The Bastards

Great movie! I really like Michael Rispoli as Sala and Giovanni Ribisi as Moburg. (Rispoli and Ribisi?)

At one point Depp's Paul Kemp says the bastards know the "price of everything* and the value of nothing" an Oscar Wilde quote I learned via Hitchens who would mention it now and then.

Also the mid-trip talking lobster says something like "humans are the only creatures with a God who treat the world as if there wasn't one."

There's also some funny cock-fighting with one champion named "el Monstro." And Depp's Kemp and Sala watch the Nixon-Kennedy debates where Kemp takes an instant disliking to the "liar" and predicts the "Irish one" will win but they won't let him live.

And something I enjoy is that there's always something hyperbolic about the world of Hunter S. Thompson. For instance Depp's Kemp gets a job at a San Juan newspaper replacing the previous Astrologer who was "raped to death" at the docks and public toilets down where the sailors hang. "Raped to death???" an alarmed Depp responds when told. His editor and boss: "Yeah. You aren't arty, are you?" "No."

The movie captures Thompson's Dionysian, epicurean madness which is more thrilling because of the menancing, sometimes almost supernatural danger. And it's really funny because of his way with words and ability to find le mot juste. Again, a must see.

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*NGPD