Some interesting stories in the Depp/Thompson friendship (Johnny Depp also has in article in the memorial Rolling Stone, it's very interesting and very well written).

When Johnny first met Hunter, he was sitting in the Woody Creek tavern in Colorado (Hunter's favorite bar) and Hunter came in, yelling and swinging around both a cattle prod and a taser. Later that evening, Hunter took Johnny back to Owl Farm (Hunter's fortified compound) and they blew up propane tanks with shotguns.

I have a very interesting photo of Hunter shaving Johnny's head for the movie... Hunter is wearing a coal miner's hat with the light pointed down on Johnny's head.

If you can, download from a peer to peer Hunter's appearance on Conan O'Brien. He talks first hand about the dynamite Johnny found in his room, and in general it's a hilarious interview.

I had never really paid much attention to Johnny Depp as an actor until FLLV when I saw the amazing transformation... he really did become Hunter. He looked a lot like him and got his personality down to a t. So amazingly done. The one scene in particular, one of my favorites, where Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo are outside a hardware store and wreaking havoc on the car, Raoul is yelling things like "You people voted for Hubert Humphrey, and you killed Jesus!", it really struck me then how perfectly Johnny had captured Hunter.

Where the Buffalo Roam is only good for Bill Murray's performance. The story is basically a bunch of things taken from The Great Shark Hunt (a collection of various peices and exerpts of Hunter's work known as The Gonzo Papers), but it's very badly done. The dialogue is just horrid and... ugh. Bad bad movie.