Unreleased Radiohead Song From Vice Soundtrack Debuts; PTA Says Another Pynchon Film Is Feasible

Today, Nonesuch released a cut off of the Inherent Vice Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, due out December 15, available for pre-order here.

The song, as previously reported, is a reworking of a previously unreleased Radiohead song called "Spooks" by the fellas in the English band Supergrass, with dashes of Joanna Newsom's narration from the film (and the book) tossed in to make a tasty mix.

We seem to be having an issue embedding the track, but you can find it here.

In other news, PTA did an interview with Metro, wherein he was pressed about the supposed Pynchon cameo in Inherent Vice. As usual, PTA played it pretty cool but it did lead to him offering up his own artistic rendering of what the famously reclusive author looks like. This excerpt brought to you by xixax:

I know it's impossible to really know, but is Pynchon in the movie? There was rumor of a cameo.

Can you put a dollar amount on how many tickets might be sold to Pynchon freaks who have to see? Chances are they could come back 50 times, buying a ticket each time, and that, you know, that's a lot of money that we can't just throw out the window, so we have to keep … (laughs) He's absolutely in there somewhere! You just have to keep coming back to find it! I wish you all luck.

Well, could you draw me a picture of him? 

There you go. (laughs)

In the same interview, PTA discusses attempting adaptations of Pynchon novels before Inherent Vice:

It was two things at once. It was, "I don't know how to do this and I can't do this, but no one else is going to be allowed to do this but me." I love and have loved his work for a long time. I flirted with trying to do "Vineland," I certainly thought for a second "Mason and Dixon" could be done — and maybe someday still will. But this presented itself as doable, as a great lead character weaving through many other great characters. And I loved how many girls there were in it, too. There's so many great parts for girls, and getting your hero to interact with all of them — and most of them are half-clothed. That just seemed so appealing. I was like, "OK, there's enough," but all the while convincing myself that I shouldn't do it, that I shouldn't make another L.A. movie, that I don't need to do this again, but as you're typing, it's kind of like a drug addict who's just like, "I really can't have another drink" while reaching for his glass. It was too hard to resist.

So there you have it. After the release of Inherent Vice, PTA and Pynchon may not be parting ways forever. Time shall tell.

There's plenty of other great stuff in that interview, including one particularly sweet anecdote about the decision to include a song by Maya Rudolph's mother Minnie Riperton on the soundtrack. Read the rest of it here.

- In other news, the wonderful Grantland article we posted yesterday about the Los Angeles locations used by PTA thus far is actually only but a single installment in an entire week of PTA appreciation leading up to the release of Inherent Vice. Today's piece is an [exquisite] oral history of Boogie Nights and it can (and should) be read here.

- Finally, this dropped on YouTube a few days ago and a few of you have been kind enough to pass it along. That's right: the FULL PTA/Robert Carl Cohen Q&A that followed the screening of Cohen's documentary Mondo Hollywood at the AFI Fest last month. Watch, watch, watch:

In addition to any Vice-related news that might pop up between now and then, we will have a pretty cool Flashback Friday for you (we have not yet made the full conversion to #tbt) so keep your eyes peeled for that this weekend.

(One last thing: I (Bryan) am STILL composing a piece about my experience at the Ace Hotel screening of Inherent Vice last week and I will be dead if it's not posted sometime this weekend. You'll forgive the delay, the whole ordeal was the best kind of whirlwind and it gave me a lot to think about.)

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Inherent Vice To Screen At Castro Theatre This Thursday; Joaquin Does Letterman; More

We've got a pretty healthy-sized news roundup for you all to sink your teeth into, as Inherent Vice prepares to open in New York and LA this weekend.

- Top of the heap, Inherent Vice will be having a special advanced screening this Thursday at the world-famous Castro Theatre in San Francisco at 8pm, with all proceeds going to the John Burton Foundation, a wonderful organization which helps homeless children. You can find more out about that organization here.

Tickets are still on sale and can be purchased here.

- Next up, Joaquin Phoenix went on David Letterman last night, and Good Morning America to promote Vice. You can watch those both right below. On Letterman, Joaquin reveals he is engaged to a yoga instructor, and on Good Morning America, he reveals that was all fun and games.

-Moving right along, there is an absolutely delicious piece in The California Sunday Magazine that delves into the production design of Inherent Vice with interviews and even early conceptual sketches provided by long-time PTA collaborators Ruth De Jong and David Crank. Read that here, if you're so inclined.

To that end, there's an outstanding article in Grantland which breaks down Paul Thomas Anderson's use of Los Angeles locations throughout his whole career, including pictures of the locations as they are today. Remarkable stuff.
- Finally, here's an interview PTA did with Indiewire. He touches on his relationship with both Joaquin and Thomas Pynchon. Some highlights:

Tell me about working with Joaquin Phoenix. It's such a particular performance. In the book, we get a real clear sense of his thoughts, but in the movie, much of that has been relegated to his expressions. How much of that did you coach out of him?

I'm not shoving off credit, I love to get credit, and I know he'll say something opposite. But you have to listen to me: It's him. It's really all him. Sure, he read the book and he would do things, and I would say, "That's good.” But it's him presenting it. It's all him. Don't listen to anything he says. He'll just shove stuff off, like, "Oh, I just did what Paul told me,” but that's his horseshit way of not accepting a compliment. All those little things he does, there's nothing I ask for, I swear to you. 

Here's one thing you have to take credit for: Making a completely bizarre movie with studio money. Warner Bros. is releasing your version of "Inherent Vice” on thousands of screens. How do you get away with that?

Look, I love seeing that Warner Bros. logo at the beginning of this movie. It's so perfect. You're used to seeing that logo in front of all those old detective movies and stuff. I love that this has got that. It's just a good-looking logo. They've been wonderful to work with and we stayed within a budget that I think they were really happy with: This movie cost 20 million bucks. I think their pockets are really deep, so they seem OK with that. It's a great relationship.

What sort of relationship have you had with Pynchon over the years? There are so many books out there that could have been made into movies but haven't. 

I don't know if it's a case of nobody asking, or what, but my relationship to him and his work has been intimate. I love him and I love his work. It's constantly nearby. There's a stack of books I haven't read yet, and yet I find myself constantly re-reading "Vineland.” It's borderline pathological. But I think that I had a kind of possessive feeling that if anybody was going to do this — if anyone was going to fuck it up, I would prefer that I would be the one to fuck it up. When you find writers you like, you get possessive. You get that kind of one-on-one relationship sometimes, this imaginary relationship you have with some writers you really enjoy. You feel that you're connected somehow to these words. It's this intimate exchange of sitting down to read somebody's book. If you do it enough, you feel connected to that writer, to that voice.

- Finally, 3 new TV spots for Vice have turned up on YouTube, strung all together in one video. One of the spots is almost exactly the same as PTA's "Spotted Dick" trailer for the Prince Charles screening last month.

Oh, and then there's this little cutie...

We're sure there will be much more to share in the next couple days/weeks/months. Stay tuned, dudes!

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Don't Live In NY or LA? Check Out An Advanced Screening of "Vice" On December 13

Warner Bros. has just announced a big batch of advanced screenings for Inherent Vice on December 13th for those of us who don't live in New York or Los Angeles for its limited debut on the 12th.

If you live in the following cities, there will be a screening of Vice in December 13th that you can attend for free:

Austin, TX

Boston, MA

Chicago, IL

Columbus, OH

Dallas, TX

Denver, CO

Kansas City, MO

Miami, FL

Oakland, CA

Philadelphia, PA

Phoenix, AZ

Seattle, WA

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Claim your passes HERE. Seats are first come first served, so arrive early to help guarantee you actually get into the movie. Good luck!

UPDATE: In support of this promotion, Warner Bros has a released a new trailer for the film, where paranoia runs rampant.

(We have a round-up of some news-related odds&ends coming later tonight, so stay tuned for that.)

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WATCH: Six New Clips From Inherent Vice; New Cast Interviews (Updated)

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'Vice' Makes National Board of Review's Top 10; PTA Wins Best Adapted Screenplay

Looks like the awards race for 2014 is officially underway, with The National Board of Review recognizing its favorite films of the year today. And guess who made the cut.

The Top 10 Motion Pictures of 2014 as voted by The National Board of Review, in alphabetical order, are....

American Sniper, directed by Clint Eastwood

Birdman, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu 

Boyhood, directed by Richard Linklater

Fury, directed by David Ayer

Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher

The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum

Inherent Vice, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

The Lego Movie, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

Nightcrawler, directed by Dan Gilroy

Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie 

To make the good news even sweeter, PTA also scored an award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work bringing Thomas Pynchon's book to the screen. PTA is no stranger to NBR recognition in the past, with both Boogie Nights and Magnolia getting some love in their respective years.

In other news, Josh Brolin sat down for a 40 minute interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air in support of Inherent Vice. The interview opens with an audio clip of one of Brolin's scenes in the movie, as well as other tiny details of the film sprinkled throughout, so, as always, listen at your own discretion.

What's more, full scans of the promotional booklet distributed at Vice's NYFF and AFi Fest premiere have found their way online, so we'll post them for you here.

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A Whole Slew of New Stills From Inherent Vice Arrive

A whole bunch of new official stills from Inherent Vice have surfaced this morning as well as some awesome behind-the-scenes stills showing PTA at work on the set. Many of the other stills are from scenes that aren't in the trailers, so we'll include those after the jump if you want to go in fresh. (pics via The Playlist.)

More pics from the film below the fold:

70mm Screenings For Inherent Vice Pop Up On The Arclight Webpage

We had been hearing whispers here and there that this might happen, but something happened this morning that makes it one step closer to reality. That's right. Inherent Vice in 70mm.

The website for The Arclight in Hollywood has listings for Vice to be shown in 70mm starting on the first day of the film's limited release, next Friday, in Hollywood. We don't know how long this 70mm engagement will run, or which other 70mm-capable theatres it will expand to, and we have no other confirmation other than that one webpage. We will have a new post with new information if/when it is made available. 

Things could be getting really interesting.

UPDATE: The official Arclight Twitter account has verified that these 70mm screenings are very real and they will be shown after 12/12 as well. (Thanks, Gabriel)

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(Side-note for tech-nerds like us: Because Vice was shot on 35mm, this engagement would involve a 70mm 'blow-up', rather than what PTA did with The Master, which shot mostly on 65mm so that the projection was true 70mm. Curious to see the textural differences between the two.)

WATCH: Martin Short Promotes Inherent Vice on The Tonight Show

Martin Short stopped by and paid a visit to Jimmy Fallon at The Tonight Show last night in support of his latest project, a little movie called Inherent Vice. Above is an excerpt of that interview, wherein Short discusses being typecast as a coke-addled dentist and then presents a small scene from the movie.

As some of you may have heard, half of C&RV was able to attend the screening of Inherent Vice held at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles last night. It was a remarkable experience, with a full write-up on the way. Suffice it to say, you guys are in for something pretty damn cool with this flick. Click that clip above to get just a small taste of it.

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WB Rolls Out Another New Banner For Ad Inherent Vice

Just slightly over a week after the powers that be at Warner Bros rolled out their first, extremely bitching banner advertisement for Inherent Vice, a new one has dropped. 

It looks like they're pushing for a Thanksgiving-themed (albeit pizza-slinging) Last Supper type deal, capturing the spirit of this shot from earlier trailers:

If new banners keep poppin' up every couple weeks looking as rad as these two have, we could be very okay with it.

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WATCH: 30 Minute Interviews With Brolin and Waterston on "Vice"

So far, Inherent Vice stars Josh Brolin and Katherine Waterston have sat down with David Poland for his (excellent) series DP30, where actors, filmmakers and artists get candid for 30 whole minutes, uncut, about their latest projects. The interviews embedded above are very illuminating. Spoilers are very minor in both cases. Nevertheless: watch at your own discretion. (Thanks @chambalvarado!)

Brolin, who has been among the most primary spokesmen for the film (even last year), also did a brief Google hangout with Gold Derby editor Tom O'Neil. It is generally spoiler-friendly as well:

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Ace Hotel In LA To Host Early "Vice" Screening (Updated)

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Well this is fun.

The Ace Hotel is downtown LA will be hosting an early screening of Inherent Vice on December 1. Wha's more, Ace staff has informed us that the hotel has an exclusive on extremely limited-edition vinyl pressings of Jonny Greenwood's score, which will be available in-room to hotel guests in the days leading up to the movie's nation-wide release in January. The records will also be made available in both Ace's New York and London locations, which will be hosting a Vice-themed gallery featuring original work from local artists, inspired by the movie. The records will be available in the London location at a later date.

We've amended our earlier post about the recently-revealed OST details to include the pretty slick album art of the soundtrack. Check it.

UPDATE: You can RSVP to the screening here.

NOTE: This post has been updated to reflect clarifications made by members of Ace Hotel's staff. Due credit, still, to the LA Times for bringing this development to the light of day.

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New Inherent Vice Trailer For UK Screening

Al Rose Promotions, a popular place for The Family to upload trailers and announcements, has come to life again today as a short trailer cut by PTA has surfaced showing dates for a UK screening of Inherent Vice. You have the floor, sir:

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Details For "Vice" Soundtrack Arrive; Social Media Rolls Out New Banner

This morning, social media outlets for Inherent Vice released the bad-ass banner advertisement seen above. The image seems to borrow the aesthetic presented in the new movie tie-in cover for the novel, with the various cast of characters mingling in the subject's wild hair. We have no word on whether or not the image will actually be a legitimate poster for the film, with prints for sale, or if it will be used only as an internet fixture. Either way, we can dig it.

In other news, The Playlist has obtained details regarding the release of the official Inherent Vice soundtrack, including a full tracklist. As suspected, the album will be much song-ier than PTA's two other collaborations with Jonny Greenwood, with the composer's original pieces for the film peppered in amongst the '60s music:

1. Shasta - Jonny Greenwood

2. Vitamin C - CAN

3. Meeting Crocker Fenway - Jonny Greenwood

4. Here Comes the Ho-Dads - The Marketts

5. Spooks - [unreleased Radiohead song]

6. Shasta Fay - Jonny Greenwood

7. Les Fleur - Minnie Riperton

8. The Chryskylodon Institute - Jonny Greenwood

9. Sukiyaki - KYU Sakamoto

10. Adrian Prussia - Jonny Greenwood

11. Journey Through the Past - Neil Young

12. Simba - Les Baxter

13. Under the Paving-Stones, the Beach! - Jonny Greenwood

14. The Golden Fang - Jonny Greenwood

15. Amethyst - Jonny Greenwood

16. Shasta Fay Hepworth - Jonny Greenwood

17. Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson

The soundtrack album will be released on December 15th of this year, coming just in time for Christmas. We will be sure to keep y'all updated when the official soundtrack album artwork finally drops.

UPDATE: Here is the suitably handsome artwork for the soundtrack album.

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WATCH: PTA Talks Mondo Hollywood & Inherent Vice with Robert Carl Cohen

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An excerpt of PTA's talk with Robert Carl Cohen at AFI Fest this last weekend has found its way online, and we have embedded it for your viewing pleasure. Thanks to Hector Andrade for hosting the vid, whose title does not lie; consider topics as colorful as the two notable films from the directors, and good old American ganja covered.

Enjoy.

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AFI Adds PTA Talk; PTA Talks 'Vice' In LA Times; More

(PHOTO: Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times)

Some news and some catch-up:

The powers that be over at AFI Fest, which will host the west coast premiere of Inherent Vice on Saturday, have revealed that PTA will be hosting a screening of the 1967 documentary Mondo Hollywood, and a Q&A with the film's director Robert Carl Cohen afterwords:

This underground cult classic documentary captures Hollywood at its most psychedelic, from 1965 to 1967. But this isn't a la-la-land we're used to seeing. Instead, it goes beneath the usual glitz and glamor and heads for the fringe, following everyone from would-be actors and models to politicians and even skydivers. The film's opening scene, which documents the original hippie-vegan Gypsy Boots exercising "Watusi-style" with stripper Jennie Lee under the HOLLYWOOD sign, perfectly nails the film's focus of, as Variety wrote in its 1967 review, "the Hollywood the public doesn't know." But plenty of Hollywood we do know also get their closeups: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Alfred Hitchcock, Sonny and Cher, Brigitte Bardot and even Bobby Beausoleil of the Manson Family make appearances. Paul Thomas Anderson has listed this film as a chief inspiration and influence on his latest film, INHERENT VICE, an AFI FEST Gala presentation. After the screening, Anderson will be in conversation with MONDO HOLLYWOOD director Robert Carl Cohen.

Tickets for the event, which will be held this Saturday, November 8th, at 1:30pm,  can be purchased here.

What's more, PTA was interviewed about Vice in the LA Times last week. Some highlights...

"He's on the case. And I don't know if he knows what the case is, but he's on it," explained Anderson. "So he's a puppy dog and a pit bull together. I like that a lot. I think he's desperate to find out what went wrong, not just with his own love life but with his country."

"Trying to make the movie feel how the book made me feel, or how Pynchon in general made me feel, there are many times where I feel lost, but never in a bad way," Anderson said. "If I'm participating with the book on its terms and it's not giving me what I want it to give me, then maybe that's on me. Maybe I just need to giggle and give in a little bit.

"It's like getting high and being nervous about it," he instructed. "Just enjoy the high. Just sit back and relax. Don't freak out."

...Almost as if the story had begun to exert a power of its own, he found himself propping up the novel with a cookbook holder and typing it out line by line into the form of a screenplay.

"The next thing you know, you're in love with the characters and it's got its hooks in you, and there's no turning back," he said. "Doc was a great character, and I have to believe that's probably the main thrust of it, parallel with just wanting to collaborate with a Pynchon book.

"Whatever book it was actually didn't so much matter. It was using his take on the world and working with that as a collaborator that was the most valuable."

There are some either nice comments from PTA in the article, which we recommend reading in its entirety here. Some small moments from the film are revealed in the piece, so if you want to go in super-duper fresh, read at your own discretion.

One other last thing is that the BAMcinématek in Brooklyn, NY will be hosting a (slightly) advanced screening on Inherent Vice on December 8th as part of their Sunshine Noir series. The film isn't listed yet, but you can take a peek at the good cinematic company it will keep here. (Such Vice influences as Jackie Brown, Repo Man, and The Long Goodbye will screen, as well as other gems like To Live and Die in LA, In a Lonely Place and Straight Time)

Whew. Think that's everything for now. We're already a mere five weeks from Inherent Vice becoming available to paying audiences in New York & LA. Now's the fun part.

UPDATE: 
Here's some dessert for you. No explanation. If you have a free hour, just press play. (Thanks to @Zeekfizz for bringing it to our attention.)

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