They're Shooting IV

[malignd at aol.com]

What do you know about who's an artist and who's not?


And are you suggesting that when Sean Penn, face actor, scenery chewer extraordinaire, slaughters a movie with his self-indulgence, I  should censor my opinion because I'm not an artist but that unwatchable ham is?  Is this a religious thing?



-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Greenlief <pgsaxo at pacbell.net>
To: Rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
Cc: malignd <malignd at aol.com>; pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 7:10 pm
Subject: Re: They're Shooting IV



it's always encouraging listening and reading words from people are not artists ripping other artists to shreds ... especially when engaged in speculation.

sent from phillip's iPhone

On Jun 5, 2013, at 3:59 PM, Rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:




Not to mention Wilson is playing the most annoying character in the book




On Jun 5, 2013, at 5:42 PM, malignd at aol.com wrote:



He deserves more than the benefit of the doubt;  I mean, it's his movie.  But when Wilson trots out his tired schtick and Sean starts chewing the scenery, the lights, the key grip, he may have second thoughts.



-----Original Message-----
From: Al Haidar <attarhaidar at gmail.com>
To: malignd <malignd at aol.com>
Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 10:42 pm
Subject: Re: They're Shooting IV


After Punch-Drunk Love, I think PTA deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to casting.  I'm more interested to see how the adaptation of IV will fit into Anderson's filmography overall. He swore in interviews that he didn't see The Master as a father-son story, and yet ... there it was, another PTA film thick with estrangement between fathers and sons. It always thrills me to see a new film from someone whose work is clearly dealing with real and deeply personal themes, not merely dictated by the box office or cinematic style du jour. How that will play out with a collaborator like Pynchon (by way of his writing, anyways) is exciting enough to me that I'm fighting the urge to be pre-disappointed with (some of) the casting. 



On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:20 PM,  <malignd at aol.com> wrote:

Owen Wilson and Sean Penn?  Two movie killers on the same screen.  How'd the miss Nicholas Cage?




-----Original Message-----
From: Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com>
To: Pynchon Liste <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:23 am
Subject: They're Shooting IV


Shooting on the Thomas Pynchon adaptation recently began in Los Angeles, with a sprawling lineup including Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio Del Toro, Owen Wilson, Sean Penn, and many more. The first pics from the set offer a look at Phoenix, who as ...

http://www.slashfilm.com/first-look-joaquin-phoenix-in-inherent-vice-maya-rudolph-joins-cast/ 


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