Nirvana Nor Nostalgia - INHERENT VICE (2014)

It's groovy being insane - surely the modus operandi of Paul Thomas Anderson's hippie noir vision in 2014's INHERENT VICE, an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's eponymous novel. A renaissance detective's odyssey through Los Angeles high life and cults reveals fissures in his own recollection of an ephemeral ex-girlfriend, aided in no small part by the filmmakers' intertextual connectivity, needle drops, and highly calculated camera work. Join your hosts as they knock down the proverbial door on this delightfully grainy and psychedelic jigsaw puzzle, in an investigation on perhaps the most thorny text of one of the best storytellers working today!

Adam Nayman's Book: "Paul Thomas Anderson's Masterworks". Link proceeds to TIFF's online shop, but available wherever books are sold! Support local bookstores whenever possible :)