May 6, 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” 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
If you’re in the Midwest you may have to go a long ways to see “Sweeney Todd”. Marcus Theatres won’t play the movie because of the booking terms.
Wish every theater chain could do that on every franchise, remake, sequel, name-checking and Oscar-whoring release. THAT would wake Hollywood up.
Even though many of the movies you speak of are, in fact, good?
Yes. Hollywood needs its own version of the Mitchell Report.
Huh? How about we just reward good movies and not bother with arbitrary litmus test factors like you’re proposing. Next thing you’ll tell us to avoid movies based on the main title font.
So i write ONE little flagrant comment on nikki finke’s blog, shitting on her about that “scoop” she had that 3 Hollywood execs were on their deathbeds… and she bans me from her site. What a bitch.
What were you expecting, Aris P? That she would welcome you? š
I’m going to freak out if I don’t have a fresh episode on TV soon. Please end the strike and give me back my TV!
Waterbucket: Hey, if you watch reruns of a series you never watched before — they would at least seem fresh, right?
So, David:
Are you a big fan of “Wizard of OZ?” I know Owen liked it.
I see that Fox is sneaking “27 Dresses”…on the 27th.
A Thursday sneak is mighty peculiar, but I’m guessing they figure every day is a Saturday during Festivus.
The Screen Actors Guild doesn’t seem to like “Sweeney Todd.” But they like “Hairspray” enough to give it an ensemble nomination.
And Blanchett gets nominated for both “Golden Age” and “I’m Not There.”
Some bloggers are going to have a lot to blog about today.
“Eastern Promises” gets released on DVD next week. On Wednesday instead of Tuesday (because Christmas is Tuesday). So I ask our little town’s Blockbuster clerk if they will release “Promises” on Tuesday since they’re going to be open, and she goes into the computer. She says she can’t figure out if they are going to start renting it on Tuesday or Wednesday, but not to worry because they are going to have 212 copies of it. I find this amazing. Our tiny town in rural flyover is getting 212 copies of “Eastern Promises.” They must realize how much people want to see Viggo’s stuff flopping around in a sauna fight.
Joe, you’re right. It’s time for me to check out According to Jim.
Waterbucket: That may be a bit extreme…
THE WIRE Season Five starts in a couple of weeks. That could keep you busy. (And if you haven’t seen Seasons 1 – 4, you have an even better journey ahead of you. Best thing on the tube.)