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Unfortunately, Where the Buffalo Roam does not do justice to the good doctor and his outlandish escapades. Director Art Linson and writer John Kaye have created a mess. Not knowing whether they wanted to turn Thompson's life into a wild and crazy comedy or a trenchant attack on the insanity of the American political and judicial systems, they've made a film which isn't funny enough to be a good farce or insightful enough to be good social commentary. Where the Buffalo Roam has no unifying theme, no cohesive structure, and no method to its madness...
...where Hunter Thompson, amidst his strange interior decoration, struggles to meet his latest deadline. He guzzles liquor as he types, shoots his telephone, and cavorts with his Doberman, who is trained to attack on the word "Nixon." But, all too soon, our hero begins reminiscing and Where the Buffalo Roam slides into the quicksand of banality...
When Thompson meets up with Laszlo and Billy four years after the lad's conviction, the two have become gun-running revolutionaries, holed up in a shack somewhere in southern California with a small army of violent Chicanos. At this point, Where the Buffalo Roam almost makes a statement about how injustice breeds violence and corrupts the concerned and the innocent. But Laszlo and Billy are so two-dimensional the message falls flat. Laszlo seems merely to have reached a new plateau of raving fanaticism and Billy becomes the standard Victim of Society. Worse still, this hideout scene quickly degenerates...
...Reza, 19, and Daughters Farahnaz, 17, and Leila, 10, commuted repeatedly in a black Mercedes from the sprawling quarters of the Tahra Palace. The Shah's beloved poodles were brought in, provoking startled jitters among security agents worried about noisy clashes with the stray cats that occasionally roam the hospital corridors. Sadat reappeared on Tuesday and Thursday to keep abreast personally of the Shah's condition...
...that isn't enough, one only has to remember the assassination of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier 3 years ago in our nation's capitol -a murder for which the U.S. Justice Department has indicted members of Chile's secret police. These murders continue to roam freely in Chile, as General Pinochet has refused to extradite them to stand trial in this country...