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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
Liked the opening graphics! I hope to get around to seeing more of it later. Hopefully it won’t be considered disrespectful to bring up the name of another actress in her sort of moment but I was struck at how Julia and Maura Tierney hold a strong resemblance.
So rarely does one want to cheer for a comeback of sorts that she’s had. It seems that she pretty much dropped off the radar after what was a way too big push in the 90’s in “First Knight” and “Sabrina.” Three cheers for her for surviving and a well deserved Emmy for “Temple Grandin.”
I’ve loved Julia Ormond ever since “Legends of the Fall” and consider “Sabrina” to be one of the most overlooked films of the 90’s. Far superior to the dull original (sorry… that’s just how I feel), I thought it was a top notch effort in many areas – the acting (esp. Ford and Kinnear) production values, score, etc. I was shocked it didn’t do better and is considered a disappointment – it has held up well in many repeat viewings.
I’m so happy to see Ormond back in the game… she proved in Temple Grandin just what a strong actress she is… hopefully this leads to other great roles.
i eagerly await the next chapter of the series.
CHAPTER ONE: JULIA ORMOND, ACTOR
CHAPTER TWO: JULIA ORMOND, PERSON
CHAPTER THREE: JULIA ORMOND, SPIRITUALIST
a-mad: I think we were the only ones who thought Ormond delivered on the hype surrounding her in SABRINA. I don’t agree that the original was dull, but definitely concur that Pollack’s version is underrated. At any rate, it’s great that she’s rebounded so nicely.
smilla!
No offense to awesome Julia Ormond, but seriously, Poland posts A HUNDRED DPs a month, and 90% of them go entirely un-commented-upon.
It’s weird… Poland does some AWESOME longform interviews with MIND BLOWINGLY HUGE STARS, from Timberlake to Kidman to whoever… Almost ALL OF THEM get ZERO COMMENTS on the blog.
JULIA ORMOND, of all people, gets you guys clocking in like it’s headline news.
EXPLAIN.
Actually, I am kinda serious… Why do the VAST MAJORITY of David’s excellent interviews get ZERO COMMENTS on MCN? I have this feeling that THAT’S what he’s inching toward these days, more than analysis, is the big time celeb interviews, and they’re great and I have every confidence that they get tons of watches, tons of hits…
But the 10-12 “HOT BLOG COMMENTER” regulars that still stick around: You guys NEVER NEVER comment on DP’s awesome interviews.
Until JULIA ORMOND apparently…
The perils of traveling too much – after destroying my mobile bandwidth with the 910mb Peter Jackson interview, I rarely watch the DP/30s.
I’m in Queensland, Australia currently and it’s FUCKING HOT.
hey LexG
the DP/30’s belong on tv – HBO / Bravo / AMC / IFC
if the dp/30’s were on youtube they would get way more
comments – its just a small pain to make them into 3 or
4 parts
when a dozen movies / actors finally win the oscars – i’m sure there will be a huge demand for these
David should promote the dp/30’s in the mainstream media – talk shows
actors don’t seem to come on here to comment on other
dp/30’s or interact with fans .so thats not so good
the good news is there are 100’s of people in the movie
industry that haven’t been interviewed so lots more to
come i guess
As my man Dafoe says in To Live and Die in LA… “Are you for real Sanj?”
Can’t speak for anyone else, but my comment was about Ormond, not the interview with her, which I haven’t watched. I simply can’t make the time for most of these, as wonderful as I’m sure they are.
Not to further stoke Lex’s ire, but I’d like to toss in my few cents worth about Ormond.
She made little impression on me back in the mid-to-late ’90s when H’wood was desperately attempting to turn her into a new Julie Christie (as if!)
And I figured that after playing Lindsay Lohan’s mom in that beyond-dreadful-shoulda-never-been-released “I Know Who Killed Me” (and Kit Kittredge’s mom in that drowsy little Canuck kidflick of the same name) that rumors of a “comeback” were greatly exaggerated at best.
But Ormond greatly surprised me with the depth of feeling in her “Benjamin Button” and “Temple Grandin” performances, and I’m excited to see whatever she chooses to do next.
I’ve always like Ormond alot but if you think her turn in SABRINA was “overlooked” and you say the original is anything less than amazing, you’re a Lex-G sized fucktard. And I say that in the way I’d congenially say it to you in person….but yeah. You’re stupid.
That role shone a light on her as a good actress who was thrust into the spotlight and not allowed to make her way, as movieman alluded to. It happened alot back in the late 80’s/90’s and people leraned. In any case….welcome back!
“you’re a Lex-G sized fucktard”
What size fucktard is a broke Petaluma Coors-swilling Uncle Kracker-style dipshit who makes movies nobody watches and writes for websites nobody reads?