Probably the best video essay I’ve ever seen.

Pynchon is a true creative genius ! All we need to do is give him the credit for it all. Such a beautiful mind he is !....

Great to see the highly detailed and well edited videos. Really appreciate the work.

@offthewallnovels1292

10 ай бұрын

I appreciate you taking the time to watch!

I think I now understand V 200% more now. HBD TP

@offthewallnovels1292

Ай бұрын

That means the world to me! Glad you watched the video.

Great video! I love V. and Thomas Pynchon.

@offthewallnovels1292

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Looking forward to watching this. Truthfully, I think the film of PTA's filmography that least captures the Pynchonian tone is (ironically) his straightforward Pynchon adaptation, Inherent Vice. So much of that sensibility, absurdism, and perspective on history is present across all his films.

@offthewallnovels1292

9 ай бұрын

Funny you should say that, I have the same exact thought, I feel the Master is his most Pynchonian film.

Thank you for this. One of my favorite books and movies.

@offthewallnovels1292

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This is amazing. I never even considered the theme of animalism in The Master - and it’s probably my favourite PTA !

@offthewallnovels1292

9 ай бұрын

Once you see it, it's all over the movie. Especially in the scene where Freddy is on the motorcycle and Dodd calls after him like a pet. And I forget the scene, but there's one where Dodd has to call Freddy back because he is about to attack someone like a dog. Thanks for the kind words and for watching!

Great video! Profane's navy past instantly reminds me that film. The connection between PTA and Pynchon is right there and in other movies too. Thank You and greetings from Uruguay.

@offthewallnovels1292

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

insane awesome video!!! love pynchon! gravity’s rainbow rules. the master also rules, pta is awesome

awesome analog synth stuff tooo, best of luck with the book! writing one myself, hugely inspired by the maximalism of pynchon & ofc the mastery and wit of vonnegut

@offthewallnovels1292

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words and for checking out the video. Best of luck with the book!

interesting! thanks for the research. On reading Against the Day, ive s"seen" some glaring and subtle lifting from it for TenneT, Castle in the sky and Phillip Pullmans Dark Materials really lifts a lot from it. I Loved Inherent Vice! ..more of that please and less There will be Blood ^_^

@offthewallnovels1292

9 ай бұрын

I agree! I didn’t like Inherent Vice at all when I first saw it, but on several rewatches, it has become a favorite. I like TWBB but I find Magnolia overbearing.

well done

Woooo!

This makes V sound more fun and less work. I'm tempted to read it or just watch The Master. I wish Paul Thomas Anderson made a Gravity's Rainbow tv series, or that you did a video on Gravity's Rainbow. I'm reading it with Ben McEvoy but lost momentum at the moment.

Great video but don’t agree with the conclusion about Freddie at the end. It’s well stated and PTA has also agreed that it’s precisely because Freddie didn’t change at all ultimately that makes The Master a unique and untraditional story. One of PTA’s artist friends even wrote to him saying Freddie at last was where he belonged - Naked, unabashed and fucking like a animal.

@offthewallnovels1292

9 ай бұрын

I like this take. Far be it from me to disagree with PTA about his own film, but I take him repeating the words from processing to the woman as him getting a more sophisticated edge to his animalism, a little narrative to his urges. But it's certainly not proof of anything, he could have just been repeating the words without really appreciating their significance. That said, there isn't a clear colossal change that can be easily pinned down, so his change is just my interpretation. Thanks for watching!

The music’s a little too loud

@offthewallnovels1292

9 ай бұрын

I appreciate the feedback. Out of curiosity, what device did you watch this on? I'm still working on making the best audio mixes for all devices.

@ON-qy1ou

5 ай бұрын

@@offthewallnovels1292 Macbook

@jqyhlmnp

Ай бұрын

@@offthewallnovels1292it doesn’t matter who we headphones, what matters is our comprehension

@offthewallnovels1292

Ай бұрын

@@jqyhlmnp I don’t comprehend this comment. But knowing what device the audio performed poorly on helps me make a better mix in the future.

@Blablahahahah

22 күн бұрын

Maybe no mix..

Was that a Thrice reference??

@offthewallnovels1292

9 ай бұрын

Haha yup.

The only mistake PTA made was in making Inherent Vice by which he should’ve made a less convoluted The Crying of Lot 49 🎺 staring his wife Mia Rudolph The stories are both conspiratorial-noir but the later is driven by a female lead He probably could only get funding for IVice because of its all star cast

@offthewallnovels1292

10 ай бұрын

Inherent Vice the film really grew on me, but I didn’t like it when I first saw it. Joanna Newsom is one of my favorite artists, but I thought the narration hurt the film by saying outloud what should have been left for the audience to infer. That said, it seems he couldn’t resist having Pynchon’s prose in the film. I’d have loved to see a COL49 adaptation! It might be my favorite Pynchon novel.

Close the filter a little bit on your Eurorack/synth and PLEASE lower the volume while you're talking.

Scientology is the perfect Pynchon cult, for reasons that you have touched on in your essay: the vain attempt at overcoming our animal urges, making humanity 'clear'. While The Master is clearly inspired by the life of L Ron, I wonder if Freddie is based upon a real historical character, too? (Perhaps there's an element of Jack W Parsons, the occultist rocket engineer?) Both L Ron, Freddie and Benny Profane managed to survive WWII - perhaps *he's* a reassembled Tyrone Slothrop? It's all connected! 😜

@carltaylor6452

3 ай бұрын

BTW, I enjoyed the shirt switcheroo.

@offthewallnovels1292

3 ай бұрын

Ahhh! I love this theory! Go make a video! Bagahahaha thanks for watching.