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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
Not as good as the previous trailer in terms of mood (Seriously, I may not have liked the damn mood but I could appreciate it, sort of like it were Derek Jeter) but a lot better in terms of tone.
i wonder if this will be as hilarious as ‘no country’? i hope so. little glimpses of the trademark coen humour in the first teaser and here, the sun in his EYE
not many but a few contractions in thi trailer (no, not ‘conjunctions’, duh – how i managed to stuff that up is beyond me when i’ve known exactly what contractions are for about 4 decades, yikes), it would appear the c bros have gone that grammatical route but not strictly; maybe it was too difficult to adhere to in every instance during production, cogburn sounds like the biggest transgressor. only a couple from matty, i think; “i’m” again, and i believe matty also says, ‘i don’t like you’ at one point. but other spoken phrases in the trailer such as “it is at least a two man job”, “i do not regret…”, and “i will kill the girl…’ suggest the ‘no contractions’ speech pattern is prevalent (if anyone gives a shit)
(this doesn’t even have a set release date here yet but it looks like perhaps some time in january, feels like an eternity)
leah: It’s been way too long since I’ve seen the original, but in my memory Kim Darby’s delivery is fairly formal, and possibly contraction-less. I may try to read the book before this comes out; heard nothing but great things.
This looks really good. Bringing Johnny Cash in didn’t hurt.
Throwing in Matt Damon really got me excited for it. I have no idea when I became such a mark but obviously I am.
yancy: yes, kim darby does speak very formally as mattie ross in the 60’s movie, but her dialogue is not contraction-less (i just re-watched the wayne version the other day as a point of reference before this new adaptation, it’s goofy as all get out but i’ve never been a huge fan even tho i own it on VHS for some weird reason – i actually prefer the sequel [ducks rotten tomatoes and beer cans]), the dialogue in the hathaway version has normal contractions.
word has it the bros ‘true grit’ remains faithful to portis’ contraction-less dialogue so that’s why i’m obsessing on it a bit, a commenter here even piped up the other day to say the coen screenplay was indeed contraction-less re: dialogue (rzanto? not sure i’ve spelled that right i just remember it sounds a bit like risotto)
i read portis’ novel at school so that was like an ice age ago but it made an impression on me, mattie’s story told in flashbacks as a very religious, prim proper frontier settler girl who sets out to avenge her father’s death and in the process becomes part of a posse chasing down a stone killer. i might read it again before this new adaptation.
this is mattie – do not fuck with her:
sorry, here she is:
http://www.collider.com/wp-content/image-base/Clubhouse/B/Book_Covers/true_grit_book_cover.jpg
Leahnx: Now THAT would have been a great advertising tagline. Wish I knew how to Photoshop, so I could take a picture of Hailee Steinfeld and print across the bottom: “This is Mattie Ross. Do not fuck with her.”
Something like this?
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2924/mattieross2.jpg
(Edit: Fixed oversize head)
Mutiny or Leah could probably do a better job, but it’s 3am. I’ll clean it up tomorrow…
Hey, works for me. Good job, Foamy.
omg foamy that is classic! i can’t stop laughing for some reason…well done man. that really struck me funny. bonza (i’m still laughing, i don’t know what is wrong with me)
(great idea, joe)
i came back to look at it just to make myself chuckle
I’m not just a pretty font, you know – there’s no start to my talents!
It’s not the most flattering of facial expressions, but I didn’t spend too long looking for frames I could use. It might be more amusing just to leave it as it is.
please leave it foamy! mattie’s clueless facial expression is the icing on the cake
Thank you, Foamy!
http://movingpictureblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/suggested-for-mature-audiences.html