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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
HTTYD being bestowed a sequel made my week. Film of the year so far. Best reviewed studio animation film of all time or some such too.
Sometimes they don’t pay movie critics enough.
If someone told me to go see a SHREK or TOY STORY movie, I’d tear up the press passes and go to a strip club.
I think SHREK 1 is the ONLY cartoon movie I’ve EVER seen ANY of; Made it through about 15 minutes and I was like WHY ISN’T CAMERON DIAZ ON CAMERA instead of just her voice? A MOVIE is LIVE PEOPLE and GUNS and NUDITY and COCAINE.
Since I will never have kids and don’t like kids and DIDN’T LIKE BEING A KID, I find no joy in animation or anything genteel or “FAMILY” unless it’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND because MIA WASIKOSWKA growing up down into all these different sizes was so SEXY.
Even when I WAS A KID, I wanted to see DIRTY HARRY and ALIEN and BODY HEAT and OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. There wasn’t a DAY IN MY LIFE, even when I was four, when I would’ve wanted to see animation or a CARTOON.
Between Shrek and McGruber, MAY 21st is a nice day to stay home and avoid the cinema, until some REAL movies come out. IE, PRINCE OF PERSIA.
How to Train Your Dragon is a special movie and I’m glad it’s getting the acclaim it deserves – that said, I do not seed the need for a sequel, at all, even though I’m sure my daughter would love to see it.
Dave, you have me interested in Shrek, now, for sure. But sorry, DWA is really SELLING the gimmicks of this thing – even if this movie is the real deal, I have a feeling that a lot of the goodwill towards this series has been squandered and this will probably be the lowest grossing film of the series.
” How To Train Your Dragon, directed and co-written by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders who came out of the Disney TV school…”
Actually, they very much came from the Disney animated features school. Chris Sanders in particular did a lot of story/art/animation work during their 90s animation boom.
I like how Lex prides himself on saying original, interesting things. It’s so cute yet sad, like a retarded hamster.
I do not seed the need for a sequel
Need isn’t my view of sequels. The promise of a sequel is further development and exploration within an established setting. Since HTTYD is only part of an entire book series, which has proven entertaining throughout, the news is welcome.
“And as a result, it is the closest DreamWorks Animation film to the quality of Pixar in a long while.”
Really? I thought How to Train Your Dragon could have easily been a Pixar film. The Shrek films are too celebrity-laden to feel like something as story-driven as your typical Pixar offering.
Fair enough on Dragon, DailyRich.
Not sure it’s fair to lay that on this Shrek film until you’ve seen it.
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All three Shrek movies are ass. The character personalities make me sick. The character design is disgusting. I would rather eat vomit from the floor of a toilet stall at LAX than see any of the Shrek movies again.
So, with that said, do you think I’ll enjoy this newest film in the series?
@Tofu: The promise of a sequel is high profits at low risk.
All LexG posts are ass. His character’s personality makes me sick. The character design is disgusting. I would rather eat vomit from the floor of a toilet stall at LAX than read any of the LexG posts again.
So, with that said, do you think I’ll enjoy the newest LexG post in the series?
Yes, I think you will.