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Hunter S. Thompson’s Rocky Road: Gibney talks ‘Gonzo’ on Charlie Rose

A couple of nights back, Charlie Rose and guests (producer Graydon Carter, director Alex Gibney and co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine Jann Wenner) had a discussion on one of America’s top writers from the mid 60’s to the mid 70’s.

A couple of nights back, Charlie Rose and guests (producer Graydon Carter, director Alex Gibney and co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine Jann Wenner) had a discussion on one of America’s top writers from the mid 60’s to the mid 70’s. On the eve of Magnolia Pictures‘ fitting July 4th release of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson, the show dug into its own archives (featuring an interview with HST himself and a clip of Johnny Depp back in the day when he was promoting Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Gibney didn’t discuss the problems he had with Thinkfilm’s failed campaign and broken promises for Taxi to the Dark Side.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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