Kubrick & Pynchon

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

BenignL schrieb:

>>> Is there any evidence, by the way, that Kubrick EVER [my 
>>> emphasis.kfl] read a word of Pynchon?

Answering this I wrote:

>> Highly improbable that the artist who created
>> "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001" did ignore
>> Pynchon's books.

Then the old fellow replied:

> Another telling point, if one leaves aside that "Dr.
> Strangelove" was made in 1964 and "2001" in 1968,
> which would make your arguing from influence in rather
> brash defiance of time's arrow.

Huh? Although Doug's idea that Pynchon's earlier writings 
could indeed have influenced these particular movies is 
certainly worth discussing, I didn't talk here about direct influence during the 1960s yet about close thematic 
neighborhood to GR which, in my ever so humble opinion,
Kubrick must have been aware of after the novel was 
published and - I stand to this - probably motivated him 
to read the Rainbow (and then also the others) during the
mid 70s or later. One of Stanley's many unrealized projects
was about the Nazi film industry ... Sure, this is not an
"evidence" (what ever that means for you claiming to have 
no theory at all), but it's a plausible assumption. Kubrick
knew quite well that "Eyes Wide Shut" would be his last work.
A respectful nod to a brother in truth, yes, that's what the
filmed Glen Cove street-sign probably is --

Did you already eat your Yoghurt?  
    
KFL +

PS. Mark Wright, more into accurate reading, understood me: 

> The flying fickle finger of times arrow actually points the 
> other way in this discussion, because the Kubrick flim in 
> question is "Eyes Wide Shut" which was under development in the > 1990's, not the 1960's.