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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
poor Ebert.
I still wish he would have gotten a jaw replacement. The whole thing with Oprah and his wife crying, damn.
i’m gonna use this byob to say that jane fonda’s turn as a ted turner-type character on ‘the newsroom’ is one of the most brilliantly conceived meta roles ever….oh, and just give jeff daniels the emmy now…save some time….
Most of the reviews for The Newsroom I’ve seen make it seem pretty bad. Lots of people like the pilot, but the following episodes turn into the smug posturing we’ve seen from previous Sorkin shows. I’m still excited to watch it, but figuring I’ll go in with much lower expectations.
The review currently to the right from Emily Nussbaum is pretty harsh. I so want a good show about this subject, and Daniels looks perfect. But I’ll also be lowering my expectations.
Smug posturing? If you are one of the two moderates left in the country or a repcon, sure. If not, then it will be what it’s about and it’s a show with a premise based around some girk asking Jeff Daniels’ character a stupid question, and him losing it on her. Emily Nussbaum can feel the way that she does but guess what? Someone needs to put a show on the air that hopefully gets through to people, that shit is fucked up. I am not sure if Sorkin is the right on to do it, because he really gets repcons nipples in a twist, but fuck them anyway.
The Newsroom is about an idea that our press can actually do something instead of fixate on Kanye and Kim. This idea is probably too much for some to embrace, but some of us really dig that idea.
Sorkin’s penchant for smug posturing is my biggest worry for The Newsroom. I hope it’s good, but the tendancy for characters to grandstand is what killed Studio 60 for me. (Um, it’s a comedy show, not the UN…)
As to Ebert, I miss there being a movie critics show on TV. I was enjoying Christy & Ignatiy.
So was browsing through the release schedule during a calm time at work and noticed that Captain America 2 is dropping on April 4 of 2014? Is this part of a strategy to have the summer movie season eventually start at Easter or a problem with Disney’s Tentpole Only strategy that is going to push everything that costs under $250 out of the prime release real estate (Thor 2 is November 18, better but sure not summer kick off good).
Is Marvel going to eventually miss Paramount?
Grown Man With 15 Miley Cyrus Tattoos
http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/grown-man-with-15-miley-cyrus-tattoos
Certainly better than a pre-teen with a ton of Miley Cyrus Tatoos.
No they won’t HC, because there’s another Marvel film coming out, after Captain America 2. This probably means that whatever that movie is, will be set-up by Captain America 2, and hopefully it’s an Ant-Man film set in modern day. Hank and Janet are key Avengers. They should be in the present, and not stuck in the past like Edgar wants them to be.
I would think the movie to be named later for that year would be either Hawkeye/Widow, a War Machine spin-off or another shot at the Hulk given how well he was received in Avengers. While Black Panther would be a welcome addition, I would assume they will now switch course and introduce new charecters in the Avengers movies and then give them their own.
They’ll do Black Panther before War Machine. It’s already (supposedly) in development.
this is 2 hours long . watch after 30 minutes – it’ll take awhile you might like it .
Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss as they discuss biology, cosmology, religion, and a host of other topics.