Contest
Win Tickets To The Advance Screening of INHERENT VICE in St. Louis
Inherent Vice: A hidden defect in a good or property which causes or contributes to its deterioration, damage, or wastage. These defects of an inherent nature make the item an unacceptable risk to a carrier or insurer. Examples of inherent vice include spontaneous combustion, rust, etc.
INHERENT VICE, an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s seventh and funniest novel, is the seventh film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson—and the very first film adaptation ever of Pynchon’s legendarily inventive, culturally kaleidoscopic work. A surf noir, the story dives headlong into the smoky haze and neon afterglow of the American counterculture via a psychedelic spin on the classic detective yarn.
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…it’s part California noir, part hallucinogenic romp, and an all-out cinematic homage to a Pynchonian world of far-out characters, dead-on insights and deep yearning.
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin and Owen Wilson; Katherine Waterston; Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Benicio Del Toro; Martin Short; Jena Malone; and musician Joanna Newsom, INHERENT VICE opens in St. Louis on January 9.
WAMG invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of INHERENT VICE on Monday, January 5th at 7PM in the St. Louis area. We will contact the winners by email.
Answer the following:
An equally vital factor in powering the time machine that is INHERENT VICE is the music, which features both an original score by Jonny Greenwood in his third collaboration with Anderson and a soundtrack that sweeps through lesser-heard sounds of the 1970s, from the cult experimental band Can to Minnie Riperton to Neil Young himself.
Name the other two films that Greenwood and Anderson worked on together.
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OFFICIAL RULES:
1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.
2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
The film” has been rated R for drug use throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violence.
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