A Journey Into the Mind of P. / Halldor Laxness

[jd]

Sam, me either.  I think most of the stuff in the film was bunk.

On 8/19/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I don't buy the hypothesis about Pynchon's 'guilt' and GR being an attempt
> of atoning for it.
>
>
> >From: "Carvill John" <johncarvill at hotmail.com>
> >To: cwecrocker at hotmail.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: RE: A Journey Into the Mind of P. / Halldor Laxness
> >Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:51:38 +0000
> >
> ><<
> >Also I found it quite ironic that the title of the film is 'A journey into
> >the mind of P.", but most of the second half of the film, and what you
> >could call the climax, concerns only the image of P.  Does anyone else have
> >any critiques or comments on the film? >>
> >
> >Yeah, I thought it was pretty bad. I agree with you that it left a slightly
> >nasty taste in the mouth and seemed relentlessly focused on Pynchon as
> >'reclusive' celebrity. There were some interesting bits, though not always
> >interesting in what you could call a good way. On top of this, it was very
> >amateur in terms of production values, how it was put together, and so on.
> >Constant repeating footage - often barely relevant - accopmanied by
> >grinding music, took up way too much running time. I would say that whoever
> >made the documentary, they needed a lot more 'meat' before they had enough
> >to justify making the film. They had maybe 10 or, to be generous, 20
> >percent of the amount of material they would need to make a worthwhile doc,
> >in my opinion. And that guy who took the photos of Pynchon, I wanted to
> >thump him almost as much as TRP probably did.
> >
> >Cheers
> >JC
> >
> >
>
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