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9068915 No.9068915 [Reply] [Original]

Why the fuck isn't this a movie yet. Wes Anderson could smash this out if the park.

>> No.9068924

>>9068915
*of

reeee

>> No.9068944

>>9068915
Gaddis got into vague movie deal talks at one point but they never went anywhere and he became suspicious of showbiz types. No one in Hollywood actually reads so it's probably too late now.

>> No.9068950

Meme book.

>> No.9068956

>>9068944
oh shit you can't turn a dead authors book into a movie? you can't ask the kids or something. plz god noooooo. I just want to share this with my pleb friends.

>> No.9069074

>>9068956
No, you can. I'm just saying there's almost certainly not enough mainstream interest for a producer to fund it or a big name director to push it through.

>> No.9069083

>>9069074
Oh gotcha. I feel like the part of J R could make some little kid a star. he would go far.

>> No.9069160

>>9068915
condensing 700+ pages into a 2 hour movie

'no'

>> No.9069408

>>9068915
could be done in a 1-shot like film. similar to birdman

>> No.9069427

>>9069074
What about the Pynchon movie? Maybe Paul Thomas Anderson would be on board.

>> No.9069575

>>9068915
>Wes Anderson could smash this out if the park.

yes, shitty gimmicky novel for a shitty gimmicky film director

>> No.9069578
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9069578

>>9069408
This anon gets it.

>> No.9069598

>>9069575
>gimmicky film director
As so you're a pleb

>> No.9070066

>>9069598
lol

>> No.9070096

>>9069575
>JR is gimmicky

found the pleb