For No Good Reason
For No Great Reason a Picture about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the journey, beating against narrative conventions, moving from interview at the finest Gonzo tradition questions of authenticity and witness and to cartoon are challenged. Steadman's art is for example illustrations from Hunter S Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vagas, for the first time animated. Featuring Richard E Grant, Terry Gilliam, Bruce Robinson and with audio from Slash, The All American Rejects, Jason Mraz, Crystal Castles, Ed Hardcourt and Beth Orton. A touching film about the ambition, friendship and honesty driving an artist. This really is a list of the 20th Century counter-culture and hipster dream with Ralph Steadman the past of their Gonzo visionaries' demise.
Released: 2012-10-12