Heading For The Deep End
I am heading to The Floating Film Festival as I type. I expect that I will have reaosnable web access during the journey… but things may slow down around here a bit.
May 6, 2024
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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
I was on a cruise last winter and the internet connections were a nightmare. I hope you have better luck. Good luck.
Gay Groups Celebrate Brokeback Mountain… But Are These Stories Better News , In Terms Of Oscar Voting, For BBM Or Crash?
Hell Yeah it’s good for BBM.
As if some Academy member reads the article and says:
–God, let’s be like Dave Poland and try to deny the gay people their happiness. Lord knows they have had too many advantages and happiness in life.
If I were on a cruise right now
(And I wish to GOD I was)
I wouldn’t be worried about internet. I’d be worried about making sure I had a never ending flow of drinks with those tiny little umbrellas in them.
I think the Bucket really, really liked BBM.
Like it’s his favorite movie of all time. Just barely beating out “10 Things I hate About You”.
You’re forgetting “Jeffrey,” Bruce.
Yup, “10 things” and “Jeffrey” are every gay man’s essentials.
Just like “Dukes of Hazzard” and “Deuce Bigalow” are Bruce’s and Joe Straat’s essentials. Oh wait, “Son of the Mask” too.
I would have said LOVE VALOUR COMPASSION.
I hope you mean the original Deuce B. Not the terrible sequel.
God. LOVE VALOUR sucked! That’s something gays and homophobes can agree on, isn’t it?
While Dave’s floating out there with Roger E and Richard R, maybe he can tell them his theory about how Brokeback Mountain was shoved down the critical communities throats by its cunning distributor. Then I’d love to hear Roger and Richard explain their positions about why it was actually on their 10 best lists….
Bruce, no way dude, both the original Deuce and its sequel are totally awesome. Like, totally rad. Far out!
Barf.
Are they going to show POSEIDON?
I kid I kid. This festival promotes itself as a small initmate affair for movie lovers – it also forgets to mention that having a spare nine grand is part of the experience. No wonder free loaders like Poland jump onboard ready to sing its praises. Actually sounds like a lot of fun – must be a ball being surrounded by leather skin lizard queens each night fighting over Ebert’s signature and (ahem) other opportunities. For how expensive it is – you’d think they could have at least updated their website since 2002 ! Have fun Mr Poland.. tell Roger to control his crab cakes intake.
ps – What size screen do they have onboard?
Imagine being on a plane and they show “Airplane”. I’d have to get some quick chuckles out of it before I started panicking.
Doctor, it’s not fair to call Poland a freeloader and then expect him to answer a question.
But seriously, you homophobic Dreamgirls loving assclown, what movies are playing this year?
‘Assclown’ is really going too far.
It was between ‘assclown’ and ‘Paul Haggis fan.’
I was actually being polite.
You made the right choice.
When my wife and I took a cruise for our honeymoon, CASTAWAY was on TV all day every day. I think I watched it 10 times. Kind of surreal to see him (and Wilson) floating at sea and then look out the window and be floating at sea. We had better food though.
A. Haven’t seen the screen, so no idea.
B. I’m paying full fare, you presumptuous jackass… just as I do for most festivals I attend.
C. Roger’s beloved wife Chaz will be there and he is quite happy with her, smart ass.
D. This is not the Ebert & Doper cruise… this was created by Dusty Cohl, who started Toronto with two other film lovers. Roger attends each Floater and the E&R Disney cruise was inspired by this one.
P.S. Petaluma – Wilson is on this Floater… Scott Wilson, who is being honored. And Ebert will be doing a frame-by-frame of In Cold Blood.
It seems like a film festival on a ship should include a lot of hand-held films. You know, for maximum nausea.
Innocent question: Dave may be paying full fare for this festival ($9k? Jeez! Come over to the pool behind my building and I’ll play you some DVDs for a lot less)…but won’t he be able to write off on his taxes as a business expense?
the pool behind ur building and dvd’s? sounds terrific. think i’d stick with the cruise and movies.
Anyone calling anyone who takes a free cruise/vacation a freeloader is obviously jealous as hell.
I can smell our own because I’m jealous.
Ebert doing a frame by frame. Now that I would like to see.