Inherent Vice ouija board scene

[@lynchstan9745]

It's funny...this scene is basically what the whole movie about.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

What exactly the movie is about?
If you understood, then explain it to me, please.

[@gblatt8472]

You can't go back, time marches on, the world changes no matter how much you wish you can go and live inside your memories.

[@ryansmith144]

Lynch Stan this is what I think, let me know if you agree/disagree.
Doc is stuck in the 60's era, and having trouble moving on. Everything is changing, including Shasta. She dresses like a "flatland" girl when she re-enters his life. Even this moment in the rain with her, is replaced with corporate America (a big ugly building). Nothing is pure and real anymore like it was in the 60s.Shasta and all of their memories have sold out to the next selfish generation of greed.

[@lynchstan9745]

I completely agree with you

[@egrojdlgdllo]

Lordie, this u?

[@SoCalDreamer91]

One of the most beautifully romantic scenes ever shot in my opinion

[@laurashasta]

David Torres YES!

[@PauloSandovalpaulotono]

For sure my brother.

[@ThaloniusPFunk]

David Torres I totally agree brother

[@AlejandroGonzalez-gh1to]

David Torres best part about it is tht there is no words just facial expressions on each other that's the reason I love tht scene so much

[@VisionaryCompanion]

I wonder what kind of "dope" there was none of and that they were wanting to get? Marijuana? Heroin? Speed? If it was marijuana, it does not seem right that they would be so desperate to get it, or that it would be that hard to get in California in 1970. If it was heroin, they would not have enjoyed their time together if they could not find any. Maybe amphetamines was what they were after, or they were just bored and wanted some good acid, and there was a shortage.

[@TheBoBabsin]

I watched this movie in the theaters during a strange and difficult period of my life (following a breakup of course). It spoke to me and the state I was in, and made me begin to realize how futile it was to cling to the past, and yet how important it was to remember the good along with the bad. Excellent film.

[@SpymarkStudio]

I often think about this scene, it’s the most heart-wrenching and heart-breaking scene in the movies for me, just something about summer rains and nostalgia

[@TheNodferatu]

Summer rain

[@ploovey]

“It had stuck with Doc somehow too, even though it came at a point late in their time together, when she was already halfway out the door and Doc saw it happening but was letting it happen, and despite it there they were, presently making out frantically, like kids at the drive-in, steaming up the windows and getting the seat covers wet. Forgetting for a few minutes how it was all going to develop anyway.” -Thomas Pynchon

[@tcaporale4]

This makes me want to read it again, such an incredible writer

[@tuanjim799]

Another PT Anderson scene that made me almost audibly gasp at its beauty and poetry the first time I saw it. I have no idea how he manages to get his camera to move so gracefully. He really is something special in these weird, uncertain times we're living in. Can't wait for his next film.

[@wanderingaround4175]

Agreed

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

But the building ngl is some gaudy shit. I mean it looks like a giant turd. That's the point of course, yet the fact that pure nostalgia can lead a good heart into the mouth of the corporate beast is poetic indeed.

[@nbirna]

♥️

[@redadamearth]

Old-fashioned tracks and using film.

[@mattsuperfreak]

I was so happy when they including this scene from the book. One of the best parts in the book beautifully adapted on screen.

[@RustinChole]

It took a few viewings. But this is easily one of my all time favorite movies to chill to. Great, under rated flick.

[@uniquechannelnames]

First watch is confusing and weird, all subsequent watches are funny as hell and great.

[@thewandering525]

Wonderful sequence. Best American film of the past ten years.

[@Garrett1240]

Along with PTA’s other films

[@homosexualpanic]

Such a great, underrated film.

[@Mvila23]

this scene always gets me in the feels ;(

[@filmsagainstempires1388]

Best scene. Excellent scene.

[@joet88]

It's easy to miss how his flashback leads him to Golden Fang in the context of the crazy (seemingly) non-sequitir flow of the movie, but when you catch it you realize how many subtle moments there are in this film, and how special it really is. What seems like a goofy noir-thriller plot is actually a tragedy about regret.

[@bottle1lack743]

joet88 Regret about what? Could you please bother to tell me? I saw the movie but I didn't get much of it.

[@tuanjim799]

+Elias Hewson
Doc's regret for his lost love Shasta Fay (the proverbial "one that got away"), Bigfoot's regret over the murder of his partner Vincent Indelicato, Coy's regret over being caught up in a life that has forced him apart from his wife and their child together. And hanging over all of that is the regret that all of the promise and idealism of the 1960s did not pan out, but instead was infiltrated and subverted by the same old shadowy Powers That Be to serve their own exploitative, capitalist, warmongering agenda. The promise of the '60s gave way to the disillusionment and apathetic, nihilistic hedonism of the '70s, the selfish individualism of the '80s, and the mindless consumer culture that we have now. And now instead of just Vietnam, we're involved in like 5 different conflicts (at least), inhuman wars for money, resources and empire. So yeah, lots of regret there.

[@bottle1lack743]

Tuan Jim Thank you, that was a very good answer.

[@seanhandron-obrien4276]

It's about grief, change, and time. Inherent Vice refers to how everything has a finite lifespan, regardless of outside forces. The paranoia at the heart of Inherent Vice was very much the tone for hippies at the time. They felt there were powerful forces conspiring to squash everything they held dear. Maybe there was some of that. However, the whole ship ran ashore simply because it had run its course--harmless excesses led to heroin culture, etc.
Then again, you're right about everyone in this movie carrying some kind of grief or attachment to the past. You noted the main examples, but there's even Mickey and his wife. If you notice, each is dating a younger looking version of the other; Riggs and Wildman share a resemblance, as do Shasta and Wolfman's wife. All these characters are still slaves to their past, in a way.

[@Salamander676]

If you guys look up the real meaning of Inherent Vice, it means the tendency of a physical object to deteriorate. Doc’s hallucinations and the off putting dialogue and interactions that could easily not have happened show that Doc is suffering from Doper’s memory and his mind is deteriorating inevitably, the same way his relationship with Shasta ended.
The narrator, Sorrtilege could be an entity encountered the day of the Ouija Board scene since she appears and disappears in scenes with Doc. Shasta says she (the narrator) knows things, in reply to Doc saying he thought she set them up. Also in the last scene, when Shasta says to Doc “together, it feels almost like being underwater... the world.. everything.. gone some place else”. Those words could indicate that Shasta is dead, most likely buried at sea, and Doc is imagining himself with Shasta one last time. Through this scene, he is accepting his loss of Shasta and though it still means they’re not together, he will never stop looking for her and the thought of her will never leave. Just a thought. P.S. Doc is Bigfoot and Bigfoot is Doc. They are the same person who dissociates from themself and who knows how much further this rabbit hole goes..

[@happinesshotel5375]

I come here to visit this video often.

[@abaiah]

What Diana said...
CertainLy one of the best movie-going experiences of my life!

[@JakeAmes255]

That tracking shot that follows Shasta for just a moment… while she wonders off alone, only to backtrack once rejoined with Doc. There’s just something about it, poetic maybe, who knows. I watch this clip at least once a month, it means a lot to me.

[@yelkhan2002]

I KNOW RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hdhbbdkfalkd]

I'm freaking the fuck out right now! Joaquin was literally 10 minutes away from my house!!!! The rain scene was filmed near me!!!!!!

[@oldchicken2]

I wish this track was on the soundtrack. I know Jonny Greenwood has a whole bunch of unreleased material from each collaboration with Anderson.

[@lucienfleurier7514]

ah crap so that creepy piano piece at the beginning hasn't be released?

[@gregfeasel5874]

Katherine Waterson has amazing legs.

[@robertpalmer8371]

Greg Feasel And she walks like a sexy duck.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

And an amazing ass

[@jaivirmalhotra15]

One of the greatest scenes in cinematic history in my opinion- something so beautiful oozes in the skin of Inherent Vice. I love Paul Thomas Anderson so much, truly, truly what a guy

[@joeagger]

this is one of my favorite scenes of any movie ever. 1:59 is just breathtaking

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

He didn’t remember the board, but it stuck with him, too.

[@wyattserviss992]

This is the prettiest scene in the whole movie

[@sclogse1]

The new building is completely CGI, but walking in front of it, the light, everything is perfect. I can't imagine the work nailing this shot.

[@dianoska]

Thanks for uploading this!!!!

[@dante666jt]

God I miss the 70s!

[@richieapprille8393]

bit of neil young

[@Salamander676]

Ok this has to blow someone’s mind... the meaning of Sortilege is the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection. Ouija Phantom character confirmed

[@user-dr5lj1jt5s]

This scene is the reason I have this movie above The Master in my PTA ranking kill me for it idc

[@Nicolas-pf2qf]

inherent vice is my favorite one, I don't know if its his best but it changed the way I watch movies, there is nothing like it

[@arepasexo]

This scene is like that interrogation scene + flashback from THE MASTER. But actually with a chill guy haha

[@igorkhramtsov3865]

такой фильм господи. Спасибо, спасибо.

[@dragannatricevic6634]

You dont remember the ouija board do you doc?

[@roguetoken5640]

Sounds like some left over music from The Master...

[@abhii1000]

You don't remember Ouija board , do you doc ?

[@jqyhlmnp]

He just had that phone number on his mind

[@gideongillis8974]

Greatest/saddest/funniest/most poignant breakup movie of all time

[@lucienfleurier7514]

Does anyone know the name of the creepy piano piece that plays at the beginning of the clip? I can't find it on the soundtrack

[@arianhagen]

sadly not released, came here to listen to it again

[@estebancomulet]

Dope is smack right, not weed?

[@nomon95]

Here in ARGENTINE Ouija board costs 20 bucks.Mercadolibre Argentine

[@jtzzl3]

This would be perfect with a Lana dub :)

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Was the building CGI or practical?

[@alexblock2248]

Kyle Campbell Yes.

[@ec6169]

Alex Block Yes what???

[@keepplayingnice]

_The headquarters' tooth-shaped, gold-tipped exterior in the film is computer-created - "We knew we were going to do something CGI," Ring notes - while all the offices and dental area interiors, in their white- or wood-paneled glory, were filmed at the former Ambassador College in Pasadena._

[@tetasentada]

@@keepplayingnice 2 year response, but even the few in-between CGI in Anderson's films is more convincing and effective than many other movies (the frog rain in Magnolia and the oil fire in TWBB are also great effects)

[@sclogse1]

The most impractical C.G.I. building ever.

[@joshk2181]

:)

[@azaz2756]

I need to know the name of the song

[@shhhsg]

Journey Trough the past - Neil Young

[@azaz2756]

shhhsg Thanks!!!

[@mattheww797]

this movie seems very pretentous

[@fashizzlebadizzle6552]

it's not pretentous.
it's not pretentious either.

[@mattheww797]

Fashizzle Badizzle it seems very pretentchus

[@Sektion9]

Images can be deceiving.

[@tuanjim799]

lol why is the word "pretentious" thrown around so loosely these days? It's like anything that someone doesn't like for any reason whatsoever is just automatically labeled pretentious. It's lazy. And 90% of the time it is not even used appropriately (i.e. the person saying it has no fucking clue what it even means). Funny stuff.

[@user-yj4gk2cw3l]

Well I think animes are much more pretentious