'Inherent Vice' From Page To Screen: The 6 Biggest Changes From The Book

[kelber at mindspring.com]

"In the penultimate scene in the film, Bigfoot comes bursting into Doc’s apartment, kicking down the door and screaming at him. The two frenemies face off in one of the film's most unforgettable moments as Bigfoot both misses Doc and misses berating him. Hilarious and strangely moving, the sequence climaxes with Bigfoot eating Doc’s entire stash of weed while Doc looks on confused, his eyes welling up with tears. With similar framing and Jonny Greenwood's melancholy score the scene plays almost like a fun-house mirror reprisal of the final showdown in “The Master” between Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.  Phoenix’s character once again tearing up at his friend’s inability to express his true emotions and admit that he's actually envious of the other's freedom."

Yes, this was one of the things I had a negative reaction to - the score nudging this out of Pynchon territory, into Anderson territory.

Laura


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