pynchon movies

[jbor]

I'll add my thanks to Otto's, and I do look forward to seeing Quail on the
big (or small) screen, when ultimately it arrives out here.

It seems that that title, which is obviously taken from the 'Watts' article,
is a misnomer. If it were an actual biography then you'd expect it to
interview the man himself. In the "Watts" piece Pynchon actually went and
talked to the people in Watts to get "into" their minds and so write his op.
ed. report. Apparently these guys haven't or weren't able to interview
Pynchon, which is pretty much as you'd expect. As such, whatever conclusions
the film reaches about his "mind" - his personal opinions - can only remain
conjecture. 

The writing, as always, is left to speak for itself.

best



on 13/12/01 5:53 AM, Otto at o.sell at telda.net wrote:

> Thanks Thomas,
> great review. In the "provinces" we're a little bit behind, you know . . .
> 
> Your comments of course won't keep me (and aren't intended to, I know!) from
> watching the movie, but are describing what I have feared about it and are
> echoeing my own dissatisfaction with parts of the "Rasterfahndung"-CD. It
> seems hard to resist putting the emphasis on the reclusiveness instead of
> looking what he has written as it should be.
> 
> Otto
> 
> Thomas Eckhardt:
>> Went to see "A Journey Into the Mind of P." yesterday in Cologne. I don't
> have
>> the time to write a full review. Here are a few personal impressions:
>> 
>> (...)
>> All in all, I found some bits quite interesting but wasn't really enjoying
>> myself. Too much cult of personality, not nearly enough focus on the texts
> and
>> the things they deal with. For my taste.
>> 
>> Thomas
>> 
> 
> 
>