Another great one gone

Roger Ebert's column in the Chicago Sun-Times is a review of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, a new documentary narrated by Johnny Depp. "Of all the correspondents," says Frank Mankiewicz, Bobby Kennedy's press secretary, "he was the least factual, but the most accurate." He was an explosive, almost hypnotic, writer, with a savage glee in his prose. "This film gathers interviews from a wide and sometimes surprising variety of people (Pat Buchanan, Jimmy Carter, Hells' Angel Sonny Barger). It has home movies, old photos, TV footage, voice recordings, excerpts from file about Thompson). It is narrated by Johnny Depp, mostly through readings from Thompson's work. It is all you could wish for in a doc about the man. But it leaves you wondering, how was it that so many people liked this man who does not seem to have liked himself? And what about the hangovers?"

Rico says he'll see the movie, just to do homage to one of the great ones, now sadly removed by his own hand...