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He shakes his head regretfully at the lack of grist for the satirical mill in the 2012 race. The illustrator also contributed to Thompson's Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail, about the 1972 U.S. In person, Steadman has twinkling eyes and a kindly manner - it seems that all his rage is channeled through his art. "Somehow, Ralph reaches the whole, kind of, creative world, on all spectrums," she says. Producer Lucy Paul says even the youngest, hottest musicians instantly signed on when they heard the film was about Steadman. In For No Good Reason, both Depp and Steadman try to make sense of Thompson's suicide.
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Depp, who was a friend of both men, starred in the movie based on Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The actor Johnny Depp serves as a guide in the film. Still, Thompson's suicide hit Steadman hard. Thompson never met a substance - or politician - he couldn't abuse in pursuit of his brand of journalism, and his relationship with Steadman was difficult. Steadman says he could keep up with Thompson's drinking, but never had much use for the drugs. "The thing about Ralph's work - it was just the energy, the anger, the venom that was just spewed out," he says. In the film, Rolling Stone's co-founder Jann Wenner explains why he felt Steadman's art illustrated Thompson's caustic, stream-of-altered-consciousness reportage better than any photograph could.
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Ralph Steadman displays his signature style in this 1970 drawing of a New York homeless man.
It's not so much "creative destruction" as "destructive creativity." The film's director, Charlie Paul, agrees. Burroughs using Steadman's drawings for target practice. Now, For No Good Reason, a new documentary that's been 15 years in the making, takes a close and personal look at Steadman's life, rise to prominence and irreverent approach to art.Ĭase in point: One scene in the film shows Steadman and beat writer William S. Thompson killed himself in 2005, but at 76, Steadman continues to work and his ink-splattered, anarchic drawings, paintings and caricatures continue to inspire artists and musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. Beginning in 1970, the duo produced books, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and several articles for Rolling Stone and other magazines. Thompson, a collaboration that would come to be known as "gonzo journalism," where the tale-teller becomes the tale. Steadman is known, in part, for his work with writer Hunter S. Thompson (left) and Ralph Steadman's first collaboration was on a story about the Kentucky Derby. It was adapted into the 1998 film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Torro.Hunter S. Thompsons place as a singular presence in American journalism or, as he once called himself, a connoisseur of edge work" (New York Times). The genesis of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is in that notebook. Thompson wrote that he concluded their March trip by spending some 36 hours alone in a hotel room "feverishly writing in my notebook" about his experiences. Thompson took with attorney and Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta in March and April 1971.
The novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is based on two trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, that Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman on the half-title page. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Item Number: 99345įirst edition of Thompson’s second book. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream.