Last Friday marked the UK release of Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon's heady encapsulation of the 1970s, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is a glazed overview of California’s free love era, complete with tangled afros, soil-stained feet and the odd velvet suit. Against the rich, textured landscapes of LA’s beaches, pavements and communes, private detective Larry "Doc" Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) nav...
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