Crazy Actors Christian Bale And Nicholas Cage To Play Crazy Inventors Nikola Tesla And Thomas Edison

[Madeleine Maudlin]

Exactly.  You see?  Thank you Mr. Ko-hoot!  Somebody who is speaking my
language.  Finally!  You have justified my existence for this day.

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> What's Pynchon have to do with Nicholas Cage?
> I think he invented him.
>
>   *From:* "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
> *To:* pynchon-l at waste.org
> *Sent:* Monday, July 16, 2012 1:09 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: Crazy Actors Christian Bale And Nicholas Cage To Play
> Crazy Inventors Nikola Tesla And Thomas Edison
>
>  Bale's got incredible range (when he's not ensconced in a bat suit):
>  The Prestige (his greatest, in my opinion), Rescue Dawn (see Werner
> Herzog's documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, to appreciate Bale's
> fictional portrayal), American Psycho, Velvet Goldmine, The Machinist,
>  Cage has two modes: goggle-eyed, and slightly less than goggle-eyed.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Madeleine Maudlin
> Sent: Jul 16, 2012 10:04 AM
> To: kelber at mindspring.com
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Crazy Actors Christian Bale And Nicholas Cage To Play Crazy
> Inventors Nikola Tesla And Thomas Edison
>
> I am absolutely, totally fuckin shocked that you, Laura, who I've always
> had the greatest admiration for, would publickly denounce one of the
> greatest gifts to American screen of his generation, the immortal Nicholas
> Cage.   Don't get me wrong, Bale's a good actor, Cage is a greater actor,
> one of the greatest.  It goes Brando, then...then...well I won't get into
> listing it would take all morning, but Bale's way fucking lower than Cage,
> because Cage is *way high*, up there.
>
> And *Maligned*, saying Cage is unwatchable?  Calls herself Maligned, but
> cannot watch he who is most-maligned?  Especially for a Pychonhead.  Cage
> was custom built for Pynchonland.  To diss him on a Pynchonboard is
> unconscionable, if that's a word, I'm not getting redlined so I feel good
> about it.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 7:05 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Christian Bale may be an asshole and/or have psychiatric issues, but he's
> one of the most brilliant actors of our times.  I'd love to see him play
> Tesla.  I'm less enthusiastic about Cage, but I'm willing to see him bungle
> Edison so long as Bale's in the film.
>
> Laura
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Jul 14, 2012 5:40 PM
> >To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> >Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> >Subject: Re: Crazy Actors Christian Bale And Nicholas Cage To Play Crazy
> Inventors Nikola Tesla And Thomas Edison
> >
> >On 7/13/12, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2012/07/crazy-actors-christian-bale-nicholas-cage-to-play-crazy-inventors-nikola-tesla-and-thomas-edison/
> >
> >http://wild-rooster.com/nikola-tesla-story-told-in-two-new-films/
>
>
>
>
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