Lunch With David 2
I haven’t even seen this… streaming on my satellite uplink card sucks…. but you can let me know what I said, I guess…
Here it is.
May 5, 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
Hey Dave, you’re not fat….actually we can’t really tell because we haven’t seen your calves yet! Thank you! I’m here all week people. Try the veal! That being said, thanks for bringing back BO Hell, that’s awesome and so is the talking head. You should do one where you explain once and for all the you and Wells history. That would be pretty cool.
Yep…yer gonna get a call or two on that one.
So stable profits = ‘into the toilet’?
Fat is not your problem.
After Get Rich or Die Tryin’, I can give a shit where Jim Sheridan makes his movies.
Good segment though, Dave.
Wasn’t as manic as the first one. Hehe…you’ve got a groove going on 🙂
Did David say Hollywood isn’t sanctimonious?
I think he meant “sacred”. Maybe not.
After a slightly awkward beginning (a french fry thrown by an off-camera “Kevin Smith” would have been great), this was pretty thought provoking. DP sounded like his ideas were well organized, and while he was certainly trying to cram a lot of info and opinion into a short piece, it wasn’t hard to follow.
Very nice work.
Into the toilet compared to the wild dreams the business had planned for the home video market, for sure.
Not a good business to be in? Well, you’ll get rich if you know what you’re doing, just not as rich as expected. Um… Kinda like the DVD problem. =D
Oh, and don’t eat white rice, Mr. Poland. That’ll just slow your metabolic rate!
James Bond… In the summer? With Indiana Jones? And Batman? Wait… Who is in office now? George Bush, you say? Yes, dear Virginia, time travel does exist.
DP, don’t worry about it– the internet adds ten pounds, mostly under the chin.
Really, though, the drawing of you is fatter than the real you.
David be rockin’ the hair. Him and Robin Williams should have a love child.
When are we going to see David and Nikki Finke have lunch together. We could have an insert shot of Nikki’s hand rubbing David’ thigh. That would be hot. It could end with a reprise of the restaurant scene from Sliver. Or, maybe they could roll a meatball back and forth. The possibilities are endless. Think outside the box Poland.
Frank is mobile! Dave, you do not sound anything like Harry Shearer. You were supposed to sound like Harry Shearer.
Geez look at this thread.
And I thought women were supposed to be “bitchy”.
Steal a car Frank? Tonka truck?
I just scored Mets tickets. Better than stealing. Grandslam.
Yeah, Lota, and you’re seeing those Mets pound my beloved Astros. Damn.
By the way Dave it was interesting. I better hurry if I want Bond tickets. I just bought Mets tix though, better get some self-control here.
SOrry the Mets *shit out* I mean *shut out* the Astros Joe. I apologize for hating all sports teams from Texas. Yeeee-ha!
Lota: Then you admit it — you’re a bigot. How sad. I had thought you were better than that.
i don’t hate Texans, just their lying, cheating, bragging sports teams. Hate the team, love the peoples.
Am I the only one that thinks David’s thighs look fat?
Martin. I can neither confirm or deny those allegations but perhaps before Dave next goes out to lunch he should ask the question that women have been asking for 20,000,000,000 years
“Do you think I look fat in this?”
David, you need an extra light for the left side of your face. Too noirish for the subject matter.
I was worried at the start (homo sex jokes hahah) but after that I actually liked it (i haven’t watched the first one). You seemed very manic. And the punchline was good at the end.
Bond is in Summer 2008? *groan*
I remember Bond films being summer movie events – at least they were in London where they played months on end at the Odeon Leicester Square – so I don’t know why people are shocked.
SPY WHO LOVED ME, MOONRAKER, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OCTOPUSSY, A VIEW TO A KILL, LIVING DAYLIGHTS and LICENCE TO KILL all opened during the summer if I recall. In England watching a Bond film during that period was part and parcel of a British summer tradition.
I have no problem with summer, it gives Bond movies more of an “event” aura as opposed to the Brosnan films which all opened in and around Nov/Dec.
It’s really good, David. I’m impressed that you can rattle something out like that live and (presumably) unscripted.
Bond is trying to bump Iron Man’s release date, but it’s not going to stay there… i just don’t think Casino Royale is going to do well enough to warrant a summer release.
Ok, Nikki Finke is reporting Friday box office figures before 8:30 a.m. West Coast time. And, of course, Drudge has a link.
This is getting ridiculous.
If those numbers are accurate (no reason to believe they aren’t, other than the fact that the showing of “My Super Ex” I went to last night was capacity full), Disney made one of the smartest business decisions in years by walking away from “Lady in the Water,” and “Pirates” is continuing to successfully suck all the air out of the room. (Maybe if there’d only been 1 or 2 new wides this weekend rather than 4, results woulda been different.)
Also, “Superman” loses a big gross center next week, as I suspect it loses most of its Imax screens to “Ant Bully.” Next week’s again crazy–3 new wides and 2 high profile limited. I don’t know why they’ve loaded down so many weekends this year rather than spreading out.
Uh… Spread out to where? Being high profile wasn’t the error. Throwing down the gauntlet with four different comedies was the problem.
Pirates 2 now also has the distinction of being the fastest to $300 million… And the only 2006 release to be #1 for three weekends.
Re – Disney being smart for walking away from M. Night’s movie. Seemingly it would be a good decision except for one factor… one could argue that one of the main reasons it underperformed is because of the publicity involving the split… the book, the reviews, the interviews, all of which left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth (even me, who thinks it’s all overblown on both sides). Point being, if we believe that the hoopala played a role in this result, then we must also conclude that had the film stayed at Disney then it would have had a much better ‘reputation’ going into this weekend and would have opened much higher.
Scott Mendelson
The general public, though, isn’t paying attention to the book or any of that mess. I really think two things hurt “Lady in the Water”: a lack of a star, but mostly the fact nobody liked “The Village.”
“The general public, though, isn’t paying attention to the book or any of that mess. I really think two things hurt ‘Lady in the Water’: a lack of a star, but mostly the fact nobody liked ‘The Village.'”
Absolutely. Let’s not get too inside baseball here. Night’s brand is hurt from the Village. No stars. Most importantly, a schizophrenic campaign from the floundering WB marketing department. These are what doomed this film.
One wonders what Buena Vista could have done to sell this film better. They always had a good grasp on how to market Night flicks. WB didn’t have a clue.
Lady in the Water would have been a good Clooney vehicle for the WB. While many harped on the Superman teaser as being underwhelming, the LitW teaser was just confusing at best.
I can’t believe “Super Size Me” is posted in its entirety on that http://www.iklipz.com site. *impressed*
The easiest to move would have been “Clerks II.” Any weekend you opened that movie, opening gross would have been the same. Push it to late August.
Next, move “Lady In The Water” to September/October, try to position both as an adult Halloween spookfest and an early Oscar contender.
Finally, move “Super Ex-Girlfriend” to October, where it looks like there’s a lack of female-centric comedy (or comedy at all). What really, I think, killed “Super Ex” was that they were counting on spillover goodwill from Superman to go to a comic book parody. Because Superman had almost no goodwill to spill over, hurt the movie, also, gives you a chance to use goodwill from the new season of “the Office” and from “Idiocracy” to support the movie.
The Idiocracy release is a dump… do not get it confused with a movie they expect to succeed.
I haven’t seen Idiocracy (and Dave may have), but it seems to me that it has the potential to be a sleeper hit. Sure, “Office Space” died at the box office, but has developed an IMMENSE cult following on video/DVD.
It sounds like Fox learned their Office Space lesson when they greenlit the film, then promptly forgot it again. Which is okay, because hey, the movie still got made.
Office Space is genius. The end.
Very shrewd post, Matt. I agree with all three points.
That said, from what I hear about “Idiocracy,” there will be no good will spilled over from that either.
On further thought, the move to this weekend might have been right for “Clerks II.” Originally, it was the same weekend as “Snakes On a Plane,” which is targetting the same audience (though also seeking to cross over beyond that audience). There aren’t a whole lot of films that would have hurt “Clerks II,” but that’s one of the ones that at least might have.