TWO reviews of Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Your final written assignment is to produce TWO reviews of Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The first review must praise the film–the second must condemn it.

GUIDELINES:

1-Present both texts in a single, typed document. Upload the document as PDF (no other file format will be accepted) and be sure to include your name and class section WITHIN the document.

2-Each review should be at least 650 words long. Use specific evidence from the film to support your case(s) and avoid the unnecessary repetition of ideas.

3-NO OUTSIDE RESEARCH IS PERMITTED, though you may quote from the film itself and from other course texts.

4-As you work on each review, feel free to abandon or exaggerate your personal opinions. Be clear about WHY you are praising or condemning the film, but feel free to adopt writerly personae–that is, to pretend to be somebody other than your own good self. If this pushes you into the domain of satire, so be it! Just make sure that your texts hang together and service their respective theses.