April 1, 2009
As evidenced by the new outdoor campaign for Fame, which uses Coca-Cola’s dynamic ribbon lettering and Apple’s famous iPod shadows, the company did not announce today that it is being bought by Coke and Apple. “Don’t you have anything better to write about, you idiot?,” said a insider source who asked not to be named because he’s really shy and would stop buying me lunch if I named him.
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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
The best they could do I suppose…what does MGM have in the vault aside from the much delayed and aweful “Poughkeepsie Tapes”
Scanners, The Topkapi Affair and Pinkville all in some sort of development.
Should I be shocked by the hilarious level of idiocy? no…
Enjoy… Fame!
Fame Classic: I’m gonna live to about 60 then die from type 2 diabetes!
Death of a film studio? This week only reinforces 6 majors (tho Universal is in death throes), 3 major minors (Weinstein, Summit (they have thr Twilight franchise), and Lionsgate (they have Madea/Tyler Perry)
The over hype idiocy…….go to fucking bed
The truly awful POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES was a dog of a pick-up that has been on and off the re-sale block a number of times. It looks like NO ONE is interested in giving this thing a theatrical release.
I, for one, am very curious to see how the genre-bending CABIN IN THE WOODS does, especially since February 2010 now seems to be over-crowded. MGM even has a second release (HOT TUB TIME MACHINE) the same month. I am guessing a re-shuffling of the schedule will happen soon.
Ick. How is “I’m gonna make it to Heaven” supposed to attract anyone?
I don’t actually think these ads are bad… just derivative.
Don, I’M GONNA LEARN HOW TO FLY! FAME! Seriously dude, that’s one of the easiest callbacks on a poster ever.
“How is “I’m gonna make it to Heaven” supposed to attract anyone?”
Maybe it’ll fool people into thinking it’s a Tyler Perry movie.
Speaking of which, his latest movie is actually screening for press. What changed there?
How is everyone missing DP’s humor here? You’re all taking the FAME post at face-value and talking about MGM’s viability and the campaign, when his post is actually one of his sharpest Nikki jabs ever.
“Don’t you have anything better to write about, you idiot?,” said a insider source who asked not to be named because he’s really shy and would stop buying me lunch if I named him.”
Priceless.
Dietcock – you are right, it was very funny. I am surprised he was able to restrain himself from replacing “Exclusive” with “TOLDJA!”
I’m hoping, LYT, that it means that I Can Do Bad All By Myself is closer to The Family That Preys (a flawed, but genuinely good movie) than Madea Goes to Jail (a checklist of everything that Perry does wrong turned up to 11).
Beg to differ on “Poughkeepsie,” bmcintire. I’m a fan and I wish others would get a chance to judge for themselves, either in theaters or on DVD.
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ALL LEXG, ALL THE TIME.
WELCOME ME BACK, MOTHERFUCKERS.
I HATE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU HATE ME.
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