Impolex @ The Boston Underground Film Festival

[Joe Allonby]

Well put, Dave. I might check it out now. The initial reviews that I
read made it sound like an adaptation. I think you can understand my
objection to that. You definitely got me with the "friend's gigs"
comment.


On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Dave Monroe
<against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:06 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If the film makes no mention of GR, the I fully agree with you.
>
> The film doesn't, so far as I recall.  Even the brand name has been changed ...
>
>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have deep reservations about giving my money to the producers of this film.
>
> I doubt anybody but the festivals that are showing it are making any
> money whatsoever off of this.  Insofar as independent film festivals
> make money ...
>
> For the record, I'm not saying, by all means, go, I'm saying, if yr
> curious, well, there it is.  That being said, I did not regret
> scrambling to Chicago early(I was on my way down anyway, but I would
> have made the trip even if I wasn't), shelling out my ten bills,
> getting a cup o' coffee, maybe a snack, paying an extra bus fare or
> two than I would have, spending an hour and a quarter watching the
> film, and, least of all, another half hour or so talking to the
> director (a friendly, earnest young man, who almost quite literally
> had just finished GR before making his film).  I saw it as
> supporting/encouraging a fellow Pynchon/film fan, and am glad to do
> him the favor at least of letting y'all know about screenings, so ...
>
> It's not even remotely an attempt @ an adaptation of GR, it's not even
> so much a film about GR, so much as a, I don't know, a negotiation
> between a reader upon his first reading and the limited resources
> (cast, crew, equipment, finances) he could muster to share some of his
> impressions/enthusiasm, even, with y'all, so ...
>
> Me, I'm the kind of guy who goes to friends' gigs 'cos their friends
> first, so ...
>