TV Getting Even Better? A PYNCHON Favorite to Watch Out for this Spring!

[David Morris]

Thanks, John. GR on film? Unpossible!  But as a TV series?  Why fucking not?

David Morris

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 3:05 AM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hahahahaha
> Or,
> You're serious.
> I guess it can be both. Excluded middles and all that. If Heller and Dick
> can make it today, get PTA on board as executive producer, Netflix throws
> some of its limitless credit in, maybe Pynchon could get Tubal. GR is a
> longshot though.
> Related: which Pynchon novel has enough base-level digestibility for TV
> adaption?
> Saw ROMA in the cinema the other night and it's a masterpiece. That kind of
> treatment of AtD would be one of the finest works of cinema ever.
>
> On Sun, 23 Dec 2018, 7:23 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > See, now why on Earth couldn't Gravity's Rainbow get this kind of
> > small screen, big budget, "prestige" treatment? I personally think
> > that it's a lot more "translatable" to a visual medium than people
> > give it credit for. Some of those characters could be the stuff of TV
> > LEGEND!!!
> >
> > Jerky
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 8:42 AM Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > HULU is adapting CATCH-22 for a 4-Part mini series featuring such
> > > box-office big shots as old man George Clooney and Hugh Laurie  Looks
> > like
> > > a lot of insightful fun coming this Spring 2019 (if we survive that
> long,
> > > that is)
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/12/first-look-images-for-hulus-upcoming-catch-22-reve.html
> > >
> > > Allan in WV
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