Thomas Pynchon CNN report

Thomas Pynchon, reclusive author. This is the CNN story of the aforementioned, that for some reason seemed not to be on youtube yet.

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[CastleRockFan]

At the end, the guy doing the VO seems almost indignant--as if Pynchon's "anonymity" is wrong, as if he needs to be out shucking and/or jiving for reporters.

Fuck this shit.

[dogstar7]

3:23 Red baseball cap. Hiya Ruggles!

[cott2696]

@dogstar7 Ruggles?

[christopherolavi]

I always wanted to know what Thomas Pynchon looked like through a potato.

[RoathRipper]

uh, I thought JD Salinger was the 'Greta Garbo' of literature.

[alienbaroque]

@dudedudedudeplus watch?v=u2j578jTBCY

[dudedudedudeplus]

@alienbaroque hey i liked your comment, just want to ask though, "americans?" i hope you're generalizing here as a joke, cos otherwise, come on. the weird and disturbing "american public" stereotype is not all inclusive, i promise you. there are many of us here who are perfectly sane and valid beings like yourself, and also laugh at the creepiness of media culture. cheers.

[alienbaroque]

Americans are funny. They believe that just because they buy your book they own the rights to your soul. Probably because they don't have one of their own.

[dme257]

@scheistify no it's definitely the guy in red baseball cap at 3:23. From the Telegraph in the UK:

"Pynchon's cover was blown by an enterprising television crew from CNN. What they found was not a wild-eyed rebel or wizened hermit, but a prosperous, spry gent wearing a red baseball cap, a white moustache and a hip uniform of olive-green jacket and blue jeans...The author didn't take kindly to being filmed and used his considerable influence among media types in New York to suppress the CNN video.

[S2Cents]

being surprised a cnn tv reporter isn't cool is being really silly, seems to me. Of course a corporate tv performer is like a real jack off

[MrKrispnclean]

It's the guy in the red baseball hat. I figured it was that specific shot before watching this clip because as a television news photographer and editor there is absolutely no other reason to use the shot.

Think about it. At this point in the story they are making a point of showing how he blends into the 'normal' crowd. The guy who is presumably Pynchon, is in the shot for such a short time that there really is no other reason to use it.

[winters0123]

Is there a better quality version of this? Because it's such poor resolution that I can't see the face of the guy people claim he is....