Kunis Defends Her Movie Man… In Russian
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May 19, 2024
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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
That screen capture is less than flattering but man did she make Russian sound sexy.
When Kunis started to make the transistion from sitcom to film I was very skeptical but starting with Book of Eli she has really proven herself to be a star. Looks like she is going to pull a Harrelson where she gets to move on to a decent movie carear while the breakout stars of the show all eventually return to the small screen.
LOOK/LISTEN TO HER.
Third hottest woman alive. All shall bow! LOVE HER. LOOOOOVER HER.
Funniest thing ever is back when ’70s Show was on, there was that usual TV-nerd-geeky guy deal where all the DORKS liked Laura Prepon better, because she was more RELATABLE GIRL NEXT DOOR.
Hahaha! KUNIS = GOD. Also Russian Chicks are ABSOLUTELY the sexiest ever.
Ugh so adorable.
For a while the Holy Trinity was Kristen, Fox, Fanning, NO EXCEPTIONS, then I had to expand it to four with Taylor Swift after I saw her SNL and couldn’t BELIEVE IT… Now Fox is fading a little and Kunis has taken her spot and I like Watson at least as much as Swifty. And where does one put Emma Roberts? Or Amber Heard?
There is NO WOMAN as hot as a FAMOUS WOMAN.
Fox is not fading for me because I got around to watching PASSION PLAY last night. It’s a very odd, kinda goofy but super earnest piece of magical realism that’s certainly not run of the mill. Fox is very good in it (and, of course, super beautiful, which actually factors into the plot), and between this and JENNIFER’S BODY (which flat-out rocks, partly due to her performance), I don’t think anyone can honestly deny that she has something very special. In PP she more than holds her own against (a decent) Rourke and (a fantastic) Murray, which is no small feat. For those looking for something competely different, I’d recommend it. I liked it much more than its reputation, flaws and all.
Yes, I liked Passion Play, too, and agree with all that. In a weird way it reminded me of the kind of movies Mickey was doing in the mid-to-late 90s, these bluesy, boozy, semi-Euro type deals where it was like they were just following the real Mickey Rourke around while he went to dive bars in some absurd get-up and banged chicks and called everybody “Brother,” like his Another 9 1/2 Weeks era of the career. It was going for kind of a late-night Wenders/Alan Rudolph mood that I found pretty effective, and of course loved all three leads.
But… those wings were a LITTLE silly.
Wild Orchid is great. So is Jennifer’s Body. Totally underrated. Always watch at least 10-15 minutes every time I stumble upon it flipping channels.
When I said THE FOX is fading, I just meant I’d seen some recent pics that were Botox Ahoy, plus being on Spielberg’s Shit List could risk putting her into ’90s Crispin Glover territory.
Are the awed testimonials of Rourke or Diablo enough to counteract that rep? I hope so, but who knows.
That Jon Hamm/Kristen Wiig flick Friends with Kids seems like it could be the type of movie to give Fox a little career boost.
Timberlake’s life is so charmed, I don’t understand why we don’t all just call it a life and live in a cave. Anytime I do this rant, my friends or family say “He’s ONE PERSON OUT OF A BILLION” and lucky and not everyone can expect to have a life THAT PERFECT… But honestly HOW DO people find any solace or happiness in anything, knowing we’re us, and he’s Timberlake?
I don’t like women. Exspecially white ones.
“Funniest thing ever is back when ’70s Show was on, there was that usual TV-nerd-geeky guy deal where all the DORKS liked Laura Prepon better, because she was more RELATABLE GIRL NEXT DOOR.”
Nah, it was because she was sharp and a redhead. You gotta remember that back then Kunis was only fifteen and playing a character who was always acting like a bratty 10-year-old kid when that show started. Being paired up with Kutcher didn’t help anything either.
“But honestly HOW DO people find any solace or happiness in anything, knowing we’re us, and he’s Timberlake?”
Because 99.999999% of the rest of life and the world is still out there for the taking? PLEASE STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE TIMBERLAKES AND THE RAP GUYS AND WHOEVER ELSE YOU THINK IS GETTING EVERYTHING YOU WISH YOU HAD.
If you could take a movie and make it your actual life, it’d be that Nicholas Cage one, “The Family Man”, but in reverse, wouldn’t it?