April 26, 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” — 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
Disapointed that “Book of Eli” is getting hammered. Been waiting for the Hughes Bros. next film for so long=(
Mila Kunis seems to be on a losing streak after the goodwill from Sarah Marshall…fingers crossed for “Black Swan!”
UNICEF http://www.unicefusa.org/haitiquake
SAVE THE CHILDREN http://www.savethechildren.org.
WORLD VISION http://www.worldvision.org
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
MERCY CORPS http://www.mercycorps.org
So we can expect to see Haiti messages during the BFCA and GG this weekend. Hollywood always rallies around causes when needed, which is always welcomed.
So is involvement by AmeriCares, which has dispensed a thousand points of blight for 25 years or so.
Before the Hollywood liberals help Haiti they should worry about the fact that the United States is turning into a police state.
Thanks to all for the help yesterday on explaining how trailers worked. I really appreciate the sane and rational explanations.
Steve aka Direwolf
I wonder if Chucky is as charming in real life as he is on this blog?
Dave, I’m sure this has probably been asked in another post – or maybe I just missed it – but are we getting a “Best of the Year” list from you this year?
I hope so, Mark. My son has been in the way of extended periods of concentration for a few weeks now. Will try to do it this weekend.
Dave – Got any thing to add to this? This is insane to me. At this price, Disney should buy it and merge it into the Marvel properties.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/01/lions-gates-15-millionplus-offer-for-terminator-now-the-bid-to-beat.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+newsandbuzz+%28News+%26+Buzz%29
Chucky kind of reminds me of Rorschach.
Ah, thought that might be the case – in fact, I thought you may end up foregoing entirely for that very reason (which would, incidentally, have been completely understandable :)).
Forget Leno and Conan, Philip Glass was on the Colbert Report!
http://philipglass.typepad.com/glass_notes/2010/01/we-are-at-war-glass-on-colbert.html
Before the Hollywood liberals help Haiti they should worry about the fact that the United States is turning into a police state.
Yeah to hell with those people, my right to catch a flight without a background check has been stomped on
Or, to quote Eric Idle:
“So what the planet fails,
Let’s save the great white males!
And fuck you all so very much!”
As usual the haters are dissing my P.O.V. They must have the same mentality and morality as Pat Robertson.
Anyone who cares more about their POV than the Haitian earthquake is racist and basically genocidal, better get fitted for a cloak and hood Chucky
“As usual the haters are dissing my P.O.V.”
That’s because your an idiot who deserves it.
I’m not sure what’s up with Rottentomatoes and metacritic recently. You look one day when a film has a decent number of reviews and then look the next day and the score changes wildy. It happened last week with “Daybreakers” and “Youth in Revolt” tumbling from stellar to mediocre levels on the day before release. This week it happened with “Eli” jumping from terrible to acceptable levels the day before release.
Are critics sick of not being first to break an embargo and are altering their reviews to contradict the early ones? I know that isn’t the case but it seems like it lately.
Thanks, Gonzo.