Strange Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's INHERENT VICE

Warner Bros. has released the first fantastically strange trailer for director Paul Thomas Anderson's new film Inherent Vice. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, and Benicio Del Toro. This movie looks like it's going to be a wild and crazy ride. I love what I saw in the trailer, and it has all of the quirky off-beat elements that I enjoy in Anderson's films. The feature is an adaption of the novel by Thomas Pynchon, and this is the synopsis:

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. 

The movie will be released on Christmas Day, and it definitely looks like a flick worth checking out. It's set to premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 4th. 

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