Inherent Vice

Need I say anything? The first trailer for P.T. Anderson’s new film “Inherent Vice” has finally been released. It will be starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, and many more…

Reasons to be exited? Well first of all, it is a P.T. Anderson film (a director known for such works as…”Boogie Nights”, “There Will Be Blood”, “Magnolia”, and “The Master”). Second, it is adopted from a Thomas Pynchon novel of the same name. Third, Pynchon, an author considered to be a recluse of sorts (to which he replied cleverly by saying, “My belief is that ‘recluse’ is a code word generated by journalists… meaning, doesn’t like to talk to reporters…”), gave his blessing on the script.

Thomas Pynchon was an author most widely known for books such as “Gravity’s Rainbow” and “The Crying of Lot 49”. His most recent book being “Bleeding Edge”. This is the first time a Pynchon novel has been adapted and the trailer only furthers my belief that this will be a great movie.

Here is a little introduction to the novel for those who are too lazy to google…

“It’s been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. It’s the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that ‘love’ is another one of those words going around at the moment, like ‘trip’ or ‘groovy,’ except that this one usually leads to trouble.”

“Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon – private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era.”

(All found on the back cover of the book)