Terry Gilliam is one of the most creative, ingenious, and equally reviled filmmakers of our time. He creates world full of gonzo and often unsettling images, some of them that you just can’t get out of your mind.
Buy Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (The Criterion Collection) 4K UHDAlthough I have heard but not seen it, I think that his 1998 adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, looks like his wildest film. I saw clips and trailers, and both Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro seem to embody their characters of Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo, going on the road trip from hell, filled with drugs and frightening savagery. Again, I haven’t seen it, but it looks like a wild and disturbing trip down the cinematic rabbit hole, one that actual seems right up my wheelhouse.
Making its 4K UHD debut this week, it seems to have the same stacked supplements as the Blu-ray, which include three audio commentaries: one with Gilliam, one with actors Depp and Del Toro and producer Laila Nabulsi, and one with author Hunter S. Thompson; deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Gilliam; program about the controversy over the screenwriting credit; excerpt from a 1996 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas audio recording featuring filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and actor Maury Chaykin; Hunter Goes to Hollywood, a short documentary; and much more!
If you have the Blu-ray and want to upgrade to 4K or love Gilliam’s cinema as a whole, then this release should be a damn fine addition to your collection.
Other release:
Bad Lieutenant (Kino): Provocative and polarizing filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s controversial and disturbing NC-17 rated drama starring a riveting Harvey Keitel as a New York cop who is hopelessly addicted to drugs, gambling and sex. As he investigates the rape of a nun, his already hellish descent into madness turns lethal.
Gordon S. Miller selects: Doctor Who: Peter Davison Complete Season Two: Whovians can celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the program with this release which features Arc of Infinity, Snakedance, Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, Enlightenment, The King’s Demons, and The Five Doctors. In these stories, the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa (Sarah Sutton), Tegan (Janet Fielding) and Turlough (Mark Strickson) face off against the Black Guardian, Omega, the Mara, the Master, Cybermen and (some) previous versions of the Doctor. Packed with hours of new and exclusive material.
