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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 think the image looks great, funny and sort of awesome because it’s Cruise.
I’m not a fan of the majority of Shankman’s work as a director, with the exception of HAIRSPRAY, which is pretty great. And since this one, like that one, is a musical, and should play to his strengths, I’m hoping for the best. Cruise really doesn’t work on questionable projects, and usually picks incredibly strong collaborators, especially his directors. He must’ve seen something in the director and the project, despite both seeming pretty lightweight for this usually intense actor, so count me into the “cool Cruise” column.
Say what you want about Cruise, but he’s the hardest working man in show business now that James Brown is gone, so at the very least you know he’ll give this everything he’s got (which is apparent in the picture). It doesn’t always translate to a great performance, but for now I’ll predict “Cool.”
What’s really funny is, Cruise is appreciably younger than some of the real ’80s era rockers who continue to tour and perform while looking much like this.
Cruise has enough pride and ambition to risk looking like a crazy weirdo in a hope that it will catch on and be cool. I love how fearless he sometimes is. But it is very calculated, which is where a lot of the blowback will come from.
LOOK AT HIM!
Cruise = GOD.
That said… Adam Shankman? I know Post-Couch he’s been in this self-deprecating, conciliatory mode, but I’m starting to miss the Cruise who ONLY worked with the A-est of the A firebrand directors on the top material in town. That’s not a dig at any of his recent directors, per se, or even at Shankman, who seems like a delight… and this is all but guaranteed to be a blast. But I wish he’d go back to playing it intense and unironic again.
He should be angling to work with Fincher or Aronofsky or Innaritu or Cuaron or the Coens, maybe even Jason Reitman or someone of that speed…
I’m trying to think of more great, current auteurs Cruise hasn’t worked with to add to that list. I would add Gus Van Sant and Spike Lee, both of whom he almost worked with I think at different times, if I’m remembering correctly. (MILK and some sci-fi project, respectively).
I also think Cruise would be PERFECT for the Sorkin John Edwards project…
oh man. Cruise + Sorkin on a John Edwards film would be awesome.
i looked at this picture and the first thing that came to mind.
YOU WILL BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF HAIR EXTENSIONS.
kinda capello-esqe looking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw3MO4E9gVA&feature=related
Yikes, I actually saw Capello when he was in Tina Turner’s touring band. Didn’t know who he was at the time, just that Thor-looking dude who played like 4 notes on the sax, but very “intensely.” Some people seemed to eat it up; my buddies and I just laughed.
yes capello is a bit of a ridiculous grotesque personifying that certain cheesy 80’s rock scene, reminds me of the ayatollah of rocknrolla himself, the warrior humungus
(cruise above not nearly as grotesque, but looks to be flirting with it)
This gives Cruise the chance to do something he has yearned to do his entire career.
Wear Six-Inch Heels.
Looks pretty damn good for a guy pushing 50…