My favorite Bill Murray performance is his turn as Thompson in Where the Buffalo Roam. More than merely recreating the era, Fear and Loathing in Aspen accurately captures the underground filmmaking experience of the time period. Much of it is shot on vintage grade, grainy film stock, and it looks like the actors were free to taste at least medium grade, seedy, hemp stock, as well as mescaline, cocaine, and plain old tobacco, dipped in PCP. Set just before Thomson, played by Jay Bulger, caught his stride with his 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, the film conjures the energy of strange, new beginnings.
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