Pynchon movies

[The Great Quail]

Doug writes,

>With all due respect, not only is this one of the funniest oxymorons I've
>heard all day ("great mini-series")

Hey! HBO's "Band of Brothers" is actually pretty good; so is the A&E 
"Horatio Hornblower" stuff. Of course, my tongue was a bit in my 
cheek -- I don't think any artistic team would have the ability to 
take on M&D for TV, nor do I think any network would allow it! Call 
it a fantasy of mine, right up there with the 18-hour Ulysses with 
each segment conceived and filmed by a different director.

>I've
>always been intrigued with the notion that, at one point, apparently
>(according to reports about P's long-ago grant application, if I remember
>the detail correctly), P was interested in creating an opera.

Yeah, that I would love to see! Scored of course entirely for banjos.

--Quail