By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Alive In Park City
I made it… let the fun begin!!!
I made it… let the fun begin!!!
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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
So what’s on specially-priced sale this week at Albertson’s? The Coke or the Pepsi products?
Make sure to be ever watchful for the Yeti. He has
a winter place there. Also, be sure to check out
his first time feature, “The Abominable Truth of
an Abominable Man” premiering at Slamdance and starring
Crispin Glover as the Yeti.
If the place stinks of cheap microwave popcorn…
sundance. the land of price gouging
I got a BBQ chicken pizza at Albertsons in Park City yesterday for $2.50! Plus, there’s tons of free food floating around this year. I may even let David buy me a beer.
Sundance is just an excuse for the rich elite of this country to go out and trash a quiet little mountain town. Bringing in excess, trash, and downright slobbish people to a nice small town. It is a disgrace even by Hollywood standards.
I did not submit the 1:38 PM posting above. I have not posted anything here for several days, but Mark and bicycle bob continue to harass me here and by e-mail. That kind of relentless, unprovoked fixation is starting to make me wonder if these guys are dangerous.
I don’t know about dangerous, but clearly they have too much time on their hands, in addition to mental problems and self-loathing issues. They only feel content if they insult other people and/or piss them off. Sad.
You really have to get a life. Or have your lawyer contact me. Either one will do. The Pepper family is out for blood.
I did not post at 2:52pm. This is getting preposterous.
Mark,
Sure, please provide me with your name, address and phone number, and I’ll be glad to have my lawyer contact you. Do it right here as proof for everyone to see. What’s the matter, big mouth…are you chicken? If you think I don’t have a case, what do you have to lose?
I have a wife and child, and, frankly, my wife (who also reads this blog) is starting to get concerned about you and bicycle bob. I don’t blame her. There is definitely something unhinged about you. And it no longer looks harmless.
I’m not the one who needs to get a life. I don’t endlessly stalk innocent people like you do.
Again, your address and phone number, please.
Hey
Looks like we’re going to have to start putting in registration for the blogs… stay turned… sorry you’re being aggravted PD.
Pepa, have your lawyer email me. Tell him to include his phone number and his complaints so I can properly return his call. Tell Peppers Mom, that obviously she is sexually frustrated but things get better in life.
Mark,
I am a lawyer. Right now I am representing myself in this matter.
You’ve got my e-mail address, the one you use every day to send your scummy e-mails. You can forward to me your name, address and phone number there. You’ve already proved you’re too gutless to post that information here.
And if you ever insult my wife again, believe me, I will be coming after you with everything I’ve got. Trust me, that’s considerable.
Why would someone post their phone number to a raving lunatic on a movie blog wesbite?
Enjoy the shows.
‘Shake Hands With The Devil’ was very moving. I saw it at the Vancouver Int’l FilmFest last year.
Quite simple – he’s afraid of what I’ll do with it. My dark side is ready to blaze away at what Mark knows as the fertile truth of my honest being. He won’t know what hit him, and I will ultimately triumph over his inane harassment. I must fight for my good name.
As they ‘Any Fool that represents himself, has a Fool for a client’. I really do not see this ringing more true than in this case. Peppers Mom, how do you stand this guy? Forget the fact that hes a bore. He liked Van Helsing. How do you do it?
I did not submit the 6:11 posting.
Make up your mind, Pep. Before Peppers Mom does.
Mark and bicycle bob –
Exactly what is your beef with me? Why are both of you stalking me and my family like this? Are you doing this to the countless other people who’ve sniped at your submissions here? I’m not even submitting anything on this website anymore beyond denials of the fake postings you’ve been putting up with my name and e-mail address, yet you continue to harass me here and by e-mail. What’s it going to take to get you two to stop? Seriously, am I going to have to sick the cops on the two of you? Do you honestly think in this day and age that you can’t be found?
I realize that you are too far gone to give a shit about me or my family, but don’t you even care that your conduct is destroying this blog – clearly YOUR favorite hangout?
My regrets to everyone for the fact that this site will now be changed forever and will require formal registration because of Mark and bicycle bob’s relentless misdeeds. It just goes to show how a couple of bad apples can still spoil the whole bunch.
who has beef with u? i just think ur a pompous douche who obviously got picked on way too much in high school and u were probably a milk monitor and ur a racist. doesn’t mean i give a flying screw what u say or do. why u obsessed with me? u want my home number too???? i’m afraid ur gonna stalk me.
bicycle bob –
For the record, I think the stack of daily e-mails I have from you (when I haven’t sent you a single one) conclusively shows you have an obsessive beef with me. Also, you and your crony Mark are the true racists here, as shown by your recent posts about Spike Lee. (Not to mention your virulently anti-Semitic statements in support of The Passion of the Christ.) You can keep denying and denying and throwing it back in my face, but the facts, as with every single thing you have ever posted here, do not support you in the least. You are nothing but a sadistic animal.
Congratulations on destroying this site for everyone.
because i think spike lee is a hack that makes me a racist huh? good definition. coming from the guy who was pro lynching and made a case that wednesday openings are made cause black people are dumb and prone to riot, thats funny. u set a good example for little pepper. does peppers mom still plow the milk man??
bicycle bob –
As anyone who follows this blog knows, my views tend to be on the liberal side and I’ve never made any of the vile racist statements above with which you have once again libeled me.
Enjoy your despicable lies while you can. Because as soon as Dave Poland institutes the verifiable registration he promised, you’ll be nothing more than a dim, filthy memory for everyone here.
peppa, did u really get made fun of that bad when u were little? were the kids cruel to u? did u run to the teacher everytime joey put a kick me sign on ur back? ur the poster boy for why liberals are becoming a national joke and punch line. thanks
i’m bitter cuz i cant type. i hunt and peck and hurt my brain cuz i never learned. guess i was too busy eating mud as a kid to learn typin skills
i didn’t post the 2.O5 remark. when my daddy gits home hes gonna kick some ass
LOL! They say you have to have an I.Q. of at least 75 to learn to type. Maybe bb boy tried and just couldn’t master the skill.
bicycle bob –
The answers are “No, not even close” to all of your questions above. When I was in high school, I probably would have kicked your ass, stuck your greasy head in the toilet, and pissed all over you – all because you were the belligerent little twerp who always picked a fight with the bigger guys. Tragically, some things never change.
But I do think you’ve stumbled onto what’s at the root of the problem here: You are supposedly an adult, yet you insist on remaining an infantilized school bully. As you’ve proven, your idea of a good time is still to tape “Kick Me” signs on people’s backs, pick on the minorities, and place disturbing crank phone calls. You’ve never grown up and have never had to take responsibility for your actions. Instead, you choose to remain the pathetic little poster child for why the conservative Republicans, who purport to be the role models for all important “values,” are still in reality and practice the Nixonian party of ignorance, lies and dirty tricks.
You really need to spend less time sitting on that bicycle. It’s putting too much pressure on your brains.
Pepper can’t take anyone disagreeing with him. Really shows a lot of immaturity. How do you teach young Pepper these bizarre values?
Hey Bobby, you got a fan club. Maybe they’ll learn how to type and spell.
Give bob a break guys. It must be hard for him to type, considering one of his hands is occupied working that dildo up his butt.
As a gay man, I resent that homophobic, bottom-phobic remark.
Can’t you guys cut me some slac? I TOLD you
I only have 1 finger and 2 thumbs 2 type with!
4 goodness sake!!!!! show some sympathy!!!!
As the father of a gay son I do not take kindly to the homosexual innuendo here. If you homophobes have a problem with gays or anyone associated with gays please cut it out. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I did not post the 8:36 PM remark above. Clearly Mark or bicycle bob did. Both of them are sure to rot in hell. There is just no forgiveness, human or otherwise, for remarks like that.
One of the things that is most stunning to me about all of this is that Mark has cavalierly identified himself several times on this website as a Jew. As a Jew myself, I (and every Jew I know) was brought up to be cautious not to do anything that might foster anti-Semitism. That has always meant making a concerted, conscious effort to be on one’s best behavior at all times, especially in public.
Like many of the things he’s posted here, Mark’s self-identification as a Jew may be a lie. When it’s come up, he’s mentioned it only for attempted laughs. So, given some of the content of his postings, it’s not unrealistic to say that he may in fact have some kind of anti-Semitic agenda, whereby he attempts to get readers here to associate his nasty behavior with Jews in general. But assuming that’s not the case, I extend this sincere plea to Mark to recognize, cease and desist such hatred-inducing antics.
Mark, are you really having fun with this unforgiveably shameful conduct? (Come on, you know that’s what it is!) Is it possible that you have no comprehension of how hurtful it is to see public postings designed to humiliate your wife and child? Do you have any comprehension of the sanctity of protecting one’s family? Even if you think I’m the biggest jerk in the world, do you have any sense of how you are coming across to the potentially enormous audience that freely reads the postings on this site?
Besides, Mark, if you haven’t noticed already, I’m not your only foe here and you are really pissing off every single contributor to this blog except your alter ego, bicycle bob. It’s time for you to cool it. If you keep acting like this, someone (NOT ME!) eventually is going to splatter your brains all over your keyboard. Don’t you get that? Don’t you see how passionately, ferociously angry everyone is at you?
It’s simple, Mark, Just stop. Sit back, take a deep breath, and STOP.
I get bored after reading one sentence from you, Peppa. Keep it short and sweet. No one wants to waste their time going thru your pathetic, boring, and pointless rants. Thanks Peppa. Keep up the good work.
Yeah Peppa. Lay off Mark & Bi-Bob. They are 2 of our best proteges.
Just think. If Peppa had his way, you two would be still alive. Still raping women. Still killing men and their children. Still supporting terrorists. Still keeping people down. I feel for you guys too.
Mark, why? Is that really necessary? Must you continue to make comments like that?
Mark sweetie, please stop telling everybody ur a jew. ur embarassing our family. we didnt raise u that way and u know we dont like those people. now come back to bed and give momma & poppa some love just the way he taught u. bring the dog.
I don’t know where anyone gets off criticizing Mark. I too have always believed that children were fair game.
It is truly breathtaking how Mark employs my methods. Bravo, my good boy! May the earth forever be scorched by your words and deeds.
I appreciate all of the mock anti-Mark postings above. They are a little overdue, f-ing hilarious, and undeniably well-deserved.
But I ask whoever is responsible to please stop. I am concerned they will only inflame Mark even more.
I am a member of an organization of women who have been terrorized by the unwanted attentions of Mark Zieglerzo. It is clear to us why Mark has targeted the Hot Blog contributor who goes by the name of PeppersDad. It’s because of all the pepper spray Mark has had blasted in his face.
I warned you Mark that all of that Vicodin was going to catch up with you.
Someone here obviously cannot take being wrong. Thank you Peppa.
Glad to have you back Mark. You have followed my game plan of “divide and conquer” perfectly. You have successfully transformed “David Poland’s The Hot Blog” into “Mark Zieglerzo’s The HATE Blog.” The gratitude of the entire nation and its future generations goes out to you.
hey mark u have become there rush. they don’t have ideas or issues to debate so they use their venom with personal insults. u should feel good. means u won
bob, that may have been the dumbest posting you’ve ever made, and you’ve made some *really* dumb ones, buddy.
jonboy, coming from u thats a compliment.
Please understand that bicycle bob (or as we call him here at the institution, “tricycle bob”) has the mental and emotional capacity of a six-year-old child. He suffers from: a low IQ of 43; an inability to distinguish between accepted standards of right and wrong; numerous pathological psychiatric disorders; low self-esteem brought about by a lifetime of sexual rejection by all men and women (except his grandparents) due to an invisibly small penis; and a resulting tendency to urinate all over himself.
bob, we’re all still waiting for an idea from you. Or an even slightly intelligent comment. We’ve been waiting a long time, and no one is holding their breath. You are a raving lunatic. And that is a fact.
Hey Bobby, don’t let Stella get you down. Hes still bitter Kerry lost, Moore got trampled, and every other Liberal lost in November. You got to feel for him. Feel for the loss of his values and everything he believes in. He was sold a bill fo goods and he will go to his lonely grave believing in it. Have pity.
Still waiting on any idea from Stella besides the Kook Liberal Left Platform. Do you even see movies, guy? Do you have any opinions on those?
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
Please be advised that, like tricycle bob, Mark is a lifelong patient at our institution. Mark has delusions that he is Jewish resulting from the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his parents and his dog Adolph. He has requested sexual reassignment surgery and wishes to become a woman named Mary. (In other words: “Mark–>Mary surgery”.) So far he has just begun to undergo hormone treatments which have resulted in severe violent mood swings. He is also quite unhappy with the shape and size of his new breasts. It is my belief that Mary has already begun to take over and is posting on this site.
What have you offered Mark, other than insults and broad generalizations about people?
Exactly like I said. Guess Stellas nerves got frayed. Only thing he brings to the table is personal insults. Hey, I can take it. Just keeps proving my point that you’re only about insults and venom when you have nothing tangible to say. Like I asked, have you ever seen a movie?
Oh Marky Mark, you keep me laughing. Thank you for that. It is always nice to know that when you post something, I will be laughing. Something to look forward to.
And yet another post where he cannot answer. Stella, do you even know what a movie is? Besides the classic Summer of Sam, of course.
i think thats a no go from stella. still can’t get over how anyone could sit through 4 hours of sam.
I did not expect Stella to reply. Hes an arguer. He’ll just pick out some issue and try to start something. Usually with no facts or basis. The guy probably hasn’t even seen half the movies he defends or blasts.