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Friday, October 17th, 2025

Live Poll: Face-Off: 'One Battle After Another' vs. 'Inherent Vice'

<p>Link:&nbsp;</p> <p>Live Poll:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/poll/mxVDvId5EUC9YC3PcROmTQ/?ref_=po_hm_poll_1">https://www.imdb.com/poll/mxVDvId5EUC9YC3PcROmTQ/?ref_=po_hm_poll_1</a></p> <p></p> <p>TBD<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000759/?ref_=po_rs_ov_desc">Paul Thomas Anderson</a><span> has made two films based on novels by American novelist </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1535410/?ref_=po_rs_ov_desc">Thomas Pynchon</a><span>. </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791528/?ref_=po_rs_ov_desc">Inherent Vice (2014)</a><span> is an adaptation of the 2009 novel by the same name, which is a darkly funny "stoner noir" mystery. </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/?ref_=po_rs_ov_desc">One Battle After Another (2025)</a><span> was inspired by Pynchon's 1990 novel, 'Vineland,' which may be Pynchon's most politically polarizing. Both novels and both films feature drug hazed protagonists, counterculture characters, and dark humor. </span><strong>Which of these cinematic adaptations of Pynchon novels do you prefer? If you haven't seen either, which interests you more?</strong></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000759/?ref_=po_rs_ov_desc">Paul Thomas Anderson</a><span> has made two films based on novels by American novelist </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1535410/?ref_=po_rs_ov_desc">Thomas Pynchon</a><span>. </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791528/?ref_=po_rs_ov_desc">Inherent Vice (2014)</a><span> is an adaptation of the 2009 novel by the same name, which is a darkly funny "stoner noir" mystery. </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/?ref_=po_rs_ov_desc">One Battle After Another (2025)</a><span> was inspired by Pynchon's 1990 novel, 'Vineland,' which may be Pynchon's most politically polarizing. Both novels and both films feature drug hazed protagonists, counterculture characters, and dark humor. </span><strong>Which of these cinematic adaptations of Pynchon novels do you prefer? If you haven't seen either, which interests you more?</strong></p>

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Haven't seen Inherent Vice. One Battle After Another gets my enthusiastic default vote.

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Same here!

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Thanks, so much, Pencho