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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” ā 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 ā 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 ā he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” ā and I’d forgot who he was.
So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging ā I was with her at that moment ā 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 namedā” “Yeah, sure ā 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 Iām on the phone with you now, after all thatās 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 didnāt seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. Thereās not a case of that. He wasnāt using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had ā if that were what the accusation involved ā 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. Iām not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, āYou know, itās not this, itās thatā? Because ā let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. TimesĀ piece, thatās what it lacked. Thatās 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
http://www.youtube.com = Best Site Ever.
So apparently Eva Green has been cast as the new Bond girl. I thought the actress was mesmerizing in “Kingdom of Heaven” — but she reminds me so much of former Bond girl Sophie Marceau it’s kind of distracting.
“Moonraker” was on last night. It’s pretty silly stuff but the relationship between Bond and Jaws is just classic. For my money, there’s Chaplin, Keaton and then Richard Kiel.
They go with an unknown after everyone of their top choices says no. Jolie, Theron, etc. I like the unknown choice. Not like Craig is a big star either. They can really start over and maybe create some stars.
I think Goldeneye should be there bench mark with star power. Pierce Brosnan was known certainly, but he was by no means a star. Neither was Famke Jansen, the other chick, Alan Cumming or that guy who usually plays bad guys or the second in command.
I hope the movie is BETTER than Goldeneye. that sucked, in fact, I thought all of the Brosnan movies were pretty lame.
Eva Green is hot. I found The Dreamers to be execrable, but I couldn’t keep my eyes off her. Even when she wasn’t naked. š
The Dreamers was pretty unwatchable. No fault of hers though. She’s real young. Much younger than anyone else they looked at here.
http://www.youtube.com is hilarious. Very funny site.
Goldeneye is what you call a much better videogame than a movie.
Seems to be a lot of them now.
What did you guys dislike so much about The Dreamers? Sure, this Eva Green is kind of flat as an actress (but not in other ways).
She was naked most of the movie. I gotta respect it and Bertolucci for showing it. Even if I can’t stand Michael Pitt. His minimal acting thing and his hair turn me off.
Never seen DREAMERS. Never heard of her. Her picture looks hot. Maybe she can actually act. Who cares about the Bond franchise anymore anyway? Did we NOT see the last 8 of these movies? Did we NOT notice how bland and bad they have become?
“Did we NOT see the last 8 of these movies? Did we NOT notice how bland and bad they have become?”
I’d say if you watched all eight, that must mean something. If they’re so negligible, why are you still going to them?
I like the second choice. Olivia Wilde. Now she is unbelievable looking. So is Eva. I guess you can’t go wrong with either one if you’re casting for looks.
My question with this project is if they’re trying to go back to gritty Bond. Why have Campbell direct? Why not find someone else? Maybe Joe Carnahan or someone like that?
The Dreamers sucked because of its faux intellectualism, its hamhanded attempts to shock, its wretched acting, etc., etc.
The worst part was the periodic flashbacks to old films. Not only did it remind me how much better those films are than this one, but the gimmick itself is so tired that I half expected Brian Benben to come stumbling into scenes.
What attempts to shock are you talking about? I don’t remember any (but I’m also very hard to shock). I also don’t think it was a faux intellectual film, I think it was a film _about_ faux intellectuals and how the kids were kind of naively stupid.
Dream On.
One of the greatest shows ever. Nudity on a sitcom. Pure gold.
Why can’t Brian Benben find work today? He was Great with a capital G on that little show.
I liked “The Dreamers” – a film that was in love with film. It’s a rare thing these days, but “The Dreamers” was one of them.
I consider “GoldenEye” the best of the recent Bonds. The last two however were just awful. Pure trash. But, “GoldenEye” WAS the first Bond I had ever seen mind you. My fave is “Goldfinger” though. But, still – i’m not that big a fan of the Bond franchise. I haven’t seen many of the older ones. I’d like to eventually though.
Eva Green is nice I suppose. She was good in “The Dreamers” and passable in “Kingdom of Heaven” (but so many things were soooo wrong in that movie that the merely decent stood out as great).
I rolled my ankle and can’t walk! Give me your sympathy.
I’m happy with the Bond casting.
EVA GREEN was supposedly excellent in Ridley Scott’s Dir Cut of KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
JEFFREY WRIGHT (playing Felix Leiter)is another excellent choice and not someone I expected to star in a Bond film. His work in ANGELS OF AMERICA, BASQUIAT, SHAFT, among other films is awesome; this is one talented and mesmerizing actor.
GIANCARLO GIANNINI is an Italian film star legend and was last seen as the Detective hounding Anthony Hopkins in HANNIBAL. I thought he was the best thing about that movie, quite frankly.
It’s a decent cast.
wright and giannini are good additions as supporting actors. giannini was the best thing about hannibal. the italian scenes were the best in that movie. and wright is usually the best thing about anything hes in.
The problem with Bond is the director. They should have redone the whole damn thing. Started from scratch and gave someone else a shot in the big chair. We’re just going to get more of the same here.
They did cast a really gorgeous gal here. Don’t remember her in “Kingdom of Heaven” though.
Not to break the thread here, anyone seen Freedomland??? I hear the new Da Vinci Code trailer is in front of it.
i dont like trailers (they show and reveal too much) i like teasers – we saw the DA VINCI and POSEIDON teasers a month or so back and they rocked, excellently done, quick snippets of action annd dialogue — thats enough for me
Space, what do you think of teasers for movies like “Femme Fatale” or the (unseen by me) “Night Watch”.
I thought the Femme Fatale teaser was pretty great. “You have just seen Brian de Palma’s new film. Did you miss it? See it again”.