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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Movie · 1998 · 118 min

A dizzying, drug-soaked ride through neon chaos, funny and grotesque at once, that leaves you disoriented and exhilarated.

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1998 film by Terry Gilliam
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Movie
Year
1998
Runtime
118 min
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • madness
  • identity
  • exploration
  • media
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror4
Humour7
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

Details

Genres
autobiography, buddy, comedy drama, phantasmagoria
Directed by
Terry Gilliam
Written by
Terry Gilliam, Alex Cox, Tony Grisoni, Tod Davies
Starring
Johnny Depp, Cameron Diaz, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Debbie Reynolds, Hunter S. Thompson, Benicio del Toro, Verne Troyer
Music
Ray Cooper
Cinematography
Nicola Pecorini
Runtime
118 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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