They're Shooting IV

[Erik T. Burns]

He was also married to Madonna (the one of "Desperately Seeking Susan" and
"Lucky Star").


On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Al Haidar <attarhaidar at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm afraid that's just not enough for me! I looked Penn up on IMDB last
> night, and Fast Times is literally the last thing he did that might make my
> top... 500 movies? 30 years is long past the expiry date on any good will
> from me for that role. I still stand by my defense of PTA's
> choices—although perhaps more tentatively than before—solely because of how
> well he used Adam Sandler.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:48 AM, <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> **
>> Anyway, Penn gets a lifetime pass for his performance as Jeff Spicoli in
>> Fast Times at Ridgemont High
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: * malignd at aol.com
>> *Sender: * owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
>> *Date: *Thu, 6 Jun 2013 17:33:37 -0400 (EDT)
>> *To: *<pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: They're Shooting IV
>>
>> 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>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>attarhaidar at gmail.com>
>> To: malignd < <malignd at aol.com>malignd at aol.com>
>> Cc: pynchon-l < <pynchon-l at waste.org>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>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>scuffling at gmail.com>
>>> To: Pynchon Liste < <pynchon-l at waste.org>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://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.slashfilm.com/first-look-joaquin-phoenix-in-inherent-vice-maya-rudolph-joins-cast/&hl=en>
>>> <http://www.slashfilm.com/first-look-joaquin-phoenix-in-inherent-vice-maya-rudolph-joins-cast/>
>>> http://www.slashfilm.com/first-look-joaquin-phoenix-in-inherent-vice-maya-rudolph-joins-cast/
>>>
>>>
>>> Yours truly,
>>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>>> Henry Musikar, CISSP
>>>  <http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20>
>>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>>
>>>
>>
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