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” â 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 â 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 â he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” â and I’d forgot who he was.
So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging â I was with her at that moment â 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 namedâ” “Yeah, sure â 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 Iâm on the phone with you now, after all thatâs 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 didnât seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. Thereâs not a case of that. He wasnât using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had â if that were what the accusation involved â 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. Iâm not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, âYou know, itâs not this, itâs thatâ? Because â let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, thatâs what it lacked. Thatâs 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
Congrats!
Congrats to the family. Terrific news at the start of a New Year.
Congratulations, Dave!
The journey you are about to embark on is unlike any other.
God bless.
Congratulations David and family!
Congrats and best wishes!
I knew it! When I didn’t see a box office update, this afternoon, I had a feeling – congratulations!
I hope sleep finds it way to you and your wife, but just know, things get easier and easier….until you have the second one.
Happy new year and congrats on the addition to your family. Hope everything continues to go fine for you.
Happy Baby New Year!
Congrats DP!
As far as movies go…great way to start the new year with Daybreakers and Youth in Revolt.
Congratulations David!
congratulations DP, wonderful news!
it’s a whole new kind of love from here on out, may the new year bring peace, love and happiness to you, the lovely missus and baby cameron
Awesome news, congratulations!
Wow, DP congratulations! I can’t wait to hear the birth story. Oh, and please wipe up the floor with Devin.
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. POLAND!
I re-read the post at least three times just out of surprise. Caught yourself an eight pounder, eh?
Congratulations, and…the name was a pure coincidence, right? Or is the middle name Wachowski?
Mazel tov, boychick!
— Rabbi Levy of Portland
Congratulations, Dave! What a great way to welcome in the new year.
Congratulations, David. The one great thing about the sleepless nights ahead is that you will have time to catch up on every single DVD in your house.
Twice.
It’s an amazing ride, sir. Enjoy it.
Congrats Mr. Poland!
Wow, Congrats! Back online so soon.
I look forward to seeing pictures tomorrow. Congrats!
Congrats Dave.
for the BYOB,
regarding Avatar=White Guilt, let’s hypothesize that Fox was nervous about Avatar (if it had acutally been as an expensive a risk as the NYT et al lied about it being) and decided they needed the biggest movie star in the world as insurance (which wouldn’t make financial sense because any added benefit from his box office muscle would be offset by the massive loss in points/profits needed in order to secure him for the project.
so, can you still make the white guilt argument about Avatar if Cameron had cast Will Smith as Jake Sully?
Is the important part of the white guilt argument the race divide or is it the affluence divide, the technology divide, the cultural clash, and the entitlement-perception divide?
In other words is it really white guilt, or is it “American” guilt–that it is relatively rare for a non-white American to be at the level of affluence and presumption of all entitlements all the time that most whites have? Will Smith is certainly more successful than any other modern actor, so if he were our example it neutralizes the race question and points the finger towards the other, more subtle and indirect influences that actually cause the difference (while race is only the difference we can see easily so we assume it is the difference that matters).
As a father of 3, I say welcome to the Daddy Club. Your choice of name is certainly a very topical one. Congrats to you and the wife/mother. Now every movie that explores deliveries, pregnancies, fatherhood, will now be something of a personal journey to you. Will be very interesting to see whether your perspective is altered in any way. And that’s the great part, not just what we take away from a movie, but what we bring to it as well. Well done ole chap.
Congrats!
Congrats, Dave! I’m guessing the birth story involved the umbilical cord getting tangled in little Cameron’s chest hair. Glad everything came out all right!
jeffmcm: Middle name’s Dreamgirls.
D.P.: In all seriousness, congratulations.
Wonderful news and best wishes to all. L’Chayim!
Congrats, DP. Cameron Dreamgirls Speed Racer Poland. Got some big shoes to fill!
Congrations, DP!
Congrats, Dave. I have a 6 month old son. Enjoy these early days. they are fantastic!
Congratulations! Luckily for you Cameron will be able to merge his birthday and NYE parties into one go so you’ve saved yourself there!
Congrats! It has been my experience that for the first couple weeks they tend to sleep best in those vibrating chairs. Good luck.
congrats & mazel tov to Dave and the Missus!
Congrats to you and your family, David.
Happy new year!
Best wishes and good health.
Byob topic:
Saw the road last night. That movie wrecked me. What a wonderful film.
Congratulations to you and your family! I have a 2-year-old son and you’re about the embark on quite an adventure. đ Looking forward to your in-depth analysis of the Thomas the Tank Engine series.
Congratulations and best wishes to you all. Now you have yet another reason to be sleepless
…just read your happy news, Dave.
Beaucoup congratulations to you, Mrs. D and baby Cameron.
Helluva sweet way to start the new decade, huh?
Changing the subject just a little, who wants to predict the movie that finally topples “Avatar” from its embedded #1 perch on the box-office chart?
My bet is on “The Book of Eli” during MLK Weekend.
If that doesn’t do the trick, “Avatar” should be safe until “Valentine’s Day.”
Or perhaps Mel Gibson’s “Edge of Darkness” which opens the same weekend as “Taken” did last year, and looks like a spookily similar vigilante daddy melodrama.
Congratulations! I look forward to the analysis of Cameron’s weight, what it means for his future weight, and why Finke is reporting that the actual weight as 7 lbs 12 oz.
Congrats Dave
Congratulations!!!!
I just spent a wonderful long weekend having many Dinosaur Tea Parties with my two year old. You are in for a wonderful wonderful adventure.
Congratulations to David and family.
Congrats, David!
I guess this makes you a Guru of Gerber now.
Congrats, DP.
Wow! Whatta way to start a new year and new decade. Congrats, Dave….and welcome to the daddy club. Now keep that handsome boy away from my daughter!
Now the adventure really begins. Congratulations!
Congrats DP!
Awesome… Congratulations, David.
Congrats and Mazel to the Poland family!
Anybody have a weight on Nikki Finke ringing in the new year? Reminds me, THE BIGGEST LOSER premieres on NBC tomorrow night.
Will Cameron debut at Sundance? What category…Shorts Program? New Frontiers? Premieres?
Family name?
James Cameron?
Cameron Crowe?
Cameron Diaz?
Kirk Cameron?
Mike Cameron? (recent Red Sox OF acquisition)
Congratulations! Can’t wait to meet him (and for Eliza to let him borrow all her toys!).
Dave, CONGRATS to you & Mrs. P!! I agree, wonderful way to start the Double Digits! Remember, waking people up every two hours is considered tort–uh, enhanced interrogation in certain circles, so…go easy on yourselves till you get the six-hour stretch!
congratulations DP!
Look forward to the late night feeding and changing posts that are sure to come.
Lex and I should be stumbling in from the bar about then, so the timing works out perfectly.
Question?
Will BYOB now stand for “bring yer own baby?”
Cause if so, Nicols brude has some great rants on the socialist leanings of “Bob the builder.
IOIO’s youngster has some interesting thoughts as to why the smurfs are not a cultural phenomenon.
JeffMcm’s little one can correct everyone’s spelling and grammar.
and
DEEZEE and his child (making a special guest appearance) can have a great debate as to weather DEEZEE has ever had sex with a woman.
Deezee will take the side of “no he’s never had sex with anyone” and stick too it, no matter what!
His son will beg to differ.
exciting times are ahead!
Congratulations!
Congrats!
Congrats, Dave!
That noisy party you’ve been hearing next door all these years?
You’ve just been dragged into it! Enjoy!
Many congrats to you and the family. I’m glad that he JUST dodged being a child of those awful noughties, the coming decade has to be a better one. Great timing.
Wow, almost New Year’s baby. That’s pretty cool.
What a fun blog – I am curious about the name, though I can attest that Cameron has become quite the popular, hip name the past few years…just like Liam and Aidan. Sure seems coincidetal, though.
Since this is BYOB, though, I have been meaning to ask for months….what is the deal with Fathom events? Are they truly successful and do they draw well? I have seen them heavily advertised at some of the multiplex theaters, lately.
Felicitations, DP. You’ll be getting calls from the principal’s office before you know it.
Yay, congrats!! Here’s to a healthy, fulfilled life ahead!!
How are you distributing the photos and video? Are you going to stagger the release to select family members and then go broad? You’re not planning on doing an e-mail send out during the same window as a website release, are you?
Man, I hope this doesn’t make you go soft.
Salutations and welcome to poo central.
Whats your curfew like for the next month?
Can we split au pair costs for Sundance?
I keeed.. I look forward to the DP30 of the birth.
Congrats, David. Your viewing habits are on the cusp of great change.
Great news. All the best to you and the missus.
Congratulations and welcome to the Daddy club. Your life will never be the same, in a good way.
“Cameron? Hype! Synergy! Name-Checking!”
– Chucky In Jersey
No idea what it’s like to be a parent, and probably never will, so congratulations…you are a lucky man.
And I trust you will still be hosting the Burma VJ screening tomorrow.
Congratulations, David! Mine have amazingly reached 19 and 21. The 21 year old is moving to LA in the fall to try to break into film scoring.
Free advice if you want it :-)….just let them be and guide with a steady but light hand!
Congrats again! What a way to start the year.
Steve
Comment #2 (Posted by brundlefly)
So… that’s how they have sex. That’s also how they bond with animals. So, they like to wrestle animals to the ground and have sex with them. Oooookaaaaay.
But now you can use the “Think about the children!” argument.
Grats đ