background, with flashes of Flower Power-era San Francisco onscreen. Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Check out our picks for movies that (hopefully) won't keep you up at night. That’s such an important message right now.”. ... Before moving to Aspen, she was a full-time fundraiser for groups such as the Sierra Club while elected to chapter chairperson of the largest student group at UCLA, CALPIRG. … Having this movie celebrated is an indication of that and it will introduce someone to Hunter that’s never been introduced before.”. After some rough-and-tumble creative battles with studios and producers — and a long, tortured development process that extended back to the 1970s with a revolving door of directors and actors — Cox and Thompson split over the treatment of the wave speech. On a bookshelf behind her in the living room sat a commemorative clapper board from the film shoot, signed to Hunter Thompson from Depp (who writes “Why have you cursed me?”), Del Toro (“…and we have Magnums!”) and Gilliam (“We are all going down together — no survivors!”). (Thompson thereafter referred to the actor as “Colonel Depp.”), “No one has enough money to pay for the experience I’ve had on this movie,” Depp said in 1998 production notes for the film. She graduated from Columbia University in American Studies. While his role as a political activist — both here in Pitkin County from the 1970 “Freak Power” campaign onward and nationally against authoritarianism from the Nixon years through the Bush eras — has been increasingly recognized. Anita Thompson, bestselling author of The Gonzo Way, & wife to the late Hunter S. Thompson, began working as his writing assistant in 1999. Proceeds from the anniversary screening will benefit Aspen Film and The Gonzo Foundation, also run by Anita Thompson, which funds scholarships for military veterans to attend Columbia University (the “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” author attended Columbia after his service in the U.S. Air Force). The pair were drinking at the Woody Creek Tavern, the story goes, and asked — through a mutual Woody Creek friend — if they could meet Depp’s favorite living writer. Image: Katie Shapiro Since the Cannabist broke news of plans for a Hunter S. Thompson museum near Aspen two summers ago, his widow, Anita Thompson, has steadily been hard at work to honor the literary legend and counterculture icon. Depp first made contact two years earlier during a 1995 visit to Aspen with then-girlfriend Kate Moss. The author was ceremoniously bequeathed a key to the city. Start a dialogue, stay on topic and be civil. The author also appreciated the power of the film medium in popular culture, and the influence of having a generational talent like Depp bringing the fictionalized Thompson to life on the big screen. Preparing his cinematic doppelganger, Thompson, a diligent self-archivist, also dug up hotel receipts and menus and unpublished notes from the actual Vegas trip for Depp to study. Both he and Depp were made official Kentucky colonels. Both are on view in a preserved Owl Farm compound that was the writer’s home for some four decades and that Anita Thompson now operates as a private museum, and where she is working to establish a residency program for writers and musicians. Documentary The Dissident, from the Boulder-based Oscar-winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel, won the Aspen Filmfest’s Audience Award, the festival announced on Friday. A photo of the marquee at the film’s premiere at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, inscribed by the author, is on a nearby shelf. Catch these at virtual Denver Film Festival, Aspen Filmfest: Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw on making ‘The Truffle Hunters’. She earned her degree from Columbia University in American Studies after publishing her second book, Ancient Gonzo Wisdom. The often-quoted “wave speech” from the book, for example, gets reverent treatment in Gilliam’s film. Open doors…, Grounds Maintenance Specialist for Aspen Estate. That’s why I’ve been referring to ‘Fear and Loathing’ as a cinematic enema for the ’90s — just clean out the system.”. She earned her degree from Columbia University in American Studies after publishing her second book, Ancient Gonzo Wisdom. Pay starts at $15.00. “To be able to spend the amount of time I did with Hunter, and then to work with Terry, Benicio and the incredible company of actors and crew.”. “I think they need it. “Alex Cox had a drug-addled view of the wave speech, which was not the point at all,” Anita Thompson recalled. Depp, in preparation for his role as the fictionalized Hunter, lived in the basement at Owl Farm in the spring of 1997. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference. But Terry Gilliam did and Johnny did. - Accountant I/II - Business Technology Manager - Deputy Finance Director - Utilities Finance Manager - Maintenance Tech…, Gorsuch Snowmass Skiwear Sales Associate Apply at www.gorsuch.com/careers HR@gorsuch.com 970-476-2880 ext 225, NOW HIRING - BELLMAN Bellman - Full and Part Time JOB SUMMARY Greet and escort guests to rooms. “He recognized Johnny’s influence on an entire generation and on people who wouldn’t have otherwise read Hunter’s work,” Anita Thompson recalled. 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This weekend she’ll be celebrating that influence, this one-of-a-kind film and the rare opportunity for the gonzo faithful to gather in Aspen to see it on a big screen. He stayed across the hall from what Thompson called “the war room,” the study where he’d meticulously polished “Vegas” — based on an actual trip to Sin City with attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta — after writing an initial draft in a Los Angeles hotel. Anita Thompson noted that recent years have brought a steady stream of dissertations, books and attention from academia. - IMDb Mini Biography By: The contemporary classic film adaptation by director Terry Gilliam, with Johnny Depp as Duke and Benicio Del Toro as his attorney — alongside a cavalcade of inspired cameo appearances, including Thompson himself — arrived in theaters in May 1998. The author’s misgivings about the portrayal didn’t dull their friendship, however. Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage. The tales of Depp’s time embedded at Owl Farm have become the stuff of local lore in the two decades since. The group then headed back to Owl Farm, where Depp detonated a Thompson-constructed bomb in the yard by firing a pistol at it. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Publicity Listings Thompson famously balked at attending the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, writing to Depp to try to stop Gilliam and Universal from marketing it as a “drug movie” (“Airports are hard enough for me now,” Thompson wrote at the time). Anita has published a second book, Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: the Selected Interviews of Hunter S. Thompson. $32.50+/hr. What: ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ 20th Anniversary Benefit, presented by Aspen Film, When: Friday, Jan. 4, 5:30 p.m. reception & 7 p.m. screening, How much: $30/screening; $75/reception and screening; proceeds benefit Aspen Film and the Gonzo Foundation (limited tickets also available for a VIP 4 p.m. reception at Owl Farm; $300), Tickets: Wheeler Opera House box office; aspenshowtix.com, More info: The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Anita Thompson and fomer Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis; aspenfilm.org.