Three years before this, Art Linson was the producer of "Car Wash", an excellent slice-of-life anthology film set at a title institution in Los Angeles (Richard Pryor stole the film playing the outrageous televangelist Daddy Rich). The soundtrack album has some wonderful soul ballads and funk jams on it, chiefly written by Motown veteran Norman Whitfield and performed by the group Rose Royce.
A magnificent reply as always David. According to legend(s) Art Linson simply didn't "get" the Gonzo spirit or the way HST or Bill Murray wanted the film to be. Re-shoots, especially the ending (which is now brilliant) and the film's a bit of a mess but.....it's Bill Murray and HST and it's full of surreal madness and it made me smile!
Your poem to Salvador Dali? No I haven't but I'll have to seek it out as I'm rather an obsessive for the surrealist master. Hunter's movies (or those on his life) are rather a mixed bag so I'd heartily recommend Alex Gibney's documentary from 2008 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson. Brilliant stuff. No punches pulled, for good or ill as HST would have said. I'm always in awe of someone who will lay on the line who and what they are and authentically live their life that way. He was a crumbling shell by the end and just wore out his body suit. Remarkable writer who inspires me to write gibberish and see where it leads!
Three years before this, Art Linson was the producer of "Car Wash", an excellent slice-of-life anthology film set at a title institution in Los Angeles (Richard Pryor stole the film playing the outrageous televangelist Daddy Rich). The soundtrack album has some wonderful soul ballads and funk jams on it, chiefly written by Motown veteran Norman Whitfield and performed by the group Rose Royce.
A magnificent reply as always David. According to legend(s) Art Linson simply didn't "get" the Gonzo spirit or the way HST or Bill Murray wanted the film to be. Re-shoots, especially the ending (which is now brilliant) and the film's a bit of a mess but.....it's Bill Murray and HST and it's full of surreal madness and it made me smile!
Huge fan of Hunter S
Through the sixties
and beyond
Did you see my poem
In homage to Dali
My Latest Karate move
If I was religious
My bible would be
Groundhog Day
And I would be
Jumping from the
Building with B Murray
Haven’t seen any
Hunter S flics
Which I regret
Maybe could not take
Once more
The trauma
To the heart ❤️
Your poem to Salvador Dali? No I haven't but I'll have to seek it out as I'm rather an obsessive for the surrealist master. Hunter's movies (or those on his life) are rather a mixed bag so I'd heartily recommend Alex Gibney's documentary from 2008 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson. Brilliant stuff. No punches pulled, for good or ill as HST would have said. I'm always in awe of someone who will lay on the line who and what they are and authentically live their life that way. He was a crumbling shell by the end and just wore out his body suit. Remarkable writer who inspires me to write gibberish and see where it leads!
Gotta watch Gonzo thanks!😊