Pynchonesque Hitchcock, Hitchcockian Pynchon

Eric Rosenbloom ericr at sadlier.com
Wed Feb 7 11:09:41 CST 2001


Jeremy Osner wrote:
> I watched "Notorious" last night and was amazed. There is an
> extraordinary degree of linkage between this film and at least part I of
> Gravity's Rainbow. Bergman plays a sort of ingenuous Katje, Grant a
> suavely conflicted Pirate, Raines works for IG Farben. Noticed other
> particular details while I was watching but now I can't recall. A
> wonderful, paranoid movie. I lived out my fantasy of being trapped on an
> estate in Rio with a mad scientist, a momma's boy, and Blicero.

Ever notice how Plastic Man's sidekick, Woozy Winks, looks like Alfred Hitchcock?

--
Eric R



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