The idea of trying to cover this race in any conventional press sense was absurd.
6 seconds sound clip from the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:41 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Goddamn it. What day is it? Saturday?
- Hello! Anyone? Have you seen the race?
- By 10:00 they were spread out all over the course.
- It was no longer a race. Now it was an endurance contest.
- The idea of trying to cover this race in any conventional press sense was absurd.
- Hey! It's pretty great, huh? Come on in!
- That's fucking machine guns. They're firing at us. Machine guns!
- It's a goddamn war zone, man! Get us out of here quick!
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