GR (The Movie)

[J. Lester]

On Tue, 26 Sep 1995, Cal Godot wrote:

> V
>      Screenplay by J. Mankewietz
>      Directed by Orson Welles

Okay, I'll go with this.....
> 
> The Crying of Lot 49
>      Screenplay by Robert Towne
>      Directed by Robert Altman

Eek. I disagree. Uh, howzabout:

The Crying of Lot 49
	Screenplay by Buck Henry
	Directed by Stanley Kubrick

> Gravity's Rainbow
>      Screenplay by Harlan Ellison
>      Directed by Francis Ford Coppolla

Hmmm. I guess it's no more insane than anything else we've suggested, 
although Coppola is a major league crap artist these days.Why not written 
and directed by the Coen Bros? Much more fluid than those two clowns you 
mention.

 > Vineland
>      Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
>      Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Closer to my heart, although better might be:

Vineland
	Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
	Directed by Gus Van Sant
 
> And now for something completely different...
> 
> Actors & actresses anyone?

Howzabout Robert Downey Jr. as Slothrop (I bet he slings a mean 
ukuelele), Lena Olin as Katje, and, of course, John Goodman as (hyugh, 
hyugh) Pig Bodine.

All in all, I think it's important to remember the words of James M. Cain 
in these matters. Someone was interviewing Cain after Hollywood had 
adapted most of his works with varying degrees of infidelity. The 
interviewer asked Cain, "Mr. Cain, are you angry about how HOllywood has 
destroyed your books?" Cain waved his hand towards the bookcase, 
"Destroyed them? No, they're still all there."

So I say, bring on Heather Locklear as Margherita and Brad Pitt as 
Slothrop. We still have the real deal, and always will.

<j.