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What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole lifestyle that he helped create.

6 seconds sound clip from the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:51:15 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- No more of the speed that fueled the '60s.

- That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip.

- He crashed around America, selling consciousness expansion without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all those people who took him seriously.

- All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy peace and understanding for three bucks a hit.

- But their loss and failure is ours too.

- What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole lifestyle that he helped create.

- A generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the acid culture:

- The desperate assumption that somebody or at least some force is tending the light at the end of the tunnel.

- There was only one road back to L.A. U.S. Interstate 15.

- Just a flat out high-speed burn through Baker and Barstow and Berdoo.

- Then onto the Hollywood Freeway, straight into frantic oblivion safety, obscurity.

[...]

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Actors: Johnny Depp (Raoul Duke), Benicio del Toro (Dr. Gonzo)

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