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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
Which brother does David Spade play and which one does Chris Farley play? I’m guessing the Farley brother turns into a zombie….
Just curious, any comment on Bobby? More curiousness, where will LWD be shot?
Dave. Appreciate the TIFF updates.. keep em coming. However as you showed with BEHIND THE MASK, when it comes to horror and the US market, you’re a little out of touch. You predicted 30m for BEHIND THE MASK.. I told you it probably won’t get a release. SHEEP for all it’s greatness will unlikely make it to 1000+ screens. I think it has less appeal than SHAUN and you saw where that ended up domestically after huge word of mouth and internet hype.
Black Sheep could be this year’s BBM. Baaaa.
Oh? Another zombie flick from Z-Land?
I saw Black Sheep and I don’t think it would be a big movie in the U.S. It is a real crowd pleaser though, right up the alley of Bad Taste fans…with a more mainstream quality.
Saw Shortbus and it was fantastic. Saw Out of the Blue tonight and it was an extremely intense and gripping true story out of New Zealand as well. Very much worth a look.
I heard about Black Sheep years ago, why is it only being released now?
But, I would see this movie as a pure $15-$20mil movie in the US. Zombie Sheep just have “OMG that is so fuckin’ stupid” written all over it.
Sheep on a Plane !
I was actually thinking the parallels between this and Snakes are quite numerous when I was writing my above comment.
This has cult written all over it.
I just saw that someone else on a different site has written it as SHEEP ON A PLAIN, which is great.
I’m desperate to see a Black Sheep/Brokeback Mountain trailer mashup.
Give it a classy name —
Sheepskin Mound de Noir
Just came back from the Tuesday aft screening of Black Sheep (and Shortbus/Last King of Scotland). Very funny and far grosser than Shaun of the Dead. Not sure if that’s a plus or a minus. The deadly foetal sheep was my favourite part–pure silliness. Dave, did you see Penelope? If so, what did you think? That was one bizarre mash-up of a movie. Parts didn’t work at all, and then there were Peter Dinklage, Reese, James McAvoy and Christina Ricci who were acting in a much better movie…strange.