My Week In DP30: November 13-20, 2011
It’s been a busy week and I haven’t been on the blog much. Here’s a taste of why…
(11/22, 11:50p – misspelling in credits corrected)
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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
WOODLEY POWER! You will POST THAT ONE RIGHT NOW POLAND!
Also LILLARD/FORSTER POWER. Now please.
And Moretzy ASAP.
Funny… Shailene was the first Descendants interview set to post… and now that choice seems icky.
David, when have I ever posted anything really inappropriate under a DP/30 with an actress? Even under Mulligan, Wood, Kunis, I kept it in check. Maybe the K-Stew Adventureland one way back when, but that was K-Stew.
I don’t, on the one in a zillion chance they come here to look at it, or so the talent’s reps don’t come here to see a bunch of sleazy/stupid comments. She’s my favorite new actress in six years, that’s all. Plus she has a great attitude. I’m not gonna say anything bad.
It was more the idea that you asked for it and you got it, Lex.
But I do appreciate the threat of restraint.
it took a long time to finally get Chloe Moretz …
you should have found her first before slashfilm where
i found her…. back when she hit it big with Kick Ass .
DP – get Jennifer Lawerence back . its the only dp/30 i watched 4 times.
also its hard to watch Carey Mulligan dp/30 .. its too easy for her.
i never see actors commenting on other dp/30’s …do they watch these things are too busy counting the millions of dollar they make ? whats the deal …is there a secret place actors go to comment on interviews..
do actors watch themselves when they do late night talks shows. those are are usually up within 12 hours ?
sometimes the actors dp/30s are better than the films
DP – do you ever want to pick a random city and just go there for dp/30’s without any help from studios ?
if the actors show up they show up and it might be
more fun .
and finally … nice job at having different backgrounds. getting bored of generic hotel with generic lights in the background.
Hey DP i know you’re gonna delete everything I ask today, but for reals: Don’t you ever get a LITTLE tired of interviewing people about HOW GREAT their lives are?
You’re a 40-something dude… Doesn’t it on SOME LEVEL make you a little annoyed to have Anton Yelchin or Chloe M. ON HIGH telling you how great their careers are going????
What about your career? My career? Anyone else’s career? It doesn’t KILL ALL OF YOU to listen to ACTORS talk about their lives????
One word; WOW.
Looking forward to watching all of them.
Good thing my ISP doesn’t have a data cap . . . . yet.
Chloe Grace Moretz? I thought it was Patricia Clarkson.
Also, the credits misspell Shailene Woodley’s first name.
Looks like some goodies there. sanj must be in heaven.
Yes, Yancy… correction on Shailene’s name needs to be output and posted… Sir Ben took priority over the correction this morning…
it be nice if all the mp3 files of these were in one place .
saves lots of time / bandwidth ..also pay more attention to them.
chances are some actor fan sites will link to these as soon as you put them up . some may copy them or post the mp3 audio file themselves.
there is a few dp/30’s i know i’ll find boring already.
does DP want everybody to watch these on a 50″ LCD TV ?
Patton’s a great interview. Can’t wait for that.
yeah Patton is great talker.
here’s a 1 hour audio podcast
http://www.nerdist.com/2011/05/20431/
DP – after doing a full week of interviews – do you ever
want to interview regular people and give them a dp/30 ?