In this next episode of the podcast, in which an overrated and underrated film within the same genre, style or tone are pitted against each other, the hosts of Over/Under Movies waste no time kicking off a drug-and-drink-fueled road trip through bat country onto Vegas and then circling back several times to The Yabba. Host Ryan Oliver made the picks this time, and as usual he’s joined by Oktay Ege Kozak and myself.
Ryan’s overrated selection is none other than Terry Gilliam‘s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson‘s seminal and celebrated gonzo novel. And completing the substance abuse marathon, he naturally chose “Wake In Fright,” the 1971 mix of Ozploitation and Australian New Wave restored and brought back for distribution by Drafthouse Films a few years ago. Both films feature superhuman levels of drug consumption, but all the hosts agree that ‘Fright’ is a far better, and sadly lesser-seen/known film. Listen to find out why.
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