Is the Paul Anderson Pynchon's Inherent Vice the Next Big Lebowski

[rich]

My problem with a movie version of IV and something the director will
have to figure out is how do you balance the humor/goofiness with the
later violence. Mr Anderson didnt really solve that problem in Boogie
Nights--there was such an abrupt shift in tone in that movie like you
felt you walked (or what you were watching was spliced) into a totally
different movie (unless you're Bunuel you pbly wont be able to pull it
off)
So, will IV be the big lebowski followed by the long goodbye--the
trick is to make that switcheroo seamless. not an easy thing to do.

I think a more effective conceit would be to have doc 40 yrs in future
reminiscing about the old days and flashback to 1970. that way you can
bridge the sweet and the sour and considering where we are now in the
good old USA the really fucking sour.

rich

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if the first anything can be the next something.
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> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I was one of them...maybe in the same theater as Thomas:
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>> I di'nt get it.
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>> Just confessin'..
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Thomas Beshear <tbeshear at insightbb.com>
>> To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>; Michael Bailey
>> <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>> Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 8:38:16 AM
>> Subject: Re: Is the Paul Anderson Pynchon's Inherent Vice the Next Big Lebowski
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>> Yeah, The Big Lebowski was NOT popular at the time, was seen by many as a big
>> letdown from Fargo. (Not by me -- I laughed myself silly in the theater. But I
>> was also aware that most of the audience that day just DIDN'T GET IT. Most sat
>> in silence.)
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: Is the Paul Anderson Pynchon's Inherent Vice the Next Big Lebowski
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>> Nice excuse for some PR...but
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>> The Big Lebowski wasn't The Big Lebowski when released. It was NOT Fargo, many,
>> many said.
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>> And, trying to label a movie the next cult classic is like a company sending out
>> its YouTube promo to thousands and
>> claiming it is viral. Already.
>>
>> And, The Big Lebowski had no original book to be found different/lacking from.
>> Just sayin'.
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>> Yet, I am eager to see this myself just because...
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>> To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 3:11:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: Is the Paul Anderson Pynchon's Inherent Vice the Next Big Lebowski
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>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2011/03/is-inherent-vice-pt-anderons-big-lebowski.html
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>>> AsB4,
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>>> Henry Mu
>>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
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>> -- "The general agreement is that language should be a kind of honey.  I
>> like it to be a kind of speed." - Michael Moorcock
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