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
Well they do need to stay competitive with The Post.
It is just another example of the “dumbing down of America.” It is soon to be followed by the Washington Post and the WSJ doing articles on the financial vialbility of Jessica Simpson’s ass.
“Honestly… How far is The NYTimes from covering L Lohan’s breasts on a daily basis?”
In the name of ART!; and, to save the NYTimes integrity and lower DP’s meds; I hereby volenteer to cover L Lohan’s breasts on a daily basis. Ahhhhh….
This will sound like a joke, but I’m serious: How many people on this blog have actually seen “Devil in Miss Jones”? I don’t mean: How many people have ever heard of it? I don’t mean: How many have ever seen clips and/or photos from it? I mean: How many have actually seen the film, either in a theater or on home video?
Because if you have seen it, you may wonder the same thing I’m wondering: Would they dare use the same ending in a remake? Because… well, talk about something that can splash icy cold water on your sex fantasies!
I saw it on 16mm when I was 13 in the basement of a friends house. Twas a double feature with DDD. The film had a profound effect on me and I still vividly remember the ending as much as the oft heralded shock opening. Of course in recent times DIMJ Part 3 gets a lot more press due to many reasons – most unable to be mentioned here. A mighty piece of cinema either way, joining the Mitchell’s GREEN DOOR and Poole’s BOYS as pornographic masterpieces. I don’t think the Vivid budget of $250k is total bullshit by any means… the budgets on some of these extravaganzas have been creeping up. Want a list of ones made for over $250k Dave? – for research only of course.
These days a $250k budget merely means that you’re shooting on film and not on video, and still with a schedule that’s merely short and not insane.
Seldom, if ever, does one get to say this to a fellow man. So let me be blunt; Dave, you dont know jack and shit about the porn industry. The industry that pulls in billions a year with a better profit margin than a Hollywood Exec or a Bollywood Exec could dream of. 250,000 on a porn, for Vivid, not that much money being spent at all. It’s VIVID! VIVID! I really do know too much random knowledge. If knowing about the financial side of the porn industry.
“I really do know too much random knowledge.” Rory doth protest too much for it to be Random.
So what’s your name in the Trade Rory? “The Hedgehog”? “The Cannon”? “Tiny”? heh heh.
Wait, please don’t really tell. I was just kidding.
There was a funny article in one of the UK dailies…The Guardian…or maybe the Independent where they said you could “make” your own porn name by taking the name of your first pet (your first name) and putting it with the name of your first car/motorcycle model (your last name).
So my name would be Daisy Dominator. Yee-hah!
Funny that you’re “saddened” by NYT covering porn. I was just thinking it seems like every time I check MCN there’s some uncomfortable-making sexual comment about teenage girls on it.
Jeez, Poland, relax. First of all, the NYT story is not a feature. it’s two freaking paragraphs. second, get off your high horse already. go to the front page of MCN right now and there are links for various film-related stories that use the words “orgasm”, “penis”, “babe” and “masturbating.” There is also an editorial comment wondering what Linda Carter’s 14 year-old daughter looks like. Can you BE any bigger of a hypocrite?
To say that this sort of nonsense from the Times is OK because movie websites like MCN also do it is INSANE. They shouldn’t have the same standards for content. Clearly, the “Paper of Record” is inching it’s way towards the toilet paper dispenser.
“To say that this sort of nonsense from the Times is OK because movie websites like MCN also do it is INSANE.”
I never said that. I was just pointing out Poland’s hypocrisy.
“They shouldn’t have the same standards for content.”
Why not? If you’re gonna throw stones…..
I wonder what Dr. Freud would make of David’s obsessive love-hate relationship with the NYT? So he is “saddened” that the Times has sunk to the level of… MCN. Does that not speak of a certain — gee, I dunno, self-hatred?
That’s OK, David: We love you anyway. So go ahead and write another piece about hot actresses you’d like to breed with. Let the good times (and the Colt 45) flow.
Hilarious. The guy who’s obsessed with teenage girls is criticizing the Times for a one page story on the porn industry during a slow news week. Unbelievable.
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