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
Not to mention, there is a much simpler way of beating the paywall that has nothing to with typing in IP addresses. It took me about five minutes to figure it out.
Cut and paste, my friend.
So, are you saying that The Wrap acquired the Academy list by buying it from someone who had it and shouldn’t have? That’s quite an accusation and I’m sure the Academy would be none too pleased about this, especially if it leads to directly contacting them.
Anyway, there was nothing worse than the paywall decision for Variety – especially now. REALLY BAD IDEA. Dozens of outlets report Variety’s story. People will get their news from those sites – basically they just rewrite the story with a link. They need more viewer access, not less. Information wants to be free.
“Information wants to be free.”
Sigh. Read your own first paragraph.
Not an accusation, Sasha. A fact… that has been printed here a few times. It was given to her by former Variety staff that came to work for The Wrap, and who knew it was very, very proprietary.
And I am told, though I do not know this for a fact, had access to the key that eliminated the false entries designed to allow Variety to know if the list was being used by someone other than them.
Direct reach out to Academy members by mail started in October, as I recall.
After consulting various people, including an off-the-record conversation with someone at The Academy, I decided not to press the issue as we went into a new season. Live and let live… and who needs a new and aggressive enemy?
But the hypocrisy is so relentless and a fact like this so simple, here it is, in the off season. Like I said, she never really turned the corner on how to use the list effectively. But the standard of conduct is consistent with so much of her behavior, at The Wrap, but all at NYT.
I have never actually addressed a foamy squirrel but I will try: information does not, I don’t think, include private mailing lists. Also, buying an iphone for $10,000 does not back up the idea that information should be free. I’m not saying the Academy shouldn’t release all of their information; they should. But there I see a difference between news as info and confidential stuff. But that’s just me. Feel free to be a foamy squirrel about it. No one will hold it against you. They might want to give you a shot or a bath or something.
DP – I had no idea. I guess I don’t necessarily object to their trying to elbow out Variety with direct mail of Academy members, but I do think it’s not a smart way of reaching them. They tune it out, for the most part. And I didn’t see that it helped them much in terms of Oscar ads.
I was surprised to hear that they had such an aggressive approach – it will be off-putting and intimidating is my guess. But what do I know.
You dont have to be a rocket scientist to know who the individual is. He’s there in the masthead and was a prominent ex-employee at Variety who had access to teh list. Of course Variety knows this.
Sharon has two personalities: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The people who don’t know her see Dr. Jekyll, smiling and acting reasonable, and think she is wonderful, learned and delightful. The people who have worked with her or suffered at her hands know the nastier truth. A good test of this is turnover. Her site has churned through quite a few decent people who have good reps.
Also, please remember that she is a rabid social climber. If the site goes down and flames but she ends up as a big personality in town, she will be more than happy.
I don’t place much hope in karma, especially in a town like this. But there are so many people I run into on a daily basis who curse her name that I can’t imagine her not getting her comeuppance one day.
Till then, I’ll keep watching the Nikki vs. Sharon show, and getting weirdly, sadly entertained.
You know that this is from another blog that she poached right?
See original here
http://www.tempdiaries.com/2010/03/temp-x-computer-hacker.html
Yes, there is a difference. That’s kinda the point. It’s what makes the sweeping generalization “information wants to be free” blatantly untrue.
Also, I’ll have you know that the foam is from luxury bath salts. My doctor says that the incidental rabies should clear up any day now.