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With Inherent Vice, the anticipation becomes doe-eyed. For a certain sector of the public — the part that still thrills to his bag-headed “cameo” on The Simpsons — Pynchon’s rumored presence is enough to put a normal movie over the crest of excitement. Combining his gargantuan presence with that of Anderson’s is concussive — stopping short of artist worship, it provides at least the chance of seeing something completely new. - grantland.com