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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
I’m hoping Damon gets in there for True Grit. His intro scenes in the film are worth the price of admission.
Though both could easily be quite terrible, I would love to catch a January double feature of The Mechanic and The Rite. It’s not that either one looks fantastic or anything, but each has appealing elements and look entertaining in a late January, it’s ridiculously cold outside kind of way.
Not that this is definitive, but both of those films are the sort that often go unscreened in January and both ARE being screened, so that could mean they don’t suck.
“The Ghost Writer” will surprise everyone tomorrow. You heard it here first.
Just saw Winter’s Bone for the second time. I’d love to see John Hawkes somehow get a Best Supporting. I particularly liked the showdown on the side of the road between him and the sheriff (Garret Dillahunt) and marvelled at just how different their roles were from when they were Deadwood co-stars.
Duvall will make the cut for actor, and either Please Give, Get Low, or Somewhere will get into the ten noms.
And I would put it at a 10% chance that on Oscar night Sony could have divisions win best picture, documentery, foriegn and animated. Is there any history of a company running the board like that previously?
If it comes down to Hawkes or Damon, I would rather see Hawkes get in.
Hcat, not one of those films gets in the top 10, Winter Bone will, and 127 hours will be left out. I also going with Timberlake being the only actor to get a nomination from The Social Network. That’s right! It’s CRAZY PREDICTION TIME! BOOYAH!
Paul, the Rite looks horrible but the Mechanic looks FANFREAKINGTASTIC! Like a little ray of sunshine during a long gray winter!
Predicting the ten: Social, King’s, Swan, Fighter, Grit, Inception, Toy 3, Kids, Winters, and Town.
Actor: Bridges, Duvall, Eisenberg, Firth, Gosling.
Actress: Bening, Lawrence, Manville, Portman, Williams.
S. Actor: Bale, Hawkes, Renner, Ruffalo, Rush.
S. Actress: Adams, Carter, Leo, Stanfield, Weaver.
Director: Aronofsky, Hooper, Fincher, Russell, Nolan.
127 might edge Town
Franco or Wahlberg might edge Gosling
Moore (is she up for main or supporting?) might edge Manville
Damon likely edges Hawkes
Kunis might edge Weaver
I would be thrilled if Winter`s Bone and Jennifer Lawrence were snubbed. It`s the most overrated film of the year.
I love HBC but I hope she doesn’t get a nom for King’s Speech… she really doesn’t do much in it.
I’m also hoping 127 Hours edges out Winter’s Bone, and actually think it has a shot at doing so. Even with the arm-sawing ick factor, which movie do you think had a wider viewership with the voters? I’m guessing it could be 127 Hours, with its greater hype and Franco performance.
I hope the Coens edge out Hooper, but that won’t happen.
And I hope someone edges out Duvall because that movie was kind of crap. Duvall will get a better swan song.
The Mechanic isn’t great shakes even for me, a huge Statham fan, but I suspect if you guys are looking for a serviceable January B-movie you’ll have a pretty good time, as I did, even acknowledging that it’s not the most urgent or delightful January B-movie I’ve seen.
No, that would be True Grit.
It’s unusual for me to jump on the IO train, but I also can’t wait for THE MECHANIC. No-frills, no-pretention ass-kicking. Looking forward to it (and UNKNOWN, for that matter).
I also hope that 127 HOURS gets a bit more nomination love than expected.
Hailee Steinfeld ends up in lead, leaving room for both Weaver and Kunis in supporting and screwing Michelle Williams.
Lead and supporting actor both match SAG exactly.
Tele, Unknown, does look like a ridiculously fun movie. I just love that of all the people in Hollywood, Liam Neeson has become a fucking action hero! That’s just freaking awesome!!!
I like Neeson’s career progression. But sadly, i don’t think he worked very well in A-Team. I liked the movie, but i kept thinking “george clooney” would have been perfect.
Anghus, Clooney would have been a great Hannibal, but I still dig Neeson in it. There’s just something about him being a bad ass that always takes me back to see Next of Kin on the day it opened, and that leaves me with a smile on my face.
“Hailee Steinfeld ends up in lead, leaving room for both Weaver and Kunis in supporting and screwing Michelle Williams”
Lex would have loved that line.
Mel Gibson would’ve made a great Hannibal in A-Team.
The best news that could come tomorrow morning would be a John Hawkes nomination for Supporting Actor in Winter’s Bone.
here’s a no guts no glory prediction: 1985, The Color Purple.
Social Network ends up with 11+nominations but Fincher is not nominated for Best Director.
I suppose it could happen to King’s speech as well. 😉
I think we’ll see Hawkes and Wahlberg nominated. The Kids are All Right will be snubbed and won’t earn a Best Picture nomination. Mike Leigh might get a Best director nomination, but won’t get a best picture nomination. True Grit is not nominated for Best editing. Neither Kings Speech or Social Network get a Cinematography nomination. Steinfeld in lead.
The best surprise of all would be Bardem getting a nomination.
Chloe Moretz for Kick Ass would be a nice surprise ..
the teen actors all get nominations cause they act all adult like – Jennifer Lawrance and Hailee Steinfeld
but adult like things also happened to Chole’s character …and the bonus part was the story was quite simple to understand.
Kick Ass should have opened in November ..it’s the only way to get the gurus of gold attention ..so yeah ..let’s blame movie critics for this one.
Is the announcement ceremony still at 5:30AM pacific time?
Just a thought, writers who use the phrase “Needless to say” a lot: If it’s needless to say it, how about not saying it? And if it does need to be said, don’t intro it with “needless to say,” a phrase that is as good as writing “don’t bother reading this next part.”
Needless to say, it’s not needless to say.
I had an editor who ALWAYS insisted you NEVER use the term “famous” to describe anyone. His attitude: if the person, place or thing really was famous, you wouldn’t have to say it was.
oh my god— sanj! you are FEGGIN priceless, dude!
For me, the thrill of Oscar is when a great work that may get overlooked by the cliched older Academy sneaks in for a nomination (e.g. Trainspotting for screenplay). This year, the one “out there” nom I hope the Academy gets right is Tron for best score.
If TRON LEGACY does not get a best score nom… BRING IT DOWN! BRING IT ALL DOWN!
VISUAL EFFECTS
Inception
tron
Alice
COSTUME
True Grit
King’s Speech
Alice
Black Swan
The Tempest – Tron
ART DIRECTION
True Grit
King’s Speech
Inception
Alice – Shutter Island
Tron – Black Swan
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
melisa leo
amy adams
hailee steinfeld
mila kunis
helena bonham carter
SUPPORTING ACTOR
geoffrey rush
christian bale
mark ruffalo
andrew garfield
SUPRISE NOM!! matt damon – john hawkes – jeremy Renner
EDITING
social network
inception
black swan
the fighter
king’s speech – 127 hours (if speech doesn’t make it, does it mean it has no chance at picture?? 😉 )
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Inception
black swan
king’s speech
social network
true grit
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
the kids are all right
black swan
inception
The king’s speech
SURPRISE NOM! the fighter – please give – another year – Blue Valentine
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
toy story 3
the social network
true grit
127 hours
winter’s bone – The Town (don’t like either, I want Ghost Writer! 🙁 )
DIRECTOR
fincher
hooper
aronofski
nolan
INTERESTING!! russell – coens
ACTRESS
portman
kidman
bening
lawrence
williams
ACTOR
franco
firth
eisenberg
bridges
SURPRISE NOM!! bardem – duvall – whalberg – REAL SURPRISE? Dicaprio or Gosling
FILM!!
SOCIAL NETWORK
KING’S SPEECH
BLACK SWAN
THE FIGHTER
TRUE GRIT
TOY STORY 3
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
INCEPTION
WINTERS BONE
BLUE VALENTINE – 127 HOURS – THE TOWN
i kinda hate the ten nominees thing.
no wait, maybe i like it…
nah i hate it. watering down the booze, diluting the sauce, lessening the prestige. such a blatant populist move to ‘boost ratings’ (that so far hasn’t worked, has it? or is it too early days), how can one not view it at least somewhat cynically?
i can’t, anyway. fuck ten nominees. but having said that, the rationale might work re: boosting viewer interest with a broader cross-section of films to root for in ‘the big one’. but does including a likely blockbuster and a few smaller films in the mix that may not have made the best pic cut before really draw enough extra interest/lookie-loos to the show to justify messing with the rather hallowed ‘prestige-five’? (does any of it make a whit of difference? does anyone really give a shit?)
Not nominating Nolan for Best Director may be one of the biggest bullshit fucking things this academy has ever pulled. Seriously, fuck them for that, but at least Winter’s Bone got in. Oh yeah, FUCK THEM for ignoring Daft Punk’s Tron Legacy score and giving an FX nom to fucking Hereafter.
nice job DP … you got most of oscar nominated people to do a DP/30 .. like 10 hours worth of video
my favorite is Jennifer Lawrence DP/30
so i hope like 5 more people watch this ….vs the thousands who watch the Portman/Kunis DP30
http://www.viddler.com/explore/mcnvideos/videos/269/
Just who did Robert Duvall piss off? First the Golden Globes snub. Now the Oscars ignore him.