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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
what conspiracy? people are finally realizing its a liberal rag with an agenda.
I don’t really care about their news section but their entertainment coverage has been severely lacking in recent years and I barely even pick it up or read it online anymore.
That was pretty sweet! I mean, anyone who’s involved in the journalism field shouldn’t be shocked or surprised. But if I was someone who still believed major news was supposed to be “impartial,” that would really piss me off.
Mark Cuban is awesome.
Wow, the NYT is badass. It must be crazy working there, like working in that Star Wars cantina. On one end, you have madmen with furry faces waiting to distort your words and chop off your arm. On the other, you have old men of glory and reckless bandits with hearts of gold!
Cuban seems like a down-to-earth monopoly man that the public loves. Let’s give him a TV show!
I believe that the speeding up of the news cycle – first 24 hr cable tv news; now the internet – has caused a crisis for traditional print media. The need to be first and sensational has come at a cost of decliening quality. It is hard to inmagine that NYT would have allowed this to happen 10 years ago.
If you have not read the lead article on Oil in Sunday’s NYT Magazine, don’t bother . awful. It is sad what is happening.
PS Happy Birthday Hot Button!
I really like Cuban as a guy and an owner. He is living the life right now.
A Gotcha! by Cuban. With the advent of email, blogs and paper trails, we can finally start pulling back the vaneer of the 4th Estate.
Nice play, Cuban. I hope others follow suit.
the 4th estate is being ruined by the people in charge of protecting it. i’d be sad to watch it if i didn’t want to see it fail and die.
BiBob, what would you prefer in the absence of The Media?
I’m for a fair media. And if you’re not, don’t lie to us and say you are ie Washington Post. Thats all the public wants from their media.
Don’t insult the cantina by comparing it to the NY Times.
Just for the record, is this an indication of leftward bias or shoddy journalism? It seems more the latter than the former. Tho’ I would expect a hearty cry of ‘both!’ from those eager to chew on this exceedingly stale meme. (Tasty! Ideologically reinforcing too!)
Explain how it’s an example of “leftward bias”? To me it’s more anti-Mark Cuban-bias.
Fuck the Times. I read the Post. –Frank Slattery
Bonds may be a risky business Mr. Slattery, but there is only so many versions of the truth.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0706041post1.html
If I had billions of dollars and owned a bball team i wouldn’t be wasting my time with emails and memos and crappy papers like the Times.