Realistically ...

[Erik T. Burns]

where I live it only opens next week, but I am enthused!

On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I figured Pynchon “worked” with him as he always does.
>
> It is a lot Pynchon’s movie we have to pares and understand, imo.
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> On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> "Realistically, for me, Vineland was going to be hard to adapt. Instead, I
>> stole the parts that really resonated with me and started putting all
>> these
>> ideas together. With [Pynchon’s] blessing,” Anderson notes, confirming
>> he’s
>> one of the rare individuals on the planet who has crossed paths with
>> Pynchon, the reclusive postmodernist author whose new book Shadow Ticket
>> arrives just after One Battle hits theaters. from Paul Thomas Anderson on
>> Getting Thomas Pynchon’s Blessing to Radically Adapt Vineland: “I Stole
>> the
>> Parts That Really Resonated with Me”
>> <
>> https://thefilmstage.com/paul-thomas-anderson-on-getting-thomas-pynchons-blessing-to-radically-adapt-vineland-i-stole-the-parts-that-really-resonated-with-me/
>> >
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