new word to describe the Pyncher--eremite
Michael Bailey
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Sat Dec 10 15:57:18 CST 2011
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eremite
c.1200, learned form of hermit (q.v.), from Church L. eremita. Since
mid-17c. in poetic or rhetorical use only, except in ref. to specific
examples in early Church history.
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> Last December, this blog was the first to report that Anderson had written a
> treatment of Pynchon’s seventh novel, and was considering doing a
> screenplay. Now insiders confirm to Vulture that Anderson has, in fact,
> obtained the blessing of Pynchon and — in frequent consultation with the
> eremite novelist himself — has not only written a first draft, but is more
> than halfway done with a second. (For those unfamiliar, it tells the story
> of Larry "Doc" Sportello, a pothead private detective hired by a former
> girlfriend to investigate the disappearance of her wealthy lover in 1969 Los
> Angeles.) Robert Downey, Jr. is said to be interested in the lead role, and
> insiders point out that his recent detachment from Sam Raimi's Oz, the Great
> and Powerful, set up at Disney, leaves an opening in his schedule in the
> fourth quarter of this year.
>
>
> http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/02/paul_thomas_anderson.html
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