Spielberg and Pynchon

davemarc davemarc at panix.com
Wed Jun 12 13:24:26 CDT 1996


At 10:34 AM 6/12/96 +0300, Heikki wrote:
>
>In his review of _Vineland_ in New Statesman, "Forever Young", 
>Boyd Tonkin writes:
>
>"The American artists it brings to mind are Disney and Spielberg. Like
>them it hints that growing up is hard to do, and probably not worth
>the pain. And, like them, it enlists a battery of special effects and 
>a breath-stopping tecnical wizardry to wipe out the tears of the
>infant in us all."
>
Fascinating.  I was just thinking that, if I had to draw a line of influence
leading from a Nazi-admiring propagandist in the film industry to Spielberg,
I'd definitely go with Disney.

davemarc






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