New PTA Film

[Erik T. Burns]

I have a strange relationship with VL, when it came out I was starting my
senior year of college and writing a thesis about conspiracy fiction in
which TCoL49 was a central pillar. There hadn't been a TRP novel since GR
and my hopes were very high. I bought it and read it just as soon as I
could and ... hated it. I mean: fiery hate. Because it [seemingly] had
nothing at all to do with the things I had been working on academically!
[Yes, this is about the most ridiculous criterion anyone could ever have
about anything, I fully recognize that now, 35 years later]. I have read VL
since then but still bounce off it, like I bounced off IV and BE later... I
guess I need to read it again, especially given how things have turned out
for America.

On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM J Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Vineland was my first Pynchon read( hilarious, dark, and wildly
> entertaining), and I lived for 8 years in Arcata, which is the central
> location of the book. I have gone to logger’s and Fisherman’s union halls
> which also featured plays and music. Unique culture, great university and
> wonderful place to live. I would definitely be up for a Vineland re-read.
>
> > On Mar 28, 2025, at 8:16 PM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > this review (of Vineland) makes it seem awfully prescient, 20 years later
> > (and 35 after the book came out). Maybe time to read it again...
> >
> > Pynchon’s Vineland: The War on Drugs and the Coming Police-State
> > <https://www.thesatirist.com/books/Vineland.html>
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> That armed revolution is hard to make funny is why it might be the
> gravity
> >> that deepens.
> >>
> >> Catch—22-like.   Others.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> at least not in the trailer!
> >>> (and is Benicio del Toro supposed to be Takeshi?)
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> and no fucking Kojira!
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> yeh this doesn't look like it follows the VL plot very closely. and I
> >>> will
> >>>>> be extra disappointed if there's no transfenestration
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM J Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> It could be a funny or cringy nonsense( hard to make armed
> revolution
> >>>>> look
> >>>>>> funny at this time) but any connection to Vineland looks improbable
> >>> to
> >>>>> very
> >>>>>> distant. Kinda bummed, was definitely looking forward to sn
> >>> iadaptation
> >>>>> of
> >>>>>> Vineland.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Mar 28, 2025, at 11:49 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I love it, luv it, but I would....."loosely based" is right on.....
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> C'mon, that Vive La Revolution is funny as a funny bone hit...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> howdy
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> new trailer for PTA's new film loosely based on Vineland I have to
> >>>>> say
> >>>>>> is
> >>>>>>>> pretty underwhelming. all the charm and goofiness in the book
> >>> seems
> >>>>>> gone,
> >>>>>>>> but it is a trailer.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> and is that really the title?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feOQFKv2Lw4&ab_channel=WarnerBros.UK%26Ireland
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>> --
> >>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >>>
> >>
> > --
> > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
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