The Big Lebowski (1998, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen)įor most modern audiences brought up on movies released after the '80s, the Coen Bros.' wild yarn is going to be the most obvious point of comparison for Inherent Vice. And Top Secret's occasional musical numbers aren't far at all from Pynchon's characters' tendency to break out in song.Ĩ. On film, Anderson doesn't pitch the humor of Inherent Vice to the cartoonish extreme of the ZAZ team, but the awareness of the absurd is always lurking nearby.
(He uses ten pages of Gravity's Rainbow just to set up a pretty ridiculous pun, for example.) In that way, he and Paul Thomas Anderson are fairly similar, as Inherent Vice makes abundantly clear.Īnderson talked about having Top Secret in mind when writing the film, and the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker follow-up to Police Squad! and Airplane! - in which Val Kilmer plays an Elvis Presley type who becomes involved in cold war intrigue during a trip to Berlin - has comic setups that would be right at home in Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow. Yet Pynchon is also a guy with a nutty, even lowbrow sense of humor - he just writes his goofball jokes in a more intricate manner than most anyone else.
Top Secret! (1984, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker) Inherent Vice author Thomas Pynchon has an outsized reputation as a literary luminary and his novels have an equally imposing reputation for being challenging to get through. Both songs narrate the hope of overcoming faults and becoming the person you want to be.9. Then there is recently released “ Inherent Vice,” an ethereal alt-rock anthem and ‘Say You Believe’ (coming soon), a confident single, oozing with bold instrumentation and impassioned lyrics. Showcasing throbbing baselines, fiery vocals and determined melodies, the song radiates tenacity. The emotion driven EP features “Who Do You Think That You Are?”, a track which was deeply inspired by past poor decisions. Somehow you always find the best things to say way after the fact…” Moret confides, “I think I’ve found over the years that music is really the best way I’m able to cope and express myself in a way that feels honest and real. Upcoming EP Weapons Grade Amnesia covers themes such as self-destruction, self-awareness and yearning for a better future with hope in overcoming the odds. With Jace McPartland on bass, Dan Beltran on lead guitar and Bryan King on drums, the Los Angeles based band deliver cinematic alt-rock with a magnetically fierce sound that’s been electrifying audiences across the nation. Thus, via the depths of Craigslist musician ads, Midnight Divide was born. Midnight Divide frontman Austen Moret has been obsessed with songwriting since the days his two-year-old self was smashing the keys of a Casio keyboard or his grandmother’s piano.Īfter brief stints in indie/alternative bands, Moret finally decided the only path forward was to forge his own.
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