Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Jena Malone, and Joanna Newsom Talk Inherent VicePosted by Justine Browning
December 11, 2014
Coming out this week is “Inherent Vice,” which is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel.
Written by Anderson, the cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Owen Wilson, Jena Malone, Katherine Waterston, Sasha Pieterse, Maya Rudolph, Yvette Yates, Martin Short, Sam Jaeger, Elaine Tan, Jillian Bell, Martin Donovan, and Serena Scott Thomas.
When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin… well, easy for her to say. It’s the tail end of the psychedelic ’60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that “love” is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” that’s being way too overused—except this one usually leads to trouble. With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD Detectives, a tenor sax player working undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists… Part surf noir, part psychedelic romp – all Thomas Pynchon.
While promoting the film in Los Angeles recently, Blackfilm.com’s correspondent Justine Browning spoke with Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterson, and Jena Malone with Joanna Newson about the roles in the film.
