When a cult director directs a cult novel with the use of cult actors, the result would seem to inevitably become a cult film immediately. However, do some of these intersecting cults cancel each other out?
Does the film contain specific features which can identify it as a cult film (such as visual icebergs, transgressions, intertextual frames)?
- How can what we know so far help us decide whether Fear & Loathing is a cult film?
- How do Eco’s ‘visual icebergs’ and intertextual collage work in relation to Fear & Loathing?
- Do the stars in the film help position it as a cult film? Consider specifically Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro and Tobey Maguire.
Film: Terry Gilliam and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. Screening 1-3, kl 12.15 in room 4.110
Reading: Ian Christie “An unexpected rendezvous with Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas; and still The Defective Detective“
(Hunter S. Thompson, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.)
Links: The Great Thompson Hunt - Hunter S. Thompson - King of Gonzo!
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