Paul Thomas Anderson Wants to Adapt Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice

[John Bailey]

I thought the same thing - P doing an authorial Hitchcock, in the
background shuffling through a Tommy Burger.

But I reckon Anderson could get it right. His first flick Hard Eight
is great indie fare and I'd recommend it; very subtle and careful
character work with a strong ability to play with genre rather than
bow down to it. Like most of his stuff. Boogie Nights was fun but not
brilliant, for me, whereas Magnolia reeked of someone trying to make
something Pynchon-like in film - a kid rapping the book of revelations
to a cop in crisis? Business seminars promoting misogyny? Dental
drama? Come on. This dude's read the books.

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
<lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
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> I liked Boogie Nights, but I liked Magnolia even better.
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> Inherent Vice could be PTA's  artistic comeback.
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> Guess TRP will appear in a minor role without anybody realizing it's him.
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> Kai
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> On 07.12.2010 20:26, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
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>> Anderson as director?  Could be better (though I can't think of anyone off
>> hand), could be worse.  I didn't like Magnolia, but I like Boogie Nights.
>>  There Will Be Blood looked great, but the story fizzled.
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>> Laura
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