‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold’ is the line with which both book and movie begin (the gonzo equivalent of ‘Call me Ishmael’). “Like a belated sequel to Easy Rider, FEAR AND LOATHING opens with two guys in Hawaiian shirts and a red convertible bombing, born to be wild, toward Nevada’s neon Sodom. “A slapstick fever dream both funny and poignant, as unencumbered in its performances as it is uncompromising in its worldview. Friday, September 12 - Saturday, September 13, 2014
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