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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
Pass the shrimp lo mein…
Talk about a ghoulish Xmas: Right now Spanish-language TV network Telemundo is showing “Just Married”. Guess they haven’t heard about what happened to Brittany Murphy.
in west palm beach. 3 screenings of Sherlock Holmes at 2 theaters, all were sold out.
I was subjected to Four Christmases. Wow, someone needs to help Vince Vaughn, it was a really bad soulless ugly movie. I thought it would have been far more interesting if they realized their lifestyle really was better than that of their families, who all seemed miserable
Four Christmases – $120mil
Couples Retreat – $107mil
Aesthetics and unrealized potential aside — Vaughn is doing just fine.
Sigh.
Four Christmases – $120mil
Couples Retreat – $107mil
Aesthetics and unrealized potential aside — Vaughn is doing just fine.
Sigh.
of course you do know that Prof. Moriarity banged Holmes’ mother … so did vince vaughn
Finally got around to watching Spirited Away last night (all the more surprising since I lived in Japan for 3 years).
I have to say this put a much larger smile on my face than Avatar – there’s an innocence and inventiveness that’s totally refreshing. Easily one of my top 10 for the naughties.
My wife didn’t care that I had no desire to see Sherlock Holmes, so we went and caught a matinee yesterday. She loved it. I got just about exactly what I expected. It’s an OK diversion on a rainy and cold afternoon, but I fail to see how it is any different than many other mediocre Hollywood extravaganzas. I guess that is the power of Robert Downey, Jr. Guy Ritchie is not a good enough director to pull off a buddy comedy/action adventure/supernatural mystery. The central mystery is ridiculously lame and uninteresting, very nearly Scooby Doo silly. It’s hard to take seriously though clearly you’re supposed to. Some of the banter between Holmes and Watson is amusing, but some of it is pretty tiresome as well. There are cool set pieces, like the shipyard sequence. There are brain dead ones too, like the extended slow-motion explosion. The final battle between Holmes and Blackwood is anti-climactic. I realize it’s practically illegal in America to not rave madly about the brilliance of everything Downey, Jr. does, but he didn’t dazzle me in this role. It felt like something he could do without much effort. A good mystery should keep me guessing and engaged; it should fill me with anticipation as it nears its unraveling. I didn’t feel anything close to that here. Overall, it’s fairly dull and average, occasionally springing to life but just as frequently settling for mundane. There is a great drinking game present though: do a shot every time someone says “ginger midget.” I like RDJ as much as the next person, but not everything he does is awesome.
SNL re-ran the TAYLOR SWIFT EPISODE tonight.
SO GOOD. SWIFTY remaining THE best host in YEARS, one of the best episodes EVER. I’ve had it recorded since it aired, but it gets better EVERY. TIME.
Seriously, put Taylor Swift in a movie. FOR REAL. She’s GREAT on EVERY LEVEL.
If I was an A-list guy like Bay, Spielberg, Cameron, etc., I would SIGN TAYLOR SWIFT IMMEDIATELY to be in a HUGE BLOCKBUSTER; Or a studio should put her in a BIG COMEDY.
She is CHARMING and DELIGHTFUL, third ONLY to K-STEW and Megan.
I’m sorry, I seem to have read that wrong – I thought you used “charming and delightful” in the same sentence as Megan Fox.
I DID. BOW.
Not enough TAYLOR SWIFT DISCUSSION round here.
How can you NOT be in love with her?