proximoception | (no subject)

Haven't finished it yet, but the Inherent Vice movie seems actually great.

Don't entirely trust myself though. I'm just now able to enjoy anything at all after being stomped by illness. Still have bronchitis and laryngitis and can't do much, but got enough appetite back that I had some frozen potstickers and they were amazing. There should be a restaurant where they only sell that, I feel. So maybe I feel wrong about Inherent Vice. Been quite a while since I've seen a movie could be what it is.

Don't I usually hate this director? Didn't make much headway with the book, either.

Feels a bit like Pynchon's decided that the influence of Crying on Chinatown means he owns Chinatown. Maybe ditto with Big Lebowski. Definitely a feeling of something ... prior ... stirred up. His basic myth is a strong one (I'm the guy who liked Vineland), and somehow this presentation is making him entirely naturalistic, or proving he had been all along. Kind of an amazing feat. PT Anderson must only ever adapt. And these actors are so fun!

Threaded | Flat

It's so much better than the book, which I asked in my first reaction why does this book exist when Big Leboeski exists. I buy your answer here.

I told you my student worked on that movie, right? Hung out with Jackson.

one critic - discussing book, movie, or both - suggested Inherent Vice, with its bewildering plot, was Noir satire / but really? if so, then The Big Sleep is as well ..

B) the book's funniest scene doesn't turn up on film and it's just as well (i.e., the Stoners staring at this huge package of heroin, thinking it's some new kinda teevee set ..).

C) things the film brings: SOUNDTRACK a-and

somehow this presentation is making him entirely naturalistic, or proving he had been all along

indeed !