<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>If he didn't know the director's work, he probably checked him out, saw he was a serious art-attempting dude</div><div>And let him do his thing. If I remember rightly, he pitched his thematic approach even before or while asking for those music rights. <br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jun 22, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Markekohut <<a href="mailto:markekohut@yahoo.com">markekohut@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Good point....<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jun 21, 2013, at 3:24 PM, <a href="mailto:kelber@mindspring.com">kelber@mindspring.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">He could have stopped the project by not granting music rights. It's not an endorsement, but it allowed them to make the movie.<br></font></font></font><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Markekohut <markekohut@yahoo.com>
<br>Sent: Jun 21, 2013 2:50 PM
<br>To: "<a href="mailto:kelber@mindspring.com">kelber@mindspring.com</a>" <kelber@mindspring.com>
<br>Cc: "<a href="mailto:pynchon-l@waste.org">pynchon-l@waste.org</a>" <pynchon-l@waste.org>
<br>Subject: Re: Pynchon Biopic
<br><br><zzzhtml><zzzhead><zzzmeta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></zzzmeta></zzzhead><zzzbody dir="auto"><div>Are you sure about that, Laura? I thought the director said he tried to get that....then sent the finished movie</div><div>To him and heard nothing.....which he took as an OK sign?</div><div><br></div><div>Whatever, it is a great movie....<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jun 21, 2013, at 2:34 PM, <a target="_blank" href="mailto:kelber@mindspring.com">kelber@mindspring.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Bob Dylan greenlit (greenlighted?) I'm Not There, which portrayed him as a genius-asshole. That's the gold standard for biopics, as far as I'm concerned. Could definitely see some sort of post-modern biopic incorporating Pynchon's persona (rather than his person), his characters and documentary footage of their lives and times.</font></font></font><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Laura<br></font></font></font><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Monte Davis <montedavis@verizon.net>
<br>Sent: Jun 21, 2013 2:08 PM
<br>To: 'Henry M' <scuffling@gmail.com>, 'Pynchon Liste' <pynchon-l@waste.org>
<br>Subject: RE: Pynchon Biopic
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</o:idmap></o:shapelayout></xml><zzz![endif]--></zzz![endif]--></zzz!--[if></zzz![endif]--></zzz!--[if></zzzmeta></zzzmeta></zzzhead><zzzbody lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The only greenlight I can associate with him is the glow of a radar screen on the <i>Susanna Squaducci </i>or <i>John E. Badass</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-Spyros<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:owner-pynchon-l@waste.org">owner-pynchon-l@waste.org</a> [<a target="_blank" href="mailto:owner-pynchon-l@waste.org">mailto:owner-pynchon-l@waste.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Henry M<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 21, 2013 1:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> Pynchon Liste<br><b>Subject:</b> Pynchon Biopic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">We know that OBA would never greenlight a biopic, but would he have to?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.salon.com/2013/06/21/pynchon_the_movie_eight_writers_who_should_have_biopics/">http://www.salon.com/2013/06/21/pynchon_the_movie_eight_writers_who_should_have_biopics/</a> <br clear="all"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Yours truly,<br>Ù©(â—̮̮̃•̃)Û¶<br>Henry Musikar, CISSP<br><a target="_blank" href="http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20">http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></zzzbody></zzzhtml></pynchon-l@waste.org></scuffling@gmail.com></montedavis@verizon.net></blockquote></div>
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