Pynchon Biopic

[Markekohut]

If he didn't know the director's work, he probably checked him out, saw he was a serious art-attempting dude
And let him do his thing. If I remember rightly, he pitched his thematic approach even before or while asking for those music rights. 

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On Jun 22, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Good point....
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Jun 21, 2013, at 3:24 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> 
>> He could have stopped the project by not granting music rights. It's not an endorsement, but it allowed them to make the movie.
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Markekohut 
>> Sent: Jun 21, 2013 2:50 PM 
>> To: "kelber at mindspring.com" 
>> Cc: "pynchon-l at waste.org" 
>> Subject: Re: Pynchon Biopic 
>> 
>> Are you sure about that, Laura?  I thought the director said he tried to get that....then sent the finished movie
>> To him and heard nothing.....which he took as an OK sign?
>> 
>> Whatever, it is a great movie....
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jun 21, 2013, at 2:34 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Bob Dylan greenlit (greenlighted?) I'm Not There, which portrayed him as a genius-asshole. That's the gold standard for biopics, as far as I'm concerned. Could definitely see some sort of post-modern biopic incorporating Pynchon's persona (rather than his person), his characters and documentary footage of their lives and times.
>>> 
>>> Laura
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Monte Davis 
>>> Sent: Jun 21, 2013 2:08 PM 
>>> To: 'Henry M' , 'Pynchon Liste' 
>>> Subject: RE: Pynchon Biopic 
>>> 
>>> The only greenlight I can associate with him is the glow of a radar screen on the Susanna Squaducci or John E. Badass.
>>>  
>>> -Spyros
>>>  
>>> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Henry M
>>> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 1:47 PM
>>> To: Pynchon Liste
>>> Subject: Pynchon Biopic
>>>  
>>> We know that OBA would never greenlight a biopic, but would he have to?
>>>  
>>> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/21/pynchon_the_movie_eight_writers_who_should_have_biopics/ 
>>> 
>>> Yours truly,
>>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>>> Henry Musikar, CISSP
>>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
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