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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
COMING THIS XMAS, IN 3-D AND CREEPY LOOKING ZEMECKO-VISION™
HA, HA, HA! DO YOU LIKE THE SWEET BITTER TASTE OF MY VENGEANCE?! MY ARMY OF LOYAL STOOGES SHALL CRUSH YOU!!!!!!! And then I shall dance. At Disneyland. After which I’ll buy some snacks. AND I SHALL THEN FEED THE ELEPHANT WITH PEANUTS!!!!!! And I’ll call him George. Oh, what’s that? You want to pet George? TSK! TOO BAD! YOU BANNED ME SO GEORGE IS ALL MINE!!!!!
Hi, Don. How’s the family?
Dude, you could at least bother to include Don’s link if you want to impersonate him.
underwhelming.
Pretty much the most beautiful and by far the most impressive looking animated film of all time. And, oh-so lovingly made. Look at how much care went into making Snowy! I am absolutely extatic for what should be the best 3D movie ever.
it’s disturbing that we inverted Beowulf’s uncanny valley. Beowulf had incredible human characters that were probably 98% real looking, but dead eyes that were about 2% real looking.
Spielberg has delivered a movie with eyes that are 98% (or better) looking and human characters that are 2% real looking.
You’d think an extremely successful guy who was in post on two gigantic summer movies would have better things to do than troll comments boards trying to stir up shit. You’d be wrong.
That trailer for Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Robert Altman’s Popeye looks pretty lame. Why is Zemeckis posing as Spielberg?
Looks like it’ll be beautiful as long as we don’t get close-ups of faces. These things are so expensive, why not just put real actors mix in all the animation behind them?
Tintin is a magical boat?
There’s no way to judge the film’s style or quality of content from this teaser alone, but that won’t stop the blogosphere from doing its worst. At least wait until seeing a little more footage (preferably in 3-D) before lambasting its visuals.
I know very little about Tintin, but I’ve always given Spielberg the benefit of the doubt (despite his occasional missteps), so I remain hopeful and confident that he’ll deliver an enjoyable and possibly groundbreaking film.
I also know little about Tintin other than it’s a much-hyped event film from major filmmakers. As such, I expected more from the first teaser. Didn’t do much for me. Not sold on the animation style or the story. But it’s early. I’m also more than willing to give Spielberg the benefit of the doubt.
Exactly Krillian. Those scenes worked out really well with Avatar, so far the only motion-capture film with next to no dead-eye effect. True, Cameron only used motion-capture on the Na’avi, but what I appreciate about him (wooden dialogue aside) is that he seems to care about making the characters just as lifelike as the surroundings. His are films about people and not just pretty pictures.
I’d never even heard of TinTin before the film project was announced.
Thunderbirds.
Say no more.
Can’t wait for the YouTube version, where the entire film will be intercut with the sex scene from ‘Munich.’
Unfair putting both Moffat AND Edgar Wright in the credits. Now I’ll have to see this.
The comic art is so beautiful, I wonder why not go all the way for a toon?
What’s with people geeking out for “Steven Moffat,” like that’s someone we’re all supposed to know? Just looked him up… looks like a bunch of British TV dogshit. Who cares?