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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
Yeah that right there… is awesome and the reason why I love the King Speech. Seriously, it’s a movie about one man who helped another man, speak. It led to him inspiring his country and led to his father listening to him. It’s the simple things, that become big things, that make the best stories, and that’s why this story is such a great one.
I would like to see the other documents notes from lionel on bertie regarding his breathing observations etc.
thank you
if you read detail in the cover page its speaks of his observations in detail how and what preceeds the sutter.
I went to the directed site 6minutesovertime.com but did not see a link to view the other documents …..
I also would like to see the full documents
Thanks for including this. Very moving. Is 60 mins. overtime the web part of 60 mins? Did this not air on the show itself? Missed it.
Does anyone know if the Queen has seen ” The King’s Speech”
Yes. She said it was no MACHETE, but she rather enjoyed it.
Loved the movie. It moved me to tears as it did most of the audience.. We all stood up and clapped. Everyone loved it. The actors were perfect and deserve an award. Let’s hope the producers will make many more movies like this. It was so inspirational. Please give us more and more and more.
Could not turn the volume up high enough.
What a magnificient film! I am a psychologist–Logue was a marvelous psychotherapist as well as speech therapist, and the relationship between the two men was beautifully done! Thank you to everyone involved in bringing this story to the public.
Amazing film,I grew up in those years and we all looked up
to the King, he was our inspiration and role model in those dark days.
At the end of the film, everyone stood and clapped,it was a mainly older audience but the applause was very heartfelt and bought tears to the eyes.
King George VI was a great man for the time, he far outshone his churlish brother…….God save the King…and God Bless our Queen
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