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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?
So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.
And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.
There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.
I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.
So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.
But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”
My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher
“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.
~ David Simon
ZING!
(you cant have a one liner like that without some
sort of ZING!)
it would have been a disgrace if they gave a puppet movie a NC 17
Bob, in which country do you think we are living in? Our country has such whackiness going on, that it would be all sorts of NORMAL for a puppet movie to get an NC-17 rating. That’s just how we are living, and we are living REAL STUPID.
Please. This is just MPAA payback for all the grief Parker and Stone put them through with the SOUTH PARK movie. Surely I can’t be the only one who notices that the NC-17 always comes down on top-drawer guys like Scorsese, Stone, DePalma, Woo, Waters, Verhoeven, et al, while almost every P.O.S. no-budget slasher film sails through with an R. It’s jes’ good ol’ politics, pure and simple(minded).
steel, i think u would disagree with me on just about anything no matter what i said.
i’m against communism, racism, and hitler. u?
Anyone see Trey and Matt on Dennis Miller? They said that the sex scene was basically the dolls just smacking against each other, nothing more than a child might do with barbie or ken dolls. Mike is right, the MPAA is doing nothing more than getting revenge for the outcry they endured after South Park:BLU.
To BoS and bob:
Both of you need to SHUT UP. No one wants to hear your petty bickering and whining. Go find a message board board somewhere or, better yet, get each other’s screen names so no one else has to hear about it. This is a comments area, so if you post a retort, make it intelligent or relevant, no one wants to hear your middle-school insults.
Trey and Matt have been duking it out with the MPAA since the days of ORGAZMO.
Also, the MPAA comes down on LOTS of crappy slasher films, it just doesn’t make headlines when it happens to them.
This movie should make trillions with all the free press it’s getting. Love it.
Bob, simple reality fails you. So I guess I could
disagree with anyone who has a whole sort of denial
thing going on. That’s on you.
To Doom: Unless your name is David Poland, then I
must disagree with your statement on the situation
between Bob and I. If David wants it to stop; it
will stop. If not, then understand that, at least
on my part, I am just being silly. I do disagree
whole heartedly with Bob’s politics, but everything
else comes down to sheer silliness. I apologize
if you are offended, but please understand that
the intentions are never anything more than to
give a zinger to the guy. Nothing more.
Steel, you harbor resentment for some reason. Its not healthy and pretty boring. At least if any of the points you have made were valid. But sadly? No.
Mark, are you ‘mark’ or a new MARK all together?
Nevertheless, I am glad you are sharing a conversation
you had with yourself about me, but forgot to
put in any context when you decided to post it in
this comment section,
I would respond to your statement, but it really
makes little to no sense. If you could clarify
for a brother; I would appreciate it.
don’t worry mark. hes like this all the time. useless
No Bob, that’s people like you and the president
you support who are USELESS.
Just stop Bob. You just cant win.
Thats the problem with Liberals, Steel. They think they know everything and they think they can solve everyones problems. Its 2004. There is no Depression. Its a new world and you don’t have any power. Live with it.
That’s the problem with scumbag conservatives
and Republicans Mark. They think they understand
what’s going on. They think they have some
grasp of reality but like their president. They
are living in a state of denial never before seen
in any presidency of the United States.
You think you know, but you and people like you
know not of which you speak. You think you have
power, but everyone got these registration drives
together for a reason. Keep supporting Nero.
You are a group of people who have no sense of
self nor history.
Too easy Mark. Just remember; You Can’t Win.
Now, boys, if you can’t play nice: no pudding!
NO PUDDING? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Thats the problem with Liberals. They can never admit they’re wrong. Thats why they haven’t won an election and won’t win one now. The country has evolved and passed you by. Its sad to see you still trapped thinking you’re better than everyone else.
Mark, I guess you and your poor reading comprehension
failed to pay attention to your own pathetic
excuse of a man and even more so of a president
saying, “I did not make any mistakes.” I think
we can all agree he made some mistakes, but you
say liberals cannot admit they are wrong? You
must be livin in denial land like your president
and fellow people who believe he’s doing a
good job. No one’s had anything pass them by
except the no-account Republicans who have sold out
this country in ways no Liberal ever could
Why is it I feel an Andrew Sheppard “I am a Liberal”
speech coming in a few days?
steel is just a scared guy. scared of living in the real world. scared of change. makes him feel better when he can tell people whats right and wrong. like he knows best. a tried and true liberal schmuck.
why would bush admit mistakes when he hans’t made any? anyone who says iraq isn’t a right war doesn’t have a clue. pretty much explains steel
Bob, Iraq had nothing going on except for one of
the many friggin despots existing in this world
that nations such as the US had ignored. We had
more of the country under control because of UN
sanctions and no fly zones then we do now. Also
back then, we didnt have 15000+ Iraqi and Americans
killed due to a war that had no point.
We were lied to Bob. We were lied to in a way to
manipulate our patriotism to go to a war, that
many last year saw as unjust while I did not. After
mission accomplished, during last Summer when the
soldiers kept on dying. I began to realize this
war had to point. We went there for oil, and we
have not even gotten that yet.
All we have now are pretty much 90 percent of the
cost and 90 percent of the fatalities of any military
personnel. I would bring up the Iraqis again, but
Bob you are all about a war where their lives have
little point because your moronic president just
had to take us to war with the WRONG COUNTRY.
You are the one who’s afraid. Afraid to open your
stupid eyes and see the truth. To see a country
going under because of a man whose fixiated on keeping
people like you scared of the WAR ON TERRORISM.
Which, you dumbasses who buy into that, does not
exist. You cant have a war on something like
terrorism, because terrorist do not have a country.
Thus the reason they call things WAR. This is
similar to the War on Drugs and we all know how
that worked out.
So Bob, you are a friggin moron to see things as you
do, because opinions have nothing to do with the
country right now. There are facts, and the facts
are on my side. Again, you thought you made a valid
point. Too bad I am Scottie Pippen and you are
Patrick Ewing.
Steel, you’re a joke. Nothing you say makes sense. so you’re a big Lib. Big deal. No one gives a rats ass. Ask your candidate why he voted for the war, voted against, said its the best thing, said its the wrog war, yet wants to “win”, yet wants to pull out. Can he make up his mind? Now its a “nuisance”. You’re as big a jabrone as he is.
Hey dumbass, use BROTHERHOOD, instead of steel.
What’s wrong with you people. Mark, much like
the dumbass in power, many people forgot what went
on last year. How pretty much everyone in this
country had to get on board the war effor or were
a traitor to this country.
What politician would not back a war made popular
by a president who lied to his citizens about
WMDs and so on? That’s how things work, but again
not like anyone cares about how things work. God
forbid all politicians did it, even if they voiced
concerns. But again, not like anyone should be
bothered by how shitty our political process has
become when everyone and their mother has to go
along in fear of having some BS commercial aired
about them.
And mark, maybe you are not bright enough, but Kerry
stating terrorism being a nuisance makes sense due
to the Bush Administration scaring the shit out of
all of you white people. I mean you are scared
shitless. He meant it, dumb dumb, as a way of saying
our entire lives should not revolve around the fear
of terrorism. Of course scared ass people such
as yourself, could not grasp that, but hey not like
that stops you or people like you from talking out
of your asses whenever you cannot grasp a subject.
And how dare you call me a ‘jabrone.’ Oh no you
didnt. Listen here candyass; the world would be
better off if assclowns like you would know your
roles and shut your MOUTHS.
If you guys had any ability to respond worth a shit
this would be fun. Instead you respond with some
flacid bicycle bob shit. Please. It has to stop.
Since you are just so easy to slap down.
theres no talking to commie, pinko liberals. they know everything. the bush lie stuff? thats a lie. we’re in a war on terror or did u forget that. i don’t expect a numbnuts like u to get it though.