One Battle...

[Erik T. Burns]

The major takeaway of the night. I asked director Paul Thomas Anderson if
famously reclusive author Thomas Pynchon had seen PTA’s best picture, “One
Battle After Another.”

“One Battle” is based on or shaped by Pynchon’s “Vineland.”

Anderson confirmed that even though he hadn’t seen Pynchon — one of the
great literary legends — in a long time, he’d seen the movie and approved
of it.

But how could he not like it? “One Battle” is on the way to winning the
Oscar for Best Picture, with stops to come at other awards shows. It won
the Critics Choice Award on Sunday night.
https://www.showbiz411.com/2026/01/07/exclusive-what-reclusive-author-thomas-pynchon-thinks-about-one-battle-after-another-adapted-from-his-novel-vineland