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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
I gots a bad feeling about THE FOUNTAIN. Anxious to hear your thoughts…
All I can say about The Fountain is that it has one of the cheapest, photo-shoppy looking posters for a major film I have seen in my lifetime.
I understand the concept, but the execution says pure, photoshop fromage.
My interest in The Fountain waned somewhat after Pitt and Blanchett were swapped out for Jackman and Weisz.
Yours certainly seems to be a unique perspective on the film.
I would rather have Jackman than Pitt, for sure.
Nicol, are you referring to this poster:
http://www.movieposterbid.com/itemdetl.asp?id=14483
?
If that’s what you personally can do in Photoshop, I hope you are a professional art designer, because it looks pretty good to me.
Kristopher, if you were talking to me, I’m not understanding what you said.
Eric, I was talking about David’s opinion of “Venus.” Sorry about that.
Jeff,
Perhaps I know a higher calibre of art designers than you…cause that is the poster I was referring to and in full size, in a movie theatre it looks like shite.
Ah. Gotcha.
I don’t have any problem with Jackman, per se, but I’ve never been too impressed. Which roles made you a fan, Jeff? Or is it a dislike of Pitt?
it does look kinda photoshoppy, but remember that Fountain is a fairly low-budget film. So in general the effects may be less than state of the art due to that, but it still looks very interesting to me, even if the reviews so far have been so-so.
Yes, just to be clear, I am not referring to the film itself; just the poster that screams ‘We want this film to lose money and bomb’.
It has that Solaris whiff to it.
Many actually see the Pitt/Blanchett replacement as a lucky improvement, but I’m not really on one side or the other.
The poster tells me that there is ambition, but lacking a polish beyond what has already been seen in, say, a recent Star Trek one sheet.
The trailer, thankfully, is a bit more well-rounded.
I’ve really grown to like Pitt. He generally has a good taste in projects and the right director can coax a very good performance out of him.
Also, I have a huge, huge crush on Cate Blanchett.
I like Jackman well enough but have never seen him bring anything surprising to a performance. I’ll admit I’ve only seen his more commercial movies, though.
That poster is kinda cool, actually. Reminds me of some 70’s sci-fi posters I’ve seen. Maybe even 2001.
And I too have a crush on Cate Blanchett. I really realized it in LIFE AQUATIC when she was knocked up and still incredibly hot. I also liked her evil twin in COFFEE AND CIGARETTES.
I prefer the Jackman/Weisz team up frankly. Brad Pitt just didn’t seem right from what I had heard about the movie. Although Jackman/Blanchet probably would have been great. I like Jackman, and I really want him to start making better movies. The Fountain is, I see, a step in that direction. But who knows, the film could be crap.
But really, I’ll see anything by Aronosfsky. Plus is has Ellen Burstyn!
But I really don’t like Pitt at all. I find it entirely generic. I liked him in Thelma & Louise many moons ago and he impressed me in Fight Club but I dunno… something about him doesn’t sit right with me.
On Venus, that sounds mediocre. Can’t really get much interest for that. But, it’s hard to believe that Warren Beatty is 69! Jesus… Annette is one lucky gal to have a 69-year-old husband who looks like that.
Well, I don’t feel so bad I couldn’t make it this year…NY Film Festival is going to rock this year…seems to only have the good stuff from Toronto/Telluride.