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    If any director deserves his own thread, it's this contemporary master !


    Paul Thomas Anderson Wants to Adapt Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice
    12/2/10


    Vulture has learned that Paul Thomas Anderson wants to adapt Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel Inherent Vice — about Larry "Doc" Sportello, a pothead private eye wandering through the Summer (and winter) of Love in 1969 Los Angeles — into his sixth feature film. (Those unfamiliar with 2009's Vice can hear a Pynchon-narrated video explanation of the world and worldview of his protagonist; or, just download Vice's first chapter for free here.) It’s unclear how far Anderson has gotten with it, but several well-placed insiders say they've heard he's writing a treatment and may have already started on a script.

    One source familiar with the project said that Anderson’s agency, Creative Artists, has been pondering the idea of trying to attach Robert Downey Jr. as Doc Sportello, but another source cautions there’s no official Downey involvement yet and, in any event, Downey’s schedule is so full he wouldn’t available to shoot anything until November 2011 at the earliest. Still, at the rate Anderson works — his last film was 2007’s There Will Be Blood — that timing might just work out perfectly.

    In late September, Anderson was forced to shelve indefinitely plans to make a long-gestating film based loosely on the life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Originally set up at Universal, which balked at its $35 million budget, The Master (as it would've presumably been called) would have starred Philip Seymour Hoffman as the creator of a new faith and Jeremy Renner as his disaffected disciple. If Downey can't do Vice, we could just as easily imagine Hoffman as the amiably stoned private investigator. (Then again, we can easily imagine Hoffman as an an amiably stoned anything.)

    As for Anderson and Pynchon, if ever there has been a better psychic match between writer-director and author, we can't think of one. "Paranoids," Pynchon famously wrote in Gravity’s Rainbow, “are not paranoid because they're paranoid, but because they keep putting themselves, fucking idiots, deliberately into paranoid situations.” Maybe that explains why one of Hollywood’s most infamously paranoid filmmakers has been talking to America’s most famous reclusive literary genius so much of late.

    Indeed, one has to wonder how many neuroses the two Thomases have had to surmount in order to communicate at all: It’s become part of Hollywood lore that Anderson, at least while represented by UTA, would never set foot in his own talent agency, and when he did contact his agent by phone, he would immediately demand that he call him back on his own cell phone, without any nosy assistants listening in.

    And Pynchon, of course, hasn’t made a public appearance in decades, unless you count his (quite candidly, brilliant) cameos on The Simpsons.
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    To be honest, I'm a bit saddened that PTA's "The Master" has fallen by the wayside, that had the potential to be something truly unique. It's a shame that the studios clipped the wings off of that. I'm hoping against hope that we can see this long gestating project come to fruition somewhere down the line in the near future.

    But anyway, this project sounds promising. I haven't read the book but I checked out the premise and it sounds awesome. The subject matter, meshed with Anderson's unique artistic vision could turn this into a powerhouse piece of cinema. I'm eager for more details ...

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    According to IMDB The Master is in pre-production.
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    Outdated information, most likely.

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    I'm hoping he does this one while tweaking the script for The Master, so i can have the best of both worlds.

    Also, it was hellacious finding this place.
    Big town's got its losers, small town's got its vices...

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    I'm hoping he does this one while tweaking the script for The Master, so i can have the best of both worlds.

    Also, it was hellacious finding this place.
    Big town's got its losers, small town's got its vices...

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    Actually, scratch that, because he's already filming the master. As I type.
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    Nice. Glad to hear.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seymour_Glass View Post
    Actually, scratch that, because he's already filming the master. As I type.
    really good news!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seymour_Glass View Post
    Actually, scratch that, because he's already filming the master. As I type.
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    I am glad to be back.
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    What are you favorite PTA films?

    I'd say mine is Magnolia. Each of the intertwining stories moved me, and the ending just blew me away.
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    For me it's a close tie between Magnolia and There Will Be Blood. TWBB features one of my favorite performances ever , and Magnolia is incredible for all the reasons you mentioned. Both are great films.

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    I just got done rewatching Boogie Nights. God, there's too much to say.
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    I've been meaning to rewatch that. I also want to rewatch Magnolia, it's been so long since the last time I saw it.

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    I highly recommend it. There's a lot to admire and think about in both films, and Magnolia is even better the second time, IMO.
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    TWBB features one of my favorite performances ever , and Magnolia is incredible for all the reasons you mentioned

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    Quote Originally Posted by whyto View Post
    TWBB features one of my favorite performances ever , and Magnolia is incredible for all the reasons you mentioned
    I'm glad you dug this thread up, it reminded me that I have to still watch Inherent Vice.
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    I liked Inherent Vice. I still need to watch Sydney/Hard Eight and There Will Be Blood. Punch Drunk Love is one of my favourite films of all time.
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    Hard Eight is pretty good. A nice early film by Anderson. Keep an eye out for a young Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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    I love Inherent Vice. It's quirky and bizarre and charming in ways that only a PTA film can be.

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