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
Wow – if both you and Jeff are raving about this movie, I’m going to have to go see it.
Sweet! Can’t wait!
I could definitely get on board with calling it the funniest movie of 2007 so far as well. The laughs are very well paced.
Better get all your “I am McLovin” quotes out now, before it becomes the “Show me the money” of 2007.
Funny. I thought Kevin Smith was more the modern Woody — small budgets, small profits.
Kevin doesn’t make enough films to be that… Woody was always one a year or more…
Yeah, but Woody’s movies never made $100-million+. Or even the ’70s/’80s equivalent. They were always niche films. Furthermore, Sandler isn’t a writer/director but a star who develops his own material.
If it was about a movie per year, Spike Lee could take that title. But he’d probably punch you in the nose for suggesting it.
If SUPERGOOD is supposed to be a superfunny look at today’s youth, based on the trailers all I can do is channel the snooty waiter from FERRIS BUELLER: “I weep for the future.”
Everyone is right. This movie is as funny as it gets. Knocked Up is a better movie, but this is non-stop funny.
And Walk hard is very funny, but it’s as much of an Oscar contender as Anchorman. It has one goal in mind, and that’s to make you laugh. Unless the Academy is now into movies where kids chop other kids in half with machetes.
Man, this thing had me hooked the moment the first trailer hit. The red band trailer sealed the deal. I will definitely be seeing it.
loved the trailers. can’t wait to see it. glad to hear it’s funny.
http://clarkandmichael.com/
There’s a timid SUPERBAD type site to tide you over…Michael Cera’s little web project.
“You don’t want girls to think you suck dick at fucking pussy.”
Yeah, I just know Noel Coward’s spinning in his grave beause he never thought up a witty remark like that…