V-2nd: Cassavetes and Pynchon

[Mark Kohut]

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Shadows (1959) More at IM
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Benny's a hipster, moving in and out of Manhattan's beat scene, aimless, maybe close to trouble. 
 
Same name, same yo-yoness, same era........
 
I, too, like this movie but never connected to V. :Probably for me, besides lack of creative connecting,
is that V.'s scenes so funny....this movie not too as I remember.......beats as dark shadows, as shot and
as metaphor........



----- Original Message ----
From: Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Cc: markekohut at yahoo.com
Sent: Mon, June 14, 2010 9:22:49 AM
Subject: V-2nd: Cassavetes and Pynchon


The NYC Whole Sick Crew thing might also be inspired by "Shadows"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X4g-NtzwEE

Hard to imagine that Tom did not see this movie.

While we're at it: Just last week I once more saw "The Killing Of A Chinese
Bookie" (my favourite Cassavetes movie ... that rhythmic atmospheric intensity,
incomparable, ah, when cinéma still was alive and kicking ...) and it strongly
reminded me of "Inherent Vice" (bzw. vice versa) insofar as it plays, just like
"Chinatown" which was mentioned during the group read, with the LA noir thriller
genre, fulfilling and - at the same time - transcending it in order to deal
with more basic questions of art and human existence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1YDgsh1epc

Considering Cassavetes as an actor, there's another IV-connection ...


Kai