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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
Candidate for worst movie poster ever?
Mr. Poland, I think you’re under-estimating this film. The trailer promises no less than to connect global warming and Hurricane Katrina. And Gore comes off as a noble “man who would be President” guy. The trailer garnered applause (although I did see it in a liberal stronghold). This is definitely one of those movies which will do well under the label “more about the movement.”
So you will be first on line, palmy?
Pass.
I hope this is not a testament to my current college education but global warming remains the most confusing thing in the world for me.
The scientists need to start quantizing things because everyone is starting to attribute everything as affecting global warming and vice versa. It seems like the easiest way out.
One of the funnier lines from Colbert’s White House speech (and one where the audience actually laughed) was when he said something to the effect of fighting the Bush administration is like fighting a glacier…and cherish that analogy because our children probably won’t know what a glacier is. The issue has gone from “that sounds like a problem” to “holy shite.” They even made a Hollywood disaster movie dedicated to it. What better candidate for breakout documentary so far this year?
Will I be first in line because I saw that poster? No.
I thought the actual poster was the thing in the lower left hand corner with the hurricane coming out of the smokestack, no?
the actual poster is now up… I like the one-sheet… I just thought this flyer, which I got at the Universal CityWalk theater, was of interest. They are also doing a pledge drive for people to show up opening weekend.
Jeff, I stand corrected. The actual poster is great.
And the flyer actually does say to encourage your friends to see the movie.
yeah, the poster is great. Definitely gets the message out, ey?
Actually…the joke was that Jesse Jackson speaks at the speed of a glacier.
Thanks, Thom.
It was two jokes.
I’ll check this one out. Sounds interesting enough.
Mr. Poland, I’m surprised you didn’t post up this interesting article about Da Vinci.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-na-davinci11may11,1,3826685.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews
“In recent years, evangelical pastors have shied away from such dense sermons, preferring to preach practical self-help messages instead. “The Da Vinci Code” has prompted a renewed interest in basic theology
I actually think that poster is pretty cool, and isn’t it possible, waterbucket, that global warming is being tied to “everything” because it is indeed having a profound effect on our planet. Obviously, we need more research to better understand the problem, and it would help if the more people (i.e. the president) actually acknowledged what scientific studies are continually indicating: IT IS A PROBLEM!
That said, I’m certainly not spending $9 to watch a documentary that stars Al Gore. It will be more of a netflix thing I bet. I personally need to save my money for multiple viewings of X3 and Superman!
11. We can save millions of pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere by not exhaling!
Al Gore should be pleased to know that I will be saving a couple pounds of CO by not driving to the theater to see this movie. Also, does anyone believe that these politicians/actors promoting these techniques are actually practicing them (or at least any that are more than mildly inconvenient)?
I don’t know if any stars are really practicing these techniques, but many of the things on the list are, probably by design, only mildly inconvenient.
I mean, using different light bulbs or keeping your tires properly inflated or stuff like that takes no real effort.
I don’t know how effective those little things are in actually solving the problems, of course. But these items seem to be things selected specifically because they take little-to-no-effort or inconvenience.
That said, there’s probably plenty of politicians/actors who promote these techniques that won’t even do these relatively easy things.
Whether or not politicians and celebrities ‘practice what they preach’ is irrelevant unless you have no free will of your own and require constant instruction and direction from those politicians and celebrities. A good idea is a good idea, no matter if it comes from Bill O’Reilly or George Clooney or your next-door neighbor. How about we judge the value of an idea based on the idea itself instead of who is providing that idea?
I could care less if Al Gore drives an H2. It doesn’t change the fact that I still need to switch out the rest of my old lightbulbs with the new power-saving ones. Public figures are just as hypocritical as the rest of us. It’s not a good enough excuse to ignore or dismiss the message.
Palm… that story would be filed under “excellent publicity work.”
Are you calling me a plant? Is it really so unbelievable that there are people who would actually want to see this movie? Or at least that it represents an issue that people are buzzed about (see current gas prices)?
grrbear,
Do you genuinely believe that changing your light-bulbs will have even a modicum of impact? If not, then why do it?
Personally, I think I’ll just plant a tree. Then I can hang on to my eco-debilitating incandecents for year or two. Of course, my recessed lighting has 75 watt’ers, so I may have to do some more calculating. Maybe if I don’t trim the hedge…
Palmtree, DP is talking about the Da Vinci story, not anything to do with An Inconvenient Truth.
The sad thing is, there are many thousands of people who will refuse to see this movie just because Gore is the face of it.
Oh, I get it.
And I totally agree.
Well, Gore’s name isn’t on the poster. Anywhere.
But he is all over the trailer…the ridiculously overpumped trailer.
Aaron, my point was that instead of giving a sh!t about what others are doing, I should be paying attention to the things I need to do to help the environment. Lightbulbs, planting trees, recycling, etc. Change my habits, then try and persuade my friends to start changing theirs, and hope the chain continues.
The ‘why bother’ attitude is a big reason why we’re in this mess.
It is ironic how resistant people are to simple changes especially when they are win win. Florescent lights last something like ten times as long as incandescents in addition to using far less power, saving you money there as well. I don’t know what your beliefs are, but if they make you waste money unnecessarily on new bulbs and your electric bill, I guess it’s okay so long as you can afford it.
grrbear,
I understand your point, and agree, but I suppose I’m put off the paradox of the doomsday proclamations on one end, and on the other end, that changing lightbulbs can make a difference. If Gore’s grim forecast is realistic, then changing lightbulbs isn’t a drop in the rising-and-warming ocean.
^^Do you mean ‘is a drop’?
Anyway, if _everyone_ performed those energy-saving steps, that would be a lot of drops. Otherwise, what is there to do? Wait for the government to take action? Ha.
I hear that to get more kids to see it, they’ve added a hip-hop song to the opening credits: “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pump.”
It’s a bad trailer and a bad poster, very amateurish in style. Maybe they’re trying for that old grass-roots feel, but it just seems stale and lazy advertising to me. The movie may well be good and important, but it’s not coming across in this poor promotional work.
I saw An Inconvenient Truth knowing very little about global warming. Gore explains it in a way we can all understand – and I have to say, the film changed me and my opinion of Gore. If every person saw this film and changed one thing about their energy consumption, recycling practices, etc. – it would make a difference.
Gore did well on SNL. He was not the stiffy that the media made him out to be. But I’m glad that with the movie poster, they’re making it about the ideas and not the “star.”