Qvart
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adorshki said:W-a-a-y cool! (seriously). Didn't know KEsey and Thopson wer acquainted.Qvart said:I'm at two degrees. My limey friend in Ohio wrote his PhD dissertation on Kesey and the Pranksters. Had access to his personal files and library in Oregon (including letters between Kesey, Hunter S. Thompson, and Terry Gilliam about filming Fear and Loathing. He also has a small piece of the bus.
I'd be very interested in his perception of the realtionship between Kesey and McMurtry, if he has any insights. I always kind of thought Kesey gave up, or at least changed his focus, after "Sometimes A Great Notion", and wondered if he was just leaving it up to the better man for the job, so to speak: McMurtry. We KNOW where that wound up. He's up there with Clemens in my opinion. :wink:
I don't know anything about McMurtry. Just scanned the above post while mobile-LTG'ing, saw "Kesey" and was reminded of my friend up north. I don't remember what all he said about the letters. I think he said they talked about ideas for scenes in the movie.