Google Alert - Pynchon

[Danny Weltman]

"Weren't you originally thinking about adapting *Vineland* or *Mason &
Dixon* before tackling *Inherent Vice*?
Well, no. I think I just said that in an interview. I never tried, really.
They're very difficult books. I mean, the story he tells of Mason and
Dixon, of that line being cut through the Earth, has never been told in a
movie. That would be a great one to do, though – maybe Lifetime or A&E
could make it. Shit, I'd watch it! But *Vineland*? It's just too
intimidating. My brain's not big enough."

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/paul-thomas-anderson-reveals-secrets-of-stoner-odyssey-inherent-vice-20150115

I suppose that since his answer is "no, that's not true, it's just
something I said in an interview," but he is giving that answer in an
interview, we are left at a bit of an impasse when it comes what to
believe. If a liar says that he's lying, do you trust him? But I think it's
reasonable to conclude that he never really made a serious go at Mason &
Dixon. That would be hard.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 5:41 AM, Grebmops <grebmops at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Paul Thomas Anderson had previously attempted to adapt the novels
>> Vineland and Mason & Dixon, both by Thomas Pynchon, but eventually decided
>> that each book was simply impossible to adequately adapt into a feature
>> film.
>
>
> Mason & Dixon? Really? [citation needed]
>
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