GRGR(6) - Ep. 15 Reader Dissonance.

[Paul Mackin]

On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, Gary Thompson wrote:

> I was close to shouting at Tom Cruise last night not
> to go into that big house with the limos in front, myself. (A couple of
> Pynchonian resonances in _Eyes Wide Shut_, starting with the setting in
> (near?) Glen Cove.) I think that involvement's a measure of our
> engagement with the text, and acquired critical distance comes with a
> cost. 

I got totally involved in the mess Tom Cruise got himself into, racking my
brains for an answer as how to get free from the evil conspiracy--in a way
inconceivable with regard to anything or anyone in GR. Of course "Eyes
Wide Shut" rates only about a C minus for humor and intellectual content
with long sequences that seemed actually boring whereas we remine
GR continually for nuggets of gold. 

The film technique did seem excellent. Enjoyed it. Noticed some  
in the audience were criticizing it going out. 

			P.