At last, our first real look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice.
Link to the Apple trailer
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/inherentvice/
Inherent Vice trailer!
At last, our first real look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice.
Link to the Apple trailer
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/inherentvice/
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this could be one of the films of the decade and all we wanna know is who the cute guy with the blonde hair is.
twas ever thus
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You never know, this could be one of the films of the decade and all we wanna know is who the cute guy with the blonde hair is.
Obligatory post about how the indie generation has been criminally overlooked at the Oscars.
Bryce, I didn’t mean in relation to PTA’s other films, I meant in relation to the other “comedies” on the awards slate this year–like Birdman and Maps to the Stars, for instance.
Rufus, I’m not uninterested but big movies like this can fail as much as they succeed. I keep my opinion neutral on projects like these until I hear some early words. It looks a bit visually interesting and certainly looks grand but that’s all I feel at this point.
I can get caught up in the Oscar game, but when something that looks this good comes along, all those thoughts exit my mind.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s name on a movie guarantees I’ll be seeing it, but this looks even better than I could have anticipated.
PTA is one of the greatest directors working today and this film was my #1 anticipated film of the year from March when I made a list. 😛
I have commented and tweeted everywhere but yeah, this looks AMAZING. My favorite films of 2012 and 2013 starred Joaquin Phoenix, lets see if this trumps Boyhood for me. Very high expectations and looking forward to its NYFF premiere.
Oh and if this isn’t an Oscar movie than all the more great. Why mention Oscars everywhere? Unless its an awards post. Just enjoy the greatness of the trailer, how beautifully edited.
That was for Ryan^
Fantastic
– “Yeah, I also cant place who the blonde guy is either? Anyone?”
– “Should be Wolfmann’s wife’s fling, no? Rick or something. Look it up.”
Next to impossible to look it up using normal methods. The character’s name is “Riggs Warbling” and there’s no correlation on IMDb.
however… mystery solved.
you’re welcome, you hounds.
Yeah, I also cant place who the blonde guy is either? Anyone?
Should be Wolfmann’s wife’s fling, no? Rick or something. Look it up.
Yeah, I also cant place who the blonde guy is either? Anyone?
ROBIN WRITE
That’s the why their gonna be frustrated. Their gonna be like “Look at all these all oddball picks. Okay I’m cool with The Imitation Game. Up our alley and t’s a pretty solid flick. Everyone okay with that? Damn it though. Inherent Vice. That’s too funny to us. Gone Girl is way too cynical. You know we finally let Fincher into the club with Benjamin Button, and then he makes yet another dark flick. He is supposed to conforming. Okay, we will acknowledge Foxcatcher cause it’s a true story. Everyone put that on your ballots. Interstellar? Come on! When is this guy gonna make a British period piece? What kind of British guy is he? We’re all agreement that we like Birdman because it’s about actors, but we’re all in agreement that it’s offbeat humor isn’t for us not to mention it’s overly arty aesthetic, right? Okay. Jesus couldn’t anyone in Hollywood make an accessible Academy Award kind of film? Wait, isn’t Tony Gilroy’s brother writing something. What…..Nightcrawler? The movie about psychopathic kid who could maybe share a conversation with Travis Bickle. Nah come on Hollywood! Wait isn’t there a flick about some kid who plays drums. What? It’s harrowing drama? What is this?! the year of the dark and the offbeat comedy?! That does it! We’re cancelling the oscars until Hollywood decides to lighten up with the dark movies, but not too much to the point where they cast Galifianakis as an agent, Martin Short, Tyler Perry as a lawyer, and have takes of Joaquin getting hit in the head, trying to throw a punch, but instead falling.”
I am sort of in love with this trailer. I could watch Joaquin Phoenix get hit over the head and fall over and over again…
“It isn’t an Oscar movie” is often the greatest compliment anyone involved in the film industry could be given.
Who is the hot actor with platinum blonde hair that is shirtless in a clip of the trailer?
This looks…… Amazing.
I haven’t laughed this much to a trailer for quite some time.
I’m not going to dismiss this right now from the race based on that trailer. I think we knew what type of movie it would be and we knew what type of director Paul Thomas Anderson is. So nails being put in coffins already is a bit finite. I think the Academy need to kick back and let down their guard though – there is too much non-Oscar worthy work coming our way now for them to ignore. Surely, they will buckle at the knees. Look at what you have in front of you voters:
Inherent Vice
Birdman
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl
Whiplash
Big Eyes
Interstellar
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A Most Violent Year
Rosewater
Choose wisely…
finally feels like we have a dramedy that leans more comedy than drama
I think most if not all of the other Anderson’s films qualify as this, among many other things — but sure.
The most exciting thing about this trailer is that it finally feels like we have a dramedy that leans more comedy than drama, and I think it’ll be refreshing considering how much darkness there is in this season’s line-up of contenders.
As for the whole “This isn’t an Oscar movie” buzz, might I remind everyone that “The Departed” and “No Country for Old Men” weren’t exacly your typical Oscar material either. I don’t know if PTA is liked by the industry or not, but the fact is that it it weren’t for the Coens, this dude would have had at least two Academy Awards. “The Master” didn’t click with the audiences in the USA, but it still managed to be nominated in three acting categories. All in all, it was a “heavy” movie. This one seems light(er) and fun, but still very much PTA like (Elswit’s magical cinematography), so who knows. And even of the movie strikes out oscar-wise, who the fuck cares? PTA certainly doesn’t and thank God for that.
Looks wild and fun. It’s a definite “Yay” from me (but on the other hand, “Nay” was never an option 🙂 ). Very much liking the Lebowski vibe. Can’t wait.
The trailer served its function, so I’m interested.
“Yeah. I am starting to get a little tired of this “it’s an Oscar movie or it isn’t” I mean. Is the movie great or not? That’s the real question we should be asking and not only for that movie in particular.”
Agreed. A good number of movies that go on to win Oscars (especially Best Picture) either don’t age well or are forgotten within a year.
Chris Price said all that needs to be said right now: “Fuck everyone and everything! Pynchon is on screen!” Just add that PTA has done it.
I doubt many Oscar voters have ever read Pynchon, so of course it probably won’t be an Oscar movie – unless somebody laces the milk of magnesia when the ballots are released.
Boogie Nights – yes, it’s a great dark comedy. By the time you’ve seen it for the 9th or 10th time, most of the scenes will crack you up. The conversations between characters are hysterical and the drug deal in the third act? One of the funniest scenes ever filmed.
Yeah. I am starting to get a little tired of this “it’s an Oscar movie or it isn’t” I mean. Is the movie great or not? That’s the real question we should be asking and not only for that movie in particular. To me, that little winners club that only allows previous Oscar winners to keep on getting all the accolades is very tiring. If the movie gets great reviews, it shouldn’t be overlooked just in the same way as Boyhood or Birdman are not supposedly going to be overlooked even though they are indie films and do not fit the “Oscar movie” type. I think that movieS should solely be based on merit and not so much by which powerful lobbyist is behind them. I am sick of the Harvey Weinsteins of the world…
Forget the Oscars. I’m looking forward to this movie more than any other this year.
Sometimes just a collection of shots can tell you whether the director “gets” the source material, and not that I ever really doubted it, but *this* particular collection of shots makes it look better than I’d hoped.
Punch Drunk Love was the funniest movie I saw that year. Boogie Nights had funny parts for sure but wasn’t considered a comedy.
“Fuck everyone and everything! Pynchon is on screen!”
*LIKE*
Fuck everyone and everything! Pynchon is on screen!
This looks truly incredible! And apparently this is his most comedic film since Boogie Nights as the New York Times suggests – http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/movies/paul-thomas-anderson-films-inherent-vice.html?_r=3 (Great interview by the way, fans should read it) I really don’t care about its Oscars chances, it’s the film that matters and it really looks “wild”
So where was this “negative buzz” coming from? That wasn’t buzz. That was noise.
I did not hear negative buzz. I heard “it isn’t an Oscar movie” buzz.
I would like to throw Joaquin Phoenix’s mutton chops in the race for Best Supporting Facial Hair, though maybe that’s category fraud.
@Ryan: I didn’t even know there was any negative buzz, I’ve been hearing that it’s actually pretty damn great and unusual
Predictions for the Golden Globes – Best Comedy or Musical
*Birdman*
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
St. Vincent
What a flop
Well! Of all the “quality” films I want to see, Gone Girl and Inherent Vice have spiced my interest the most due to the amount of sheer talent involved. Interstellar is intriguing but will see. Birdman is interesting solely because of the innovating directing. (BTW he’s also directing The Revenant for next year with Leo and Tom Hardy). Foxcatcher also looks interesting. That’s a pretty sweet list already. Will probably be getting Gone Girl, Inherent Vice and Interstellar in my blu-Ray collection! 🙂
“I only hope that early negative buzz was wrong”
Consider this: What could the early buzz have possibly been based on? Literally nobody had seen until very recently Inherent Vice, and even then the tiny people lucky enough to see were people directly connected with the studio.
So where was this “negative buzz” coming from? That wasn’t buzz. That was noise.
Well, nobody will complain the movie will be boring, unlike some (unfortunately) did regarding Anderson’s previous two pictures.
I guess I’m the only one underwhelmed by it…and Big Lebowski is one of my favorite films. Also, Punch Drunk Love is my favorite PTA film…hope for liking the actual movie.
On the trailer, it looks fantastic. I only hope that early negative buzz was wrong; which has def. happened in the past. So looking forward to this!!
Looks intriguing, and capable of being good enough for top nominations, but in the vein of that recent article, “is it an Oscar movie?” I was hoping for this to be Joaquin’s Godfather, because Best Actor currently looks like a throwaway. Then again, Redmayne might truly be brilliant, everyone loves Cumberbatch, and Keaton was at least brilliant in Beetlejuice and ripped off then. I can still see Joaquin getting in there, but Timothy Spall isn’t the kind of film or performance they ignore. I hate to be a downer, but so far, this year looks weak.
AILIDH, I almost spit out my coffee. Lol. Awesome comment.
This looks like it will fit in perfectly among the nominees, much like Wolf of Wall Street did last year. Can’t wait to see it!
Uhhhhh. Wow. Giddy = me. There are some serious heavy hitting directors with big releases this year. This is gonna be a fun race. Sadly I’m not sure where a movie like Big Eyes is gonna make any headway unless it’s his best movie to date. Lots of competition.
Joaquin Phoenix looks good but I dont think he will have a chance, not even for a nomination. So far it seems like there are 4 locks, or almost locks for Best Actor lineup.(Carrell, Cumberbatch., Keaton and Redmayne)…things may change but those four look strong..and many people around here think this year Oscars are too white! So, we need a black actor for the fifth spot! Chris Rock???
HELL YEAH!!!! FINALLY!!!! 🙂 🙂
I think he looks like Joe Cocker at Woodstock 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRzKUVjHkGk
Haven´t read the book so wasn´t sure what to expect but deffinitly not expecting this. Mixed feelings, I don´t see it like a contender anymore. Looks good but not great a la The Master, There Will be Blood, Magnolia level. Still, PTA is my favorite contemporary director so, it`s still high on my most see list.
That looked ridiculous and awesome. I can’t wait!!!
Actually, he looks like Helena Bonham Carter in Planet of the Apes…
This looks like unbelievable amounts of fun. Hopefully it delivers on everything American Hustle didn’t (for me) last year.
AILIDH,
He’s auditioning for the Wolverine. Leave Joaquin alone.
Is it just me or is Joaquin Phoenix so incredibly ugly in this that he’s difficult to look at??
Just you, fathead.
Looks fantastic and like it’ll be screamingly funny. But definitely doesn’t look like anything that will be in the running for an Oscar. Is it just me or is Joaquin Phoenix so incredibly ugly in this that he’s difficult to look at?? Yikes.
Reading the book now, but only a 100 pages in. Took a break yesterday. Guess it’s time to jump right back to it.
So, my original question of “What ever happened to Inherent Vice?”
THAT’s what HAPPENED! Damn!!!! This looks sweet! It immediately reminded me of Pulp Fiction and Boogie Nights. I guess it’s safe to say it should be going up the list of top movies of the year! 😉
“Yippeekayay, mother fucker” LOL! 🙂
What Winston said, but it wasn’t an almost. Still the most exciting filmmaker working today. Hope this doesn’t pull an American Hustle. Oscar chances? Personally I just want it to be great, but this kind of screams best adapted screenplay and maybe an acting nod. Kind of like “We like ya, but this isn’t for us. It’s too lightweight. Wait…didn’t we nominated American Hustle.? Yea, but that was a smug vanity project for everyone involved which we loved. This looks like it’s trying to be a legitimately good movie. Not cool.” In my top 5 most anticipated with Foxcatcher, Birdman, Interstellar, and Gone Girl.
No problem. Caught us all off guard.
I meant to say anamorphic* but that works
thanks Bryce. Took me a moment to gather my wits. Momentarily disoriented by the blazing brilliance.
A few observations right off the bat. I was expecting PTA to go back to wide screen for this one. No matter. Looks like a serious candidate for the top spot of the years’ assessment on lensing. And then I was surprised at how prominently Katherine Waterson’s character featured in the trailer since that character isn’t *that* much in the book, but I love it and she seems to be killing it. Could she be the real contender when all along I though Witherspoon was it?
Punish me.
Lookin’ hot! Lookin’ damn hot!
LOL Now I’m going to be saying “Motto panukeiku” for like a week.
Oh, wow. That looks amazing.
Oh wow, I almost orgasmed!! Yayyyyy!
Choke me.
(Here’s the YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZfs22E7JmI)