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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
Re: That third picture.
You never mentioned anything about a stop in New Orleans.
Poley, you’re doing a heck of a job.
Land Ahoy ! umm errr hard aport.. we are way off track…
oohh bags me that sheeps eye please govner…
Mr. Doctor, you’re having way too much fun with photoshop. If you would put Dave’s grinning self on one of the platters, I’ll thank you very much.
Waterbucket, Jeffrey Boam’s Doctor,
I started reading Movie City News a couple of years ago and a lot of Poland’s writing was there and it was good stuff.
When I recently joined and read this Blog more often this Mr. Poland’s antics intrigued me so, so I did some research. Here’s a link to his bio and some great interviews:
http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/david_poland.htm
David, how many times have you had to ask the other passengers to stop calling you “Kid”? 🙂
Dave Poland is a great guy.
I don’t think self-employment has been good for him, though. He gets too wrapped-up in particular obsessions and quirks. Also this last year he got very, very cranky from time to time.
Thanks spacesheik for the article.
It’s long but it’s insightful in revealing that Dave Poland is an arrogant jerk, a sexy and hairy arrogant jerk.
Dave, call me.
Good article on Poland. Luke Ford clearly has a man-crush.
$5 says the actress Poland slept with was Ally Sheedy.
The scene described by Luke Ford of Dave’s friend, the self diagnosing plastic surgeon at lunch instantly propelled me back to Clarisse meeting Mason Verger for the first time.
Article stated Dave Poland looked like a “Fijian Wrestler” – whats all that about?
Dave as a Fijian wrestler? Now that’s a good mental image.