At the chanting "Thank you Chris!" I can only imagine how much Hitch must have cringed. Laughing my ass off omg.

Christopher Hitchens my brother...my friend...my comrade...I, a grown ass man, cried when you past. You might be gone my brother but your words will live on in us forever.

"You like my brother??? You must learn to discriminate!"

Oh god, don't call him "Chris".

"you must learn to discriminate" damn

Around the 17.30 mark, the guy is basically talking about today's regressive left. It's almost comforting to know that this problem isn't perhaps as recent and fast moving as often thought.

Good christ, that woman is actually moaning with longing, and blinded by the stars in her eyes, starting around 29:39 especially. I have no self-control with that sort of thing; doubt I would have even attempted to turn her away. Notice the video editor cuts at 30:08, just as it looks like she's about to pounce on him. Ian McEwan said of Christopher that you only get a person like him "every hundred years or so," and I can't imagine that that isn't the case. A rare case of the "rock star" writer.

i cringed when they yelled "thank you chris". he hated being called chris.

"I feel like some cunt running for office" xD

thanks so much for posting!!!!

Haha that woman at 30 mins wanted him soooo bad

I love Christopher Hitchens.

"You like my brother? You must learn to discriminate." lol

Thank you. I never got to meet hitch, and these videos are all I can have now to know him and his brilliant mind and voice

I think it's so ironic how Christopher Hitchens was more American, than most Americans. =)

Does anyone know the name of the song that starts at 7:21 of this video? Ive tried a lyric search and shazam with no results at all but it sounds like a commercially released song so if anyone can identify the tune I would be grateful.

I love the 'Thank you Chris' chant at about 7.30 - as we all know, he loved being called Chris!

4:45 "You like my brother? You must learn to discriminate." lol!

fuck the Hitch was great; more people would benefit from just a fraction of his understanding

We miss you Christopher, sorely. :' ( All of us must carry on his relentless fight for truth and reason!

Some people just like to smoke, being hoodwinked has nothing to do with it. Hitch enjoyed smoking and drinking, he lived the bohemian lifestyle, lived strong and hard, and lived for 6 decades. We will all die, tobacco didn't kill him, life did, as it will kill us all.

WHY HAVE I NOT WATCHED THIS YET?!

thanks!

"You love my brother, you must learn to discriminate". LOL!

"I feel like some cunt running for office" LMAO.

So many sides of Hitch are shown in this one that I've never seen.

Two writers I really miss -- Christopher Hitchens and Studs Terkel.

Anyone have any idea as to the article by James Cameron in the 1966 New Statesman that the Hitch referenced?

nice to see hitch a bit more up close and personal. love this!

Never seen Hitch get in a fight hahahhaha. Brilliant

"Thank you, Chris. Thank you, Chris." EHHHHH FUCK

If only the people at 7:10 knew he HATED being called Chris. THANK YOU HITCH!!!!

Probably the only thing that I disagree with Hitch on is his opinion that the Stones are better than The Beatles. Not only are there plenty examples of the Rolling Stones releasing material with a new innovation or style that had already been done by The Beatles the previous year or so, but The Beatles even wrote the Stones' first big hit (That's not to say that I dislike the Rolling Stones, they are great). Hitchens also regularly said, in his books and in interviews that his knowledge of music was exceptionally poor and even attributed this to why he never was or became a fiction writer due to believing that a great understanding of music was essential for great fiction writing. On every other point he has made - that I've seen, read or heard - I've agreed with him.

Never was there a boring day in the life of Christopher Hitchens.

Albeit a nice sentiment, I doubt it's the same as meeting the man himself and in conversation.

nice i haven't seen this one

This is very interesting.

Must be awkward when a group of people are chanting your name like in the beginning. Haha

"Think of the leaders as they think of you" - Well said Hitch.

He described Hitchens as arrogant. He didn't seem arrogant, he seemed to have a pretty accurate perspective of himself & his strengths/weaknesses.

The documentary is great but it cuts off abruptly. The complete version has 11 more minutes of footage.

you can always see it in the eyes

Hitchens getting his gangster on ahahah

18.56 is that Charles Shaar Murray I see stood standing there?

vile jizz...my new band name.

Hitch partying it up at the end. Would of loved to have a drink with the guy.

"You love my brother? You must learn to discriminate!" - I fucking Lol'd at that... XD Love the Hitch!

Great Christopher Hitchens Interview on French TV.... Type this into youtube watch it, then rethink your comment.

I applaud you. That was spot on.

Hitch was a best anglo-american thinker,and intelegent of our times,rip((

"I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire" Oh hitchens u sob

She was so drunk she probably doesn't even remember the conversation.

You did meet him through his numerous writings.

Haha I wonder how mad the 'THANK YOU CHRIS' chant made him inside

"Not Fade Away" and "Gimme Shelter" are Stones songs...did you not click the video time I conveniently included right in the comment to which you responded? =[ If you had, you would've heard Hitch gushing about those two songs and explaining that "John and Paul would never have accomplished that". So yes, it's safe to say that Hitch listened to the Stones...And that he preferred them over the Beatles. Sure he mixed up the lyrics at first, but he got them right just before the end of the shot. =]

the entrance is a classic, embarrased Hitchens surrounded by a curious and motley bunch of fans - "it's so wonderful you exist " - ie : your existance, sir, is a wonder to me .

@4:15 That sounds just like Alex Jones yelling in the mega-phone, "Thank you Christopher Hitchens for telling the truth."XD

I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. miss this guy

who is the woman who did her own hair?

Just a side note: one woman said 'he think's as Clinton as an honorary woman, soft, I think the English would say pussy-whipped' - pussywhipped means to be enthralled to a female partner and not to mean soft or weak.

He even chats with the crazies, treats them the same.

Smoking indoors.........I miss it so. I remember ashtrays on the bus.

"is that a microphone you ther. That's a cool one man." (old man wearing bkue sweater)

6:50 "Thank you Chris!" .........Christopher :D

"thanks to the vile jizz" hahahaha

"Thankyou Chris!":....(

Where's the end?!

The guy in the blue sweater. Ha-ha.

where's the next part?

@AscendingParadigm that would be Portia de Rossi

I miss this man.

Lord hitchens

37:18 Damn well put...

At around the 30:00 mark, Hitchens says it’s The Rolling Stones over The Beatles

Genius doesn't have an off switch...except for death, of course.

26:08 GO HITCH LMAO MISS HIM

I love hitch but he misattributed a quote to jefferson at 6:40. Benjamin Franklin said a republic if you can keep it

so why do people say he is a misogynist? I've heard the things he has said about some women and none of it strikes me as hateful. if anything I think he has a very healthy and romantic idea of women.

9:11 - 10:20 that's an awesome cocktail party story

Physical HITCHSLAP 26:10!! THE BOSS!!!

that's studs turkel at the beginning, isn't it?

What a fucking badass!!

"you like my brother?, you must learn to discriminate". lol. take that Peter.

Is it just me or is the audio kinda quiet?

that man at 4.52 definitely does!

whers the rest of it dammit?

@KillTheStranger I'm quite sure it's a subtlety of British humour called "taking the piss".

You can meet him in his books

who woundn't want to

Yeah, like the guy at 30:50 who chose to be interviewed in front of his "ego wall" if they shot that a tad wider there were runner up trophies for JV soccer and an intramural lacrosse participation certificate

To the best of my knowledge, the death of the body (and simultaneously the brain) will be comparable to eneterning a state similar to that induced by a general anesthetic. You're right to assume I wasn't literally speaking with an etheral Christopher; I was speaking metaphorically and to my peers who have also been impacted irrevecobly by this man's legacy.

It may reveal about the man more actually.

Who doesn't want to?

So nice too see 4:31

That girl at 29:26

@andreiandrei1 gracias

I'm no atheist, but there's something fun about about Hitchens, no? Not just charming, but just pure fun.

you could if asked,make a distinction between a film or the reality of what you're commenting on,right?

people smoking inside really dates this!

Hitch was right about religion, of course, and did a great job about criticizing it. However when you see his hostility toward Clinton because of a blowjob, some unproven rape allegations, and blowing up the odd factory compared to giving Bush a free pass on killing over 100k people in Iraq, you have to say that sadly he was one of the most hypocritical commentators around.