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Latest from Paul Thomas Anderson. Great director.
Bears a very very strong resemblance the the Big L.
Everyday guy gets caught up in a kidnap scheme and ends up playing a Brother Shamus.
Looks super great.
Inherent Vice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZfs22E7JmI

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Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel "Inherent Vice" is one of his most accessible. The story of a stoner private eye in Southern California at the end of the 1960s is part Jim Rockford, part Raymond Chandler and part Cheech & Chong. It's noir on the beach with hippie styling and doesn't take itself seriously.

Paul Thomas Anderson has adapted it for the screen -- it's the first of Pynchon's novels to be made into a film (he's only been writing for 50 years).

The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello, Josh Brolin as cop Bigfoot Bjornsen, Eric Roberts as real estate mogul Mickey Wolfmann, Maya Rudolph as Doc's assistant Petunia Leeway, Owen Wilson as saxophone player Coy Harlingen, Reese Witherspoon as sometime girlfriend Penny Kimball, and Benicio Del Toro as attorney Sauncho Smilax.

"Inherent Vice" is debuting at the New York Film Festival this weekend. It's coming to theaters Dec. 12.

That sounds like a strong cast

Holy shit man this looks like a great film! Thanks for posting I'll be watching this for sure!

This article is tantalizing. It just gets more and more Lebowski like.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/8/6939377/inherent-vice-review-criticism-conversation

QuoteIt's funny that you mention "the dude vs. The Man," because I'm thinking maybe Inherent Vice wanted it to be "The Dude vs. The Man."

You describe Inherent Vice as a screwball comedy, and a lot has already been made about Anderson citing Top Secret! and Airplane! as inspirations for the film. And at the end of your letter, you nod at The Big Lebowski, too. I don't know how much Inherent Vice really owes any of these films, though. Sure, the lead character is a stoner drifting through a film noir. And yeah, a number of scenes have slappy physical gags that would make the Zucker brothers proud. But Anderson has such a strong voice, that the film felt unique.

So what is this movie? As far as I can tell it wants to be a comedy on top of a noir, using a noir?s senselessness to let it bounce around from strange and cool moment to strange and funny moment to whatever it thinks up next. Mash up The Big Sleep and stoner comedy and you get The Big Lebowski, right?

Quote from: BikerDude on October 03, 2014, 08:46:01 AM
Latest from Paul Thomas Anderson. Great director.
Bears a very very strong resemblance the the Big L.
Everyday guy gets caught up in a kidnap scheme and ends up playing a Brother Shamus.
Looks super great.
Inherent Vice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZfs22E7JmI

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Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel "Inherent Vice" is one of his most accessible. The story of a stoner private eye in Southern California at the end of the 1960s is part Jim Rockford, part Raymond Chandler and part Cheech & Chong. It's noir on the beach with hippie styling and doesn't take itself seriously.

Paul Thomas Anderson has adapted it for the screen -- it's the first of Pynchon's novels to be made into a film (he's only been writing for 50 years).

The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello, Josh Brolin as cop Bigfoot Bjornsen, Eric Roberts as real estate mogul Mickey Wolfmann, Maya Rudolph as Doc's assistant Petunia Leeway, Owen Wilson as saxophone player Coy Harlingen, Reese Witherspoon as sometime girlfriend Penny Kimball, and Benicio Del Toro as attorney Sauncho Smilax.

"Inherent Vice" is debuting at the New York Film Festival this weekend. It's coming to theaters Dec. 12.

Sounds Dudely indeed.   Anyone here read the book?  I may have to check out the book while waiting for the movie...

Quote from: Patrico on October 13, 2014, 04:26:30 AM

Quote from: BikerDude on October 03, 2014, 08:46:01 AM
Latest from Paul Thomas Anderson. Great director.
Bears a very very strong resemblance the the Big L.
Everyday guy gets caught up in a kidnap scheme and ends up playing a Brother Shamus.
Looks super great.
Inherent Vice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZfs22E7JmI

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Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel "Inherent Vice" is one of his most accessible. The story of a stoner private eye in Southern California at the end of the 1960s is part Jim Rockford, part Raymond Chandler and part Cheech & Chong. It's noir on the beach with hippie styling and doesn't take itself seriously.

Paul Thomas Anderson has adapted it for the screen -- it's the first of Pynchon's novels to be made into a film (he's only been writing for 50 years).

The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello, Josh Brolin as cop Bigfoot Bjornsen, Eric Roberts as real estate mogul Mickey Wolfmann, Maya Rudolph as Doc's assistant Petunia Leeway, Owen Wilson as saxophone player Coy Harlingen, Reese Witherspoon as sometime girlfriend Penny Kimball, and Benicio Del Toro as attorney Sauncho Smilax.

"Inherent Vice" is debuting at the New York Film Festival this weekend. It's coming to theaters Dec. 12.

Sounds Dudely indeed.   Anyone here read the book?  I may have to check out the book while waiting for the movie...

Fun book. Not one of his best, but like Vineland, it's in his pothead caper genre. Definitely think the folks around here would enjoy it

Quote from: PriorRestraint on October 14, 2014, 02:19:14 PM

Quote from: Patrico on October 13, 2014, 04:26:30 AM

Quote from: BikerDude on October 03, 2014, 08:46:01 AM
Latest from Paul Thomas Anderson. Great director.
Bears a very very strong resemblance the the Big L.
Everyday guy gets caught up in a kidnap scheme and ends up playing a Brother Shamus.
Looks super great.
Inherent Vice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZfs22E7JmI

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Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel "Inherent Vice" is one of his most accessible. The story of a stoner private eye in Southern California at the end of the 1960s is part Jim Rockford, part Raymond Chandler and part Cheech & Chong. It's noir on the beach with hippie styling and doesn't take itself seriously.

Paul Thomas Anderson has adapted it for the screen -- it's the first of Pynchon's novels to be made into a film (he's only been writing for 50 years).

The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello, Josh Brolin as cop Bigfoot Bjornsen, Eric Roberts as real estate mogul Mickey Wolfmann, Maya Rudolph as Doc's assistant Petunia Leeway, Owen Wilson as saxophone player Coy Harlingen, Reese Witherspoon as sometime girlfriend Penny Kimball, and Benicio Del Toro as attorney Sauncho Smilax.

"Inherent Vice" is debuting at the New York Film Festival this weekend. It's coming to theaters Dec. 12.

Sounds Dudely indeed.   Anyone here read the book?  I may have to check out the book while waiting for the movie...

Fun book. Not one of his best, but like Vineland, it's in his pothead caper genre. Definitely think the folks around here would enjoy it

I started reading Vineland this past weekend.
So far it's a bit odd but entertaining none the less.

First reviews are in...

http://www.npr.org/2014/12/12/370349507/depicting-an-unstable-era-inherent-vice-never-jells-but-its-addictive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1d0QpmE5QA

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/12/11/inherent-vice-review/19156811/

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Well-acted, intermittently compelling, often incoherent but always offbeat, Inherent Vice is a twisting story about twisted California stoners.

Think of it as a film that's meant to be experienced, more than fully understood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1xhcJhxnk

That looks particularly interesting thanks BikerDude.

Definitely one to look out for.

Looks great! Looking forward to watching it!

LMAO!!!

"He's technically Jewish but wants to be a nazi."

Awesome line!! 

Just a friendly heads-up here, Dudes.  A good friend of mine whose opinions I trust saw Inherent Vice recently and said the trailers are very misleading, specifically with regards to making the movie look like a comedy; it isn't.  He also said the plot (such as it is) is difficult to follow ("even worse than The Big Sleep" in his words) and that he really didn't care for it.  He did say, however, that he'd like to see it again now that he knows it's not a comedy (i.e., without that preconceived notion) in order to judge it based on it's own merits.  So...properly warned ye be, sez I.

Interesting take - then the trailer then must indeed be misleading.  I'm actually looking forward to seeing the movie.

So I checked out this flick last night. One thought I had was that the main character had some personality attributes and traits similar to the dude.

That's just like my opinion, man.

Quote from: DigitalBuddha on January 10, 2015, 11:25:51 AM
So I checked out this flick last night. One thought I had was that the main character had some personality attributes and traits similar to the dude.

That's just like my opinion, man.

Haven't seen it yet myself. Reviews have been generally positive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvL2NqdQYys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS3oV3tsVbk

I still plan to check it out.
I'll wait till it makes it to one of the "Dinner and a Movie" places around here.
Typically they go there between wide release and Streaming.
So probably next month or so.

Quote from: Reverend Al on January 10, 2015, 01:41:25 AM
Just a friendly heads-up here, Dudes.  A good friend of mine whose opinions I trust saw Inherent Vice recently and said the trailers are very misleading, specifically with regards to making the movie look like a comedy; it isn't.  He also said the plot (such as it is) is difficult to follow ("even worse than The Big Sleep" in his words) and that he really didn't care for it.  He did say, however, that he'd like to see it again now that he knows it's not a comedy (i.e., without that preconceived notion) in order to judge it based on it's own merits.  So...properly warned ye be, sez I.

Dammit, Al. I was going to mention how promising all the promos looked. Fucking Hollywood, man, always pulling the bait-and-switch on us.