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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
The hair is a nice touch, but really, so what? I guess that by posting this on the blog you raised awareness of the movie a little, but otherwise, just another useless gimmick.
For some reason I have Steelers Wheel’s “Stuck in The Middle With You” in my head.
Hopefully, Michael Madsen is in this.
If you post here
You know about this movie.
Not going to help awarness of the flick either way but a smart little gimmick.
Uh… a movie studio sent out an ear in a Big Mac container.
Guess J-Mac gets those every day. (shrug)
The tv spots showing that creepy and deformed kid have been pretty good. This thing will open up big. But if I got one of those packages it might ruin fast food takeout for me.
what they should have sent is a big mac container with their balls in it. They clearly don’t have any for remaking a 70s wes craven movie. I agree with Moriarty over at AICN, the horror genre is in really bad shape right now, perhaps even scraping the bottom.
Martin, Mickey D’s stopped using Styrofoam 10-15 years ago.
damn, that’s what I get for not eating their shit food.
Sorry I can’t get excited about something you can get for 50 cents at Spencer Gifts (those still exist, right?)
surely some ripped eyeballs would have been more appropriate. its like a dyslexic created it. The horror genre has stagnated completely – but in boxoffice terms its very healthy. This has been the longest period of successful horror films since the 30s in terms of revenue and not artistry. I’d be interested to hear Moriarty’s comments about HOSTEL – he’s been very quiet on that front. I felt it was possibly the most depressing and cynical exercise to ever be given a 20m marketing push. It felt like the cinematic translation of a geek conversation that should have never left the bedroom.
The movies have stagnated. The box office hasn’t.
One of the producers of Hostel is producing something written by McWeeny, so that may be the reason he hasn’t said much about it. I’d check AICN, but, y’know…fuck that. Hostel is pure tripe from a hack who got lucky, nothing more.
You won’t see McWeeny comment on Hostel or Roth if he hasn’t by now. I’m guessing it’s a conflict and better off not saying anything than being accused of being a shill. Which is what will happen if he writes anything good about either one.
as long as the genre keeps making money why mess with a good thing? if even crappy movies can open up well and do good business, is there a need to screw it up?
Eli Roth owes his career to the Ain’t It Cool news team. Especially Brick Tamland.
Martin, are you insulting the makers of this movie AND Wes Craven? Or did I just read wrong? They don’t have balls for attempting to remake a WES CRAVEN (read: legend) classic?
Odd.
Plus, if you’d heard the film originally received an NC17 rating (not for gore, but for intensity) then you have now.