John Smallberries (fwd)

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

Could somebody helf this guy on the movie.  I know it's been discussed 
here, but don't know enough to help.  

thanks.

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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 23:25:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andrew E. McAlister <amcalis at emoryu1.cc.emory.edu>
To: Bonnie Surfus <surfus at chuma.cas.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: John Smallberries

Bonnie,

I don't know you, but I do know Raul. (We all have our cross to bear.) I 
thought the Pynchon stuff was fascinatin'. I myself came to grad school 
expecting to write about technology's effects on fiction, but found out I 
like doing film more. It didn't help any that I dug Lot 49, but bogged 
down in V and Gravity's Rainbow.

But, to my question. Do you have any skinny on why the writer of the film 
"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension" chose to 
allude to Yoyodyne? Both the director (W. D. Richter) and the writer 
(Earl Mac Rauch) tend to be...off in their other work, and the film could 
be called Pynchonian in tone. But if you have background knowledge, I'd love 
to hear it.

Later.

Andrew

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Emory University

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