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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
Stone is hotter when off screen. DP’s seem to overlight her or something.
Oh, and she’s a good actress too mumble mumble.
emma reminds me of jodie foster back in the day – that smile, her voice…if they ever do ‘the jodie foster story’, i reckon emma’s channeling some young jodie
Watch her left index finger at :48 seconds when she says “Loved you on Felicity”.
It’s faster than DP’s camera.
Also, way to repeat someone else’s joke with the closing “Once you’ve done that you can retire”, DP!
To be picky, that’s her right index finger, Pete.
I think Emma Stone is my favorite human on the planet right now. I am so there for the opening weekend of EASY A. I would give her an Oscar for the trailer. CHARMING, as is sometimes said around here.
the trailer is great until in the middle where she goes ‘in school, we were studying the scarlett letter, this chick named Hester Pryne…”(im paraphrasing)
Ohhhhhhhh, it’s a book…..
NAILS….. ON…. CHALKBOARD….
Bad bad bad bad bad bad writing. If you have to explain the Scarlett Letter reference then this country is too stupid to save.
Verbally name checking the book you are taking inspiration from is just so fucking sad. i hope that bit isnt in the movie and just some half assed marketing.
Leah,
Yes, the way her hair falls over one eye is definitely Jodie circa Taxi Driver and especially Freaky Friday. Even the tone of her voice, “gonna be tough, man” you can hear Iris in the coffee shop with Travis.
Anghus: My understanding is that a recurring device in the film is Stone’s character recording her thoughts on a webcam or something (seems to be the case in the trailer). I assume some of that will carry over into narration. I have no trouble buying that a high schooler telling this story on her webcam would explain how the book relates to her situation, even if from the studio’s standpoint it also has the side benefit of filling in the great unwashed watching in the theater.
If cultural illiteracy bums you out, for God’s sake never watch Jay Leno when he’s doing his “Jaywalking” feature or the Jeopardy-style “Battle of the Jaywalk All-Stars (I know, there are plenty of other reasons not to watch).
yancy, i would never… ever… watch Jay Leno. Jay Leno is the anti-funny. He’s is a fucking black whole of originality. the last time i saw Jay Leno and laughed was when he hosted SNL in 1985. I watched the Tonight Show with Jay for about 7 episodes before i decided that comedy that safe and sanitized deserves no further attention.
“Even the tone of her voice, “gonna be tough, man” you can hear Iris in the coffee shop with Travis.”
totally, pope. glad someone else sees/hears it
You hear the voices too?!?!?
Now THIS is the girl LexG and Hollywood should be obsessing over. Equal parts talented and drop-dead gorgeous, all charm and grace and that voice… holy shit!