Brock Vond, his face

[joeallonby]

on 5/30/04 4:10 AM, umberto rossi at teacher at inwind.it wrote:

> 
> In data 29 May 2004, verso le 23:47, Tim Strzechowski si trovò a
> scrivere su VLVL2 (15): They-system:
> 
>> Prairie's initial response to Brock Vond, as he hovers wraithily over
>> her, is 'But you can't be my father, [. . .] my blood is type A.
>> Yours is Preparation H' (376)
> 
> Now a foolish question. Imagine you have just bought the filming
> rights of Vineland. You have managed to write  a screenplay, believe
> it nor not, and the film only lasts 2h 30'. The producers keep
> telling you that you can do whatever you want and that money is not a
> problem. But now you have to choose the actor who will be Brock Vond.
> What about it? Who could be the terrible arch-nark?
> 
> (If I were you I'd be in trouble, because, for some mysterious
> reason, I kept putting Frank Sinatra's face on Brock Vond while
> reading the novel, and I guess dead actors cannot yet be persuaded to
> star in a film...)
> 
> umberto rossi

Nicholas Cage. Only because Bruce Dern is to old now. Same for John
Malcovich. Of course, if we follow the lead of the novel and the bizarre TV
movie castings, Jackie Chan would be the way to go.