How do you make a movie out of a Thomas Pynchon novel? We have no fucking clue, but it helps if you start with one of his more accessible books and you happen to be Paul Thomas Anderson. Based off the 2010 novel from Pynchon of the same name, Inherent Vice features Joaquin Phoenix as the drugged-up detective Doc Sportello as he digs into the whereabouts of a missing former girlfriend. It doesn’t hit theaters until January, but we’d recommend buying tickets as soon as you can.
Inherent Vice – Official Trailer
