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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
Never even noticed them before.
Same here. But I tend to tune such things out in general.
I don’t qualify for them, I think, so I never clicked. But I do notice them.
Man, it’s amazing how my mind just automatically blocks banner ads my browser’s filter doesn’t catch. Don’t recall ever seeing them before.
I pay attention to the contests and usually enter if I’m interested in the film/the prizes look good.
Never noticed them. I like free stuff as much as the next guy but I wouldn’t offer my contact info to get it. Of course, getting my contact info ain;t to hard but if someone is going to do it, I don;t have to supply it for them.
I come here multiple times a day, and I’ve never seen them. But seriously, “Win ‘The Fountain?'” What is that, ancillary rights or something? They can keep the sequel rights, though.
Well, I’m from Australia so I never notice any of those things from any sites cause I’m almost always inneligible.
ditto for me… I always figure being in Europe disqualifies me š (but to answer your question I do notice them!)
I entered one once. There are no rules specifying that one can’t enter internationally right?
dunno… but why bother going through the hassle and giving up your private details when the prize is limited to people in the US?
Sorry if that sounds a bit like sour grapes… but am fed up with so many things available on the internet only for people in the US. Call me an idealist, but I truly hoped the internet would help erase borders. Instead I had to get a friend to download the BSG webisodes for me to watch ’cause they weren’t available to viewers outside of the US… and that goes for many, many, many other programmes and webcontent. grrrr…
My ad blocker usually kills them all. So no, I haven’t noticed.
There’s a movie called Beerfest? I wonder how many Oscars it’s going to win.
I love your contests. I used to win quite frequently.
I adore my GHOST SHIP mug with the spinning skull on the handle. The girl’s WHITE OLEANDER shirt left something to be desired on my middle-aged man frame, but my daughter loved it. I didn’t read THE NOTEBOOK, but the soundtrack that accompanied it was very nice. I think there was a thong and a CD from a quickly forgotten teen comedy with a really long title. The best was the GODS AND GENERALS address book with faux leather cover — nothing says the Civil War like keeping track of friends and family in an organized manner.
I haven’t won anything in awhile. I do keep trying. I love free, weird, movie promo stuff. I’m actually wering my MEET THE FOCKERS T-shirt today, not becuase I love the movie, but because the neckline is higher than on other Ts and it helps cover up my giraffe-like neck.
it’s actually a little confusing and vague as far as how to enter. can i just send my address to that ‘fountain@mcn’ address from my hotmail account? is that all you have to do?
The Happy Feet page says, at the bottom:
“Contest Rules: Drawing July 30, 2006 from entries dated no later than August 1, 2006.”
So when I saw it, I thought it was too late — otherwise, of course I’d enter! Is it not too late?
Soooo… this explains how DP got invited to TomKat’s wedding. That free wi-fi really sucked you in. hmmmm…..
I never noticed they were contests and just figured they were banner ads for movies I already know about. Maybe highlight the fact that they’re contests in the future…
I notice them, but the prizes seldom interest me (Wow! The unrated BEERFEST!), plus the odds are generally astronomical. DVDReview has two prize giveaways per week and I’ve never won anything.
so.. are they or aren’t they for Americans only? I’ve looked at them before.
The part that I don’t like is the “enter as often as you like” part which I always assumed meant that some loser like “Comic Book Guy” is going to email 10,000 entries to get that free whatever.
Mostly I look at the banner ads and think, hey, I want that(The Illusionist etc) when it comes out on dvd.
okay i guess only Beerfest says enter as often as you want. The others say 1 entry per day, so Comic Book guy isn’t a ringer then.