Prepare to search for a Thomas Pynchon cameo in 'Inherent Vice'

[Qui Zael]

John, every once in a while I read your posts and Im captivated by your
photo.  What the fuck is that?  Is that John Glenn popping out from the
capsule after his supposed journey to the dark side of the moon? Or is that
you on a platter of green jellow at a bachelor party gone haywire?

On Saturday, September 27, 2014, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't imagine Pynchon selling himself as a DVD Easter Egg, which is
> what this rumour is suggesting. Great marketing point, though - hard
> to think of another rumour that would guarantee so many people going
> through this film frame by frame, again and again, blowing up images,
> running them through image sharpening programs, debating online,
> putting forward theories and refuting others at length, maybe someone
> collecting all of the arguments in a Room 237-type film one day...
> actually, all that does sound rather Pynchonian.
>
> But think of his cameo on the Simpsons. That was unexpected - his
> surprise public appearance mocking the whole Pynchon-as-recluse myth.
> To go from that to a shady background extra seems lame.
>
> If he was to appear in the film, my bet would be that it would be
> equally bold or funny. He's a faceless server at Tommy's Burgers with
> the nametag TOM. Or he blatantly moons the camera from the Golden
> Fang. Or he walks out in front of a red curtain at the start and
> clears his throat before asking that the audience turn off their
> mobiles.
>
> However, the interview that all of this speculation is based upon is
> soooo flimsy. Brolin is answering a different question - it's as if
> he's been told by the interviewer that Pynchon was on set, and did he
> notice at all? And Anderson as much as says no, didn't happen, but the
> writer has imposed this cute interpretation of Anderson's expression
> to hint that he really wants us to realise he's lying.
>
> That's not journalism. That's just reader bait.
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Perhaps he’ll appear with his back turned - would that count? Could we
> tell?
> >
> > Bek
> >
> > On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:15 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >> Like. Smiling out Loud. -----
> >>                                     Fanboy by default.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> On Sep 26, 2014, at 9:49 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I gotta admit that the prospect of a Pynchon cameo excites me like a
> fanboy.  I hate fanboys.
> >>>
> >>> David Morris
> >>>
> >>> On Friday, September 26, 2014, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>> MY belief is that this is UNBELIEVEABLE ( in both senses, but not at
> once, if you think about it) publicity for the movie.
> >>> I bet he will not be visible in any scene....even if his picture is
> taken by Anderson's cameramen, because he was an extra in some scene, he
> will end up on the cutting room floor.
> >>>
> >>> But I hope I am wrong. My working speculation is: he will not reveal
> himself as Thomas Pynchon in a photograph or picture. But, I may be wrong
> in another way if he does appear: he is NOT Thomas Pynchon as an extra in a
> movie.
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>
> >>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> NFW! http://www.imdb.com/news/ni57789010/
> >>>>
> >>>> Yours truly,
> >>>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> >>>> Henry Musikar, CISSP
> >>>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
> >
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