Shooting Wraps on Inherent Vice

Photo by Wilson Webb - © 2013

Welp, kiddies. Principal photography on Paul Thomas Anderson's seventh motion picture, Inherent Vice, has officially come to a close, and it's a bittersweet thing; on the one hand, we have no more exciting casting announcements to relay to you. On the upside, now we can all start daydreaming about what the thing will actually look like cut together. Whichever way you choose to look at it, a new PT Anderson picture has officially been captured for your viewing pleasure, and it is now one big step closer to theatrical exhibition. That's pretty cool.

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WATCH: 'Turn Blue' -- 55 Minute Documentary on Ernie Anderson

Above is an interesting short-subject documentary about Paul Thomas Anderson's father Ernie, and the creation of his infamous television persona Ghoulardi, which, of course, PTA named his production company after. PTA is mentioned very briefly towards the end, and there're a couple good bits with Boogie Nights-era Ernie, which bookend the thing. The doc is coincidentally directed by a guy named Phil Hoffman, but rest assured it is a very different Phil Hoffman than the one we here at C&RV have come to know so well.  If you're having trouble figuring out what to do with your Friday, this piece is well worth the time. Thanks to the various followers who passed it along.

In other news, rumor has been circulating that Inherent Vice has officially entered post-production. However, our little birdie tells us that the production will be doing final reshoots this Saturday (tomorrow), at which point it will wrap out. So hang in there, folks. We're getting miiiighty close.

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Singer/Songwriter Joanna Newsom Reportedly In For 'Vice', Too

Well how 'bout that.

Just one day after a lengthy news update on Inherent Vice, wherein a couple of you pointed out in the comments section that someone who looked suspiciously like singer/songwriter/harpist Joanna Newsom was seen in some recent set photos, The Playlist is reporting that singer/songwriter/harpist Joanna Newsom will in fact be in the motion picture, citing that very photographic evidence as apparently good enough to confirm an acting role.

Though it's not known who she will play, this will mark Newsom's feature-film debut, after having done a cameo on Portlandia last year. Whether she was brought to PTA's attention through her work with Maya Rudolph's former Saturday Night Live colleague Fred Armisen on that show, or through Newsom's fiancé Andy Samberg -- another old SNL colleague of Maya Rudolph's -- or through some other as-yet-undisclosed channel, this is yet another inspired casting stroke in a long line of truly inspired casting strokes for the film.

Here's JN performing "Sawdust & Diamonds" off her 2006 album "Ys" at The First Unitarian Church Sanctuary in Philadelphia, PA.

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IV Roundup: Sam Jaeger Quietly Signs On; Surf Band Lands Cameo; More

couple things to get caught up on, so here we go:

1) Star of television series Parenthood, Sam Jaeger, has joined the cast of Inherent Vice as Special Agent Jason Flatweed, confirmed through his own personal twitter account. Funnily enough, this will mark Jaeger's second project with Joaquin Phoenix in as many years, as he also has a part in Spike Jonze's upcoming "Her."

2) Surf band The Blank Tapes just announced through their record label that they will have a cameo performance in the film, and based on the video below and the design of the band's website, we'd guess they'll be right at home.



3) A few have inquired, and we can now confirm through a source on the ground: Inherent Vice WILL, like The Master, have an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Many of you already know what this means, but for those not interested in technical gobbledygook, the size of the frame that the shots are being composed for will be less wide than the first five PTA films, which all preserve 2.35:1. Here's a diagram to help illustrate.

4) Max Ophüls' 1953 film The Earrings of Madame De... is now out on bluray through Criterion. PTA lent a wonderful introduction to the film a couple years back for it. A small sample:



5) If you live in Maryland, The Master will be hitting AFI Silver in 70mm on August 24 and 25. You can find more out about that here.

Whew, I think that's everything. As far as we know, Inherent Vice has not yet wrapped principal photography, but it should be getting close. In the meantime, consult our page on the film to find just about everything we know of it in one place.

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FBF: PTA at São Paulo International Short Film Festival in 1994

Again courtesy of a very alert follower, we have a brief video of PTA discussing audience reactions, presumably to Cigarettes & Coffee, at the 1994 São Paulo International Short Film Festival. Less talky, more watchy!

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Keith Jardine Joins 'Vice'

Hey there --

Some late Wednesday/early Thursday (depending on your timezone) news from the production of Inherent Vice, thanks to an attentive follower (@mattjhenson): MMA star-turned-film and television actor Keith Jardine will be playing the role of Puck Beaverton for PTA & co. in the movie.

As shooting enters the homestretch, many names, faces, reports are being tossed around with regards to what the final cast of the movie will look like. This is largely due to an IMDb page that seemingly grows bigger and bigger every hour of every day. We generally hesitate to use this page as our sole source, as it is surprisingly easy to manipulate and/or distort information of a production there, but Mr. Jardine was kind enough to personally corroborate his involvement in the project from his own twitter account.

The film is scheduled to wrap its LA unit within the next couple days. Regardless of whether it will move on to other locations (we don't mean to imply it will -- remember The Master was able to make Northern California look like England), or need to extend to its LA schedule a bit, it seems we will know sooner rather than later where the final casting has landed.

In the meantime, just think: each passing day is bringing us that much closer to a brand new motion picture from Paul Thomas Anderson.

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Video from Set of Inherent Vice Unearthed (UPDATE)

TERRIBLE music aside, An updated version of the cool little video from the Inherent Vice set has just popped up on youtube, allowing us our first glimpse of Doc Sportello in motion. The music has been swiped, and it's over two full minutes longer than the version that dropped a few days ago. These changes mean that you can faintly hear Paul calling "cut" at the beginning of the clip, see him directing a bit more clearly around the 1:20 mark, and actually watch a take happen (from afar - no spoilers) towards the end of the thing, not to mention all the other fun stuff we saw in the earlier version, like Joaquin interacting with Jordan Christian Hearn, who will be playing Denis in the film, and, most amusingly, his cigarette-henchman at 0:55. Have a peek!

Our There Will Be Blood screening contest is now closed, and the winners have been emailed. Thank you to everyone who entered and maybe we can set up more things like this in the future.

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Live in NYC? Enter for a chance to see There Will Be Blood This Saturday

Who doesn't love last-minute raffles to see a free film by Paul Thomas Anderson?!

If you live in New York City and have an open weekend in front of you, we are giving away two pairs of tickets to a special screening of There Will Be Blood at the Museum of the Moving Image for this coming Saturday, July 27, at 5:30pm. Since the screening of the film is technically free with the price of admission to the museum, you will be granted free access to the museum for all sorts of other cool exhibits there as well. If you live in New York and don't happen to win tickets from us, this is still a majorly cool way to spend your Saturday. It should be noted that the film will also be screening on Sunday, the 28th, at 1pm.

To enter, fill out THIS form.
You will receive an email sometime tomorrow informing you if you have won.

You can find further details about the presentation here, and while you're at it, you should check out this nice little write-up on the film written by Adam Nayman, which MoMI recently commissioned.

Big thanks to David Schwartz from the Museum of the Moving Image for helping us scrape this together at the last minute. Good luck!

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PTA-Directed Music Video For Fiona Apple's "Hot Knife" Surfaces

And just like that, not even an entire month after we themed a flashback friday after his work in this area, Paul Thomas Anderson has dropped a new music video. It's for "Hot Knife," the last track off Fiona Apple's latest (and quite excellent) effort The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver of the Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do.

We remember hearing whispers about this back in June of last year, but figured maybe it was kaputt, at least while PTA was finishing up The Master. But here it is, and it is pretty stunning. Watch, watch, watch!

We know, we know, things have been very quiet with Inherent Vice as of late, but you'll just have to hang in there and keep checking in because you never know when the next big thing is going to drop...

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