“It’s been awhile since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say. It’s the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that “love” is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” except that this one usually leads to trouble. Despite which he soon finds himself drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives and passions whose cast of characters includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, a tenor sax player working undercover, an ex-con with a swastika tattoo and a fondness for Ethel Merman, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists.”

Stando a quanto diffuso dalla Penguin Press nel suo catalogo 2009 (Pdf), il nuovo romanzo di Thomas Pynchon, un hard-boiled psichedelico di 416 pagine, uscirà il prossimo 4 agosto. Il link riporta un breve estratto dal libro.

Link: Inherent Vice.

“In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers and hardened criminals known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.”

Le prime immagini del nuovo Tarantino.

Link: Inglourious Basterds – Teaser Trailer.

“Bohemian Rapsody” ricreata attraverso spezzoni tratti da decine di cover.

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Un Photoshop Contest su Gizmodo.

Link: Improbable Google Street Views.

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