Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Twentieth-Anniversary Screening and Celebration

After-party to follow.

ADMISSION:
Admission is free and open to USC students, staff, and faculty only. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Monday, August 20, at 12 p.m. To RSVP, visit http://cinema.usc.edu/FearAndLoathing.

DESCRIPTION:
“Gilliam lets the audience glimpse just enough of the world outside the hallucinatory wonderland of Las Vegas to remind us exactly how hysterical and horrific our long, strange trip to the cusp of the 21st century has been.”—Washington Post

2018 marks the twentieth anniversary of the release of Terry Gilliam’s mind-bending, visually stunning film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s hallucinogenic tour de force, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In conjunction with the Hunter S. Thompson Estate, the USC School of Cinematic Arts will host a twentieth-anniversary screening of this anarchic masterpiece starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro, followed by a panel discussion with cast and crew, and an after-party at the USC Cinematic Arts Complex. An exhibit highlighting the production of the film as well as materials from the Hunter S. Thompson archives will be on display in the Hugh M. Hefner Exhibition Hall in the George Lucas Building throughout the Fall 2018 semester.

Additional Links:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Paperback)
Articles written by Hunter S. Thomspon in Rolling Stone
“Rolling Stone at 50: How Hunter S. Thomspon Became a Legend”

Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.