About This Video
Actor Johnny Depp is currently docked outside of Puerto Rico on a 156-foot yacht, shooting an adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson 's novel, "The Rum Diary."
In a recent trip to Puerto Rico, one GalleyCat reporter re-read the book and explored vintage footage of the island--retracing Thompson's footsteps in this video essay. Both the novel and film are set around 1959, when Thompson struggled as a reporter at a Puerto Rican newspaper.
Literary Traveler describes the period: "Puerto Rico was like another West, where people dreamt of staking out a piece of paradise and getting rich. Young Hunter S. Thompson tried to get a job at The San Juan Star, but was rejected by the editor, William Kennedy, who went on to become a successful writer and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, Ironweed. (Despite rejection, the two remained lifelong friends.) Still desperate to get down to San Juan, Thompson accepted a more dubious position at El Sportivo, a fledgling English weekly about sports."
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