![]() ![]() Among others.ĭoc, squinty-eyed and wasted pretty much from beginning to end, understandably seems in a haze as he goes from one comically bizarre, often dangerous encounter after another while pursuing his investigation. “I need your help, Doc,” Shasta Fay says in her vulnerable, seductive way, and even though Doc knows this probably spells trouble, how can he refuse her? Besides, he is a detective, after all.Īnd so it begins, a case involving a kidnapping plot that draws him into a surreal world involving a real-estate baron, skinhead bikers, a black gang, prostitutes, drug dealers and users, a snitch, a criminal syndicate of dentists, and a cop named Bigfoot who sports a serious crew cut. “Inherent Vice” certainly seems like something Altman might have made 40, 45 years ago.īased on a novel by Thomas Pynchon, the film opens with pothead private detective Larry “Doc” Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) getting a visit from his sexy ex, Shasta Fay Hepworth (Katherine Waterston, daughter of Sam) at his modest Southern California beach house. Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Inherent Vice” is set in 1970, and it seems like it could have been made in 1970.Īnderson’s movies (including “Boogie Nights” and his masterpiece, “Magnolia”) have been compared to the work of Robert Altman, with their large ensembles of actors, offbeat characters, loose plots, seemingly improvisational dialogue, twisted humor and rebellious sensibility. ![]()
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