Thomas Pynchon
a journey into the mind of [p.]
Written and directed by Fosco Dubini and Donatello Dubini
Music by The Residents
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Format: avi (DivX) | Size: 632MB
Language: English
Runtime: 92mins
Year: 2001
Source: Cinephilia/yborcity
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“Things are not as they seem.” In US writer Thomas Pynchon’s case, this is a mantra, cornerstone to a life and labyrinthine oeuvre freighted with ceaseless speculation. In books like V. and Gravity’s Rainbow, the covert arenas of the contemporary order (the military-industrial complex, governmental conspiracy, the sinister reaches of science) mesh with counter-cultural values, permeating paranoia, arcane knowledge-systems and profoundly ironic humour in an encyclopaedic investigation of modernity. Central to this is a (doomed) quest for some singular explanation of things, a motif taken up by the Dubini duo in their intriguing derive that takes in his biography, times and obsessive supporters.
On the surface it’s a tall order: Pynchon is one of the great cultural recluses, unphotographed for 40 years, his absence from the flashgun glare now an inseperable part of his “project.” So the film offers an atmospheric collage, chaptered around varying recollections and his synchronicity with resonant aspects of post-war US society. Apposite newsreel and found-footage of missile experiments and Agency psychedelics tests mix with talking heads, spoken extracts and Pynchon’s articulate fans. Stand-ins, doubles, lookalike contestants populate a shifting reality, scored to a trippy, fragmented soundscape care of The Residents, that builds towards a compelling final act, searching for the grail of a new image of the writer. Reflecting the hall of mirrors in which the novels, history, the novelist and his “researchers” move, this documentary, while uneven and occasionally over-extended, provides required viewing for devotees, and should reward those keen to explore the mysterious dynamics of the age via one of their definitive suveillants. [Review from Time Out London by Gareth Evans]
THANK YOU! I’ve been scouring the earth trying to find this!
Comment by Mike B — put July 27, 2006 @ 3:16 am
Hank Curran Oyster Bay High ‘63 showed me pynchon’s novel ‘v’ in mr.cutty’s english class- didn’t appreciate it until decades later and of course thepynchon family in east norwich where I lived were a memory as I lived at 49 floyd place with brother(rip) george and family- hurrah for Oyter Bay High !! and Tom’s novels are a wonderful challenge, more so now than before. east maine is a memory. best regards to Oyster Bay High and its ‘good’ people. god bless.
Comment by James Mc Grane — put October 20, 2006 @ 2:01 pm
can someone plz seed the torrent
Comment by cybernaut — put October 30, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
Dreaming of a torrent seed… Is anyone out there?
Comment by Thistle Strum — put April 24, 2008 @ 11:33 am
Could someone please seed? I need *one final percent* to finish, then I will seed.
Thanks in advance for the Pynchon promotion
Comment by Caring Contributor — put July 16, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
Looks like that torrent is dead. However, there’s a number of people seeding the same film on ExtraTorrent. Just do a google search for ‘ Thomas Pynchon A Journey Into the Mind of P site:extratorrent.com’ and you should find it easily. I just downloaded all 632MB in just under 2 hours.
Comment by JD — put September 24, 2008 @ 4:07 am
it seems that this one is dead too
Comment by cybernaut — put September 24, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1618812/7801320/
another link
Comment by cybernaut — put September 24, 2008 @ 9:13 pm
RE: Comment #7 - Cybernaut
Are you sure? I had absolutely no problem with the extranet torrent. How long did you leave bittorrent running for?
Comment by JD — put September 25, 2008 @ 3:18 am
You can watch it over on alterati you nutbags.
Comment by Hurst Bajeeve — put September 25, 2008 @ 5:02 am
i got it through demonoid, works excellent, but still to watch it..
whats alterati
Comment by cybernaut — put September 29, 2008 @ 2:11 am