tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post1793669452835372499..comments2024-03-28T16:52:10.619-04:00Comments on Radiator Heaven: The Rum DiaryJ.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11823190634186509982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post-40167027739069142013-01-03T13:30:13.895-05:002013-01-03T13:30:13.895-05:00Jonny Metro:
Thanks for the great, great comments...Jonny Metro:<br /><br />Thanks for the great, great comments! Good to see another HST fan and also Beat Gen. fan. I totally agree with your assessment of HST's writing and his track record in cinematic adaptations. I'd love to see someone tackle FEAR & LOATHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL '72 that was so tantalizingly albeit briefly addressed in WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM. Maybe some day.<br /><br /><br />The Film Connoisseur:<br /><br />I too expected a wilder film, esp. with Bruce Robinson at the helm but I'm sure he was limited by what Depp wanted him to do as it was his baby after all. I quite enjoyed the film but yeah, it could have been better but I'll take what I can get when it comes to HST adaptations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post-66837112405187623852012-12-17T11:56:23.996-05:002012-12-17T11:56:23.996-05:00Hey J.D., glad you finally reviewed this one, I ag...Hey J.D., glad you finally reviewed this one, I agree with you, the film is beautifully shot, Puerto Rico looks great in it. I read the book a few weeks before seeing the movie, the picture the book painted on my head was way crazier, especially that scene where Kemp's love interest dissapears in that rum party. I just expected a wilder film, because the book paints a wild picture...unfortunately, the film was too mellow in contrast to the book, where you feel things where allways completely wacko and out of control. <br /><br />Still, if we're to judge the film for itself, without comparing it, I'd say Robinson got away with a very stylish, classy film, and like you, I too was glad to see Robinson coming out of retirement, I loved With Nail and I. I'm just glad the film wasn't a bad one, it might be slow and all, but a bad movie it aint. <br /><br />Great review and thanks for the kudos! Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407391624985829089.post-70638486245318157512012-12-14T11:31:29.765-05:002012-12-14T11:31:29.765-05:00Fantastic write-up!
I thoroughly enjoyed this mov...Fantastic write-up!<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, just as I enjoy all of HST's writings. I can understand some people's initial dislike of the film if their only experience with HST was watching FEAR AND LOATHING or, to a lesser extent, WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM. I imagine it was much the same feeling that readers had when finally getting a chance to read THE RUM DIARIES after decades of reading his other work. It was so jarringly different that the kneejerk reaction was to dismiss it. But viewed objectively, as a previously-lost opening chapter to a long and storied career (a Secret Origin, of sorts), it is a great piece of work.<br /><br />HST is, in essence, a journalistic descendant of the Beat Generation, and many of their first or early works were markedly different than the pieces that made them famous. For Jack Kerouac, everything after ON THE ROAD was an experimental, wild, jazz infused stream of consciousness explosion; but before that was THE TOWN & THE CITY, ORPHEUS EMERGED, and THE SEA IS MY BROTHER, all which are completely different, stylistically. William S. Burroughs was made famous by NAKED LUNCH, but JUNKIE, while still a subversive piece of fiction, was a far cry from the sheer insanity of his later work.<br /><br />I think you are right, and that THE RUM DIARY will eventually find its audience on home video. Another film or two (possibly taking place between RUM and FEAR), with Depp or a suitable stand-in might help. There are literally hundreds of articles that could serve as inspiration. HST was never one to separate himself from the story he was covering, so an entire franchise could be built with the Intrepid Reporter living it up Gonzo Style, using real life events as a back drop. I for one would die to see a depiction of his run for sheriff of Aspen, CO on the Freak Power ticket. That story always fascinated me.<br /><br />Sorry to talk your ear off, digitally speaking. But if you get me talking about these subterranean fellas, I can go on for days.<br /><br />--J/MetroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com