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

[Tara Brady]

Here's my scoop for today - I was just talking to Paul Giamatti, who,
it transpires, is a Pynchon fan.

He's already instructed his agent to start sending the begging letters to PTA.

He has no idea what possible role he might take, but doesn't care. He wants in.

For what it's worth I think Michael Jai White would look great with a
frozen banana.

T



On 8 December 2010 12:31, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> I liked Boogie Nights, but I liked Magnolia even better.
>>
>> Inherent Vice could be PTA's  artistic comeback.
>>
>> Guess TRP will appear in a minor role without anybody realizing it's him.
>>
>> Kai
>>
>>
>> On 07.12.2010 20:26, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>