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Inherent Vice is a 2014 American period neo-noir mystery comedy film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon. The ensemble cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Eric Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, Martin Short and Joanna Newsom.
Inherent Vice: Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Joanna Newsom, Katherine Waterston, Joaquin Phoenix, Jordan Christian Hearn. In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Inherent Vice is a novel by the American author Thomas Pynchon, originally published on August 4, 2009. [1] A darkly comic detective novel set in 1970s California, the plot follows sleuth Larry "Doc" Sportello whose ex-girlfriend asks him to investigate a scheme involving a prominent land developer.
Dec 12, 2014 · “Inherent Vice” is a film about a stoner which itself seems stoned. This is just one small part of what makes it distinctive. Adapted from Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel, the movie has been compared by many to the Coen brothers’ “ The Big Lebowski,” a drug-fueled LA comedy with a similarly labyrinthian mystery (or “mystery”) and some shared themes.
In a California beach community, private detective Larry "Doc" Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) tends to work his cases through a smoky haze of marijuana.
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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...
a natural characteristic that causes some goods to be spoiled or become damaged, which insurance companies will not accept as a risk: The insurers denied any liability on the grounds that the damage was due to an inherent vice in the computer systems.
Feb 25, 2020 · This is the Wiki for Thomas Pynchon 's Inherent Vice. Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can also take a look at Inherent Vice covers, read the reviews, or entertain some theories on the source of the title.
Doc meets with Tariq Khalil (Michael Kenneth Williams), a member of a Black Panther-esque group called the Black Guerilla Family, who hires Doc to help him find one of Mickey's bodyguards, Glen Charlock, a white supremacist who he met in jail who owes him money.
Dec 11, 2014 · “Inherent Vice,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel, is a labyrinthine noir set in sunny Los Angeles, circa 1970.
