Inherent Vice
Anderson's seventh feature film is a groovy, richly funny stoner romp.
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel. When private eye Doc Sportello's ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a looney bin...well, easy for her to say. It's the tail end of the psychedelic `60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," that's being way too overused - except this one usually leads to trouble. With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD Detectives, a tenor sax player working undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists... Part surf noir, part psychedelic romp - all Thomas Pynchon.
Genre
Comedy,
Crime,
Drama
Runtime
149
Language
English
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix,
Josh Brolin,
Owen Wilson,
Katherine Waterston,
Reese Witherspoon,
Benicio Del Toro,
Martin Short,
Jena Malone,
Joanna Newsom
Awards:
Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Costume Design, Academy Awards
FEATURED REVIEW
Andrew O’Hehir, Salon
Novelist Thomas Pynchon and filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson are on such similar quests, pursuing threads of meaning into the American past in search of an answer to David Byrne’s famous question (“How did I get here?”) that their eventual convergence, with Anderson’s new film adaptation of Pynchon’s ...
Played at
Claremont 5 1.08.15 - 1.22.15
NoHo 7 1.08.15 - 1.22.15
Lumiere Music Hall 2.06.15 - 2.12.15
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