THREE THOUGHTS:
1) The best piece of advice for reading this script:
The less you try to figure out Anderson's rambling, mesmerising mystery, the better.I found this helpful, as I agree that:
Pynchon works to the principle that the less a reader is able to grasp, the better.--------------------------------------------------------------
2) BEST THING ABOUT THIS SCRIPT: Its "stoned and surreal" tone.
The story sometimes did and did not make sense, all at once.
ex. "DOC: You're emotionally involved? With a boat?
SAUNCHO: Not just a boat, Doc. Something much more...."
WORST THING ABOUT THIS SCRIPT: Its "stoned and surreal" tone."
It was often hard to follow, i.e., tangents, multiple characters, plots, etc.
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3) This tone walks such a fine line between ludicrous and operatic.
Why does it work?
I think it's because the anchor story is grounded and simple.
Every scene goes back to GUY LOOKS FOR GIRL.
ex. Even when the situations are outlandish, far fetched, or psychedelic:
- When Doc is disguised as a reporter...
- When he takes the odd dentist back to his Bel Air mansion...
- When he enters a hippie enclave...
- When he confronts squirrely FBI agents...
Doc is always trying to track down Shasta, the ex-girlfriend he loves.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED: You can go as far or high or broad as you want, as long as there's a solid anchor for the story.
Inherent Vice (2014)
by Paul Thomas Anderson
Based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon
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