But Cinema Blend is right…
Mel Gibson did cut a frame of himself on the set of Apocalypto into the teaser trailer for the film. It happens at 1:46 in the trailer. And the image is…
Unlike Cinema Blend, I really, really like this trailer. It makes me excited about what he is doing here. But still, pretty nutty stunt…
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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
Looks really interesting, and I’m glad he still has his old sense of humor.
Is this:
A) A trailer editor’s practical joke?
B) Another sign that Mel has gone off the deep end?
C) Mel’s inner practical joker coming out to play again?
D) Mel making a calculated decision to make people think his inner practical joker has come out to play again?
I lean toward D, personally…
I think it’s funny.
You know, despite the fact that I found The Passion to be a sad piece of S & M exploitation and over-the-top Catholic guilt, and never was a huge Lethal Weapon fan, this looks pretty good, and I’m strangely rooting for Gibson. Sure the guy came off like a defensive jackass in interviews last year, but hell, more people should be making films with such conviction.
Don’t know about the name above the title thing though. Guy’s as cocky as M. Night Shyamalan now, apparently.
I thik it looks cool. I wasn’t into Passion, but it was a really well made film, and Braveheart is still one of my favorites of all time.
Good trailer,definitely makes one wonder what he is up to. I suspect the film will be metaphorically about our times given the tag lines. With the music and shots it had almost a Baraka feel to it.
As for the stunt…yes…wacky indeed.
Great…. I can already see the controversy this is going to cause among the Aztecs…
I thought this was about the Mayans.
Hehe. That made me laugh. I had to check it out for myself and I’m still chuckling.
gibsons has a sense of humor. its good to see.
I don’t mean to sound dumb, but I went frame by frame and couldn’t find it. Did the clip change overnight?
Nevermind, I was dumb. Found it.
great last shot, rest of the trailer ran hot and cold to me. But definitely looks interesting. Between this and The Fountain, 2006 already has me excited.
That cracked me up!
I’ll likely checkout the movie. For all the flaws, his directed films are memorable cinema in the end. Wish him the best on this one.
I think it’s hilarious…and I agree with AgentArc about Mel’s films…but I just want to know who on his PR team is determined to make Mel look like a nut!
I’ll see anything with Mel Gibson. Just one of those stars where anything he does interests me. Even Lethal Weapon 4.
Just when you think Tom Cruise has got the monopoly on “celebrity crazy” Mel comes along and shows us how to do it right.
And that cigarette! OMG. Man’s a goddamn genius!
Yeah, I heard about this a couple of weeks ago. It’s just a gag. No hidden meaning.
…and some Republicans want Gibson to run for Gov. of California. yikes!
If this goes any further, we’re going to need to send Martin Sheen up the river to take care of him.
Eric,
Oddly enough…if they ever did remake that great film, Gibson might very well be a great choice for Kurtz. He does seem to be tapping into that same manic energy that Coppola exhibited during the seventies when he did his best work.
I miss Gibson as an actor, but as a director he does seem do be working on a much different plain than many of his peers.
Love him or hate him, his director’s body of work will be remembered.
Someone’s having WAY too much fun.
The teaser was a little hit-and-miss for me too. I see images that are supposedly affecting, but without context, do nothing for me. The last shot is cool however. I know nothing about the subject matter, which makes this film all the more intriguing.
I’m not looking forward to Mel’s hyper-realistic recreations of Mayan sacrifice rituals.
“For all the flaws, his directed films are memorable cinema in the end. Wish him the best on this one.”
Did we forget “The Man Without a Face” already????
There’s a sort of crazy intensity coming out of Gibson that’s making me interested in this project.
Regardless of content, Passion of the Christ was beautifully made. And I’m realizing now that most of what I disliked about it was in the vitriol of its supporters, rather than in the movie myself. Gibson’s more interesting at the moment than many other, younger directors, so I’m going to look forward to this one.
Not a great trailer, though. Nice imagery, but not enough context to give it weight.
That picture could have been on the cover of Variety the week after The Passion opened, with the director on the left and the white guy representing Hollywood to his immediate right.
I’m surprised Drudge didn’t post that photo up on his site. Or, more accurately, I wish he’d post that photo up on his site.
After Braveheart I’ll be there for anything he directs. Still one of my all time fav’s. A three hour movie that didn’t seem like 10 hours.
Now that is what I call a great beard.
Joe, agreed! I read over at aicn that they had the trailer during Harry’s buttnumbathon and Gibson had introduced it via a taped message and was sans beard. Tis a shame.