[John Bailey]

Most Pynchonesque movie..still haven't worked out that criteria. Is it:

a) films which echo the formal or stylistic innovations found in Pynchon's 
work? (Eg. perhaps long, rambling narratives; multiple perspectives or 
unannounced perspectival shifts; excessive generic interplay; overabundance 
of meaning...)

ii) films which share the same thematic concerns found in Pynchon's novels 
(eg. perhaps historicity, war, the operations of power, subaltern 
modernities, weird shit)

3) films which have a similar relation to the world/impact on their medium 
(eg. films which shake up preconceptions or beg the viewer to reconsider the 
form itself)

four) films which contain a reference to something you've read (or might 
read) in one of Pynchon's books...and

lastly) films which people who like Pynchon's books might just, well, dig.

For my money, the last is the only criteria I feel safe applying 
(neo-Reader-Responsivist that I am), so I'd state my Alternative Oscar list 
(cut it out to use as a scorecard on the Big Night!) as...

Best Film Which I can still Remember: The Royal Tenenbaums
Best Use of Prop: Man Who Wasn't There (Billy Bob's Face)
Best and Only Film Seen More Than Once: Amelie
Special Jouissance Award: Moulin Rouge
Coolest Film: Tears (Korean)
Best Film with a Tree Stump as the Titular Character: Little Otik
Best Epic Musical concerning Cricket: Lagaan (Once Upon A Time In India - no 
relation to the Jet Li series)
Film Most Reviewers (inc yours Truly) Secretly Hated: Waking Life
And finally, most Pynchonesque film....Special Mention to runner-up 
Mulholland Drive, which I truly enjoyed and which should by all accounts 
have made top position, but which for obvious reasons must go to...
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack!

Well, I reckon he saw it.

P.S.
Beau Travail - worth seeing for the fantastic final sequence alone, wow.
And speaking of Melville adaptations (Billy Budd for BT), anyone ever see 
Pola X, Leos Carax reworking of Pierre, or the Ambiguities? Wish I had.


>From: ó×ÅÔÌÁÎÁ äÅÎÉÓÏ×Á <svetvand at rambler.ru>
>To: Johannes.Rasche at gmxpro.de, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:05:21 +0300 (MSK)
>
>           If you liked "Mullholland Drive" ,I want to advise following 
>films :
>"Beau travail" by Claire Denis,"Eloge de l'amour" by Jean Luc Godard, "Va
>Savoir" by Jacques Rivette, may be "Avalon" by Mamoru Oshii. All movies are
>different some better , some worse (and "Mullholland Drive" is still the 
>best
>of them), but they are all more interesting and origina , than some popcorn
>stuff.Johannes , I agree , that "Open your eyes" is OK , but it was made in
>1997. Although its director , Alejandro Amenabar , made "The others" last
>year.Good film and may remind Marquez works. (Just noticed: "Beau travail"
>isn't new either , 1999, but it's still good).Johannes , thanks for you
>response (and look at signature , not the address , for my name).Do other 
>movie
>goers have thoughts about Pynchon-connected films of 2001?
>                             Ivan
>----
>   http://www.rambler.ru




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