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This film is edited by Leslie Jones and produced by JoAnne Sellar.
Film Information
Paul Thomas Anderson’s wild and entrancing Thomas Pynchon adaptation is a cinematic time machine, placing the viewer deep within the world of the paranoid, hazy L.A. dope culture of the early ’70s. It’s not just the look, it’s the feel, the rhythm of hanging out, of talking yourself into a state of shivering ecstasy or fear or something in between.
In a California beach community, private detective Larry "Doc" Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) tends to work his cases through a smoky haze of marijuana. One day, Shasta, a former lover, arrives out of the blue to plead for Doc's help; it seems that Shasta's current beau, rich real-estate tycoon Mickey Wolfmann, has a wife who may be plotting to commit him to a mental hospital. When Mickey and Shasta both disappear, Doc navigates a psychedelic world of surfers, stoners, and cops to solve the case.
Reviews
"The less you try to figure out Anderson’s rambling, mesmerizing mystery, the better. Just relax and let this beautiful, haunting, hilarious, chaotic, irritating and possibly profound tragicomedy wash over you. There is nothing else out there like it." –Empire Magazine
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