By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Landing In Toronto
It’s going to be a long fest.
A lot if great stuff, but right now, it’s schedule Jenga.
Sorry to be M.I.A.
May 18, 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
I want to hear about CLOUD ATLAS as soon as possible.
DP, please hang out with Sanj and write a piece on that. He is by far the most fascinating thing in Toronto.
Am I the only one who thinks, “Hey, it’s Abed from ‘Community!,'” every time Sanj posts one of his Larry King-style musings?
I think the same thing. (sanj/Abed)
DP, when you do meet sanj, post a picture of you and Danny Pudi just to keep the imagination alive.
Is there noone else worried that if David and Sanj were to meet Dave would end up on a hook in Sanj’s basement being kept up for days with odd questions?
well guys – i did ask about a mcn meetup 2 weeks ago and DP didn’t respond.
K-Stew is in Toronto to promote her new film – DP should have taken LexG to interview her for a dp/30 .
looper reviews are out – every other movie site seems to have a review out .
hcat, absolutely that is a serious concern, which only adds to the drama.
My 2012 TIFF lineup:
AT ANY PRICE, THE IMPOSSIBLE, A HIJACKING, IN THE HOUSE, LORDS OF SALEM, TO THE WONDER, HELLBENDERS, SIGHTSEERS, AFTERSHOCK, THE BAY, SMASHED, PASSION, COME OUT AND PLAY, NO ONE LIVES, THE ABCs OF DEATH, CLOUD ATLAS, THANKS FOR SHARING, THE PAPERBOY, END OF WATCH, JOHN DIES AT THE END, ROOM 237, HERE COMES THE DEVIL, THE MASTER
I build my schedule around the Midnight Madness flicks.
I start on Monday with 5 films, Tues 4, Wed I take a break, Thurs 4, Fri 2 but I’ll also squeeze in Finding Nemo 3D and Resident Evil, Sat 5 and Sunday 3. A good week.
Midnight Madness does produce some gems every year… Colin Geddes has built some terrific relationships throughout his career.
My first comment here is for LexG. I was at the live reading of American Beauty and decided to hang back for the On the Road red carpet. Kristen Stewart walked the part in front of the fans in bare feet.
I wonder why Lex deleted his twitter.
Really?
Yeah; it says that page doesn’t exist anymore.
if LexG is not on the twitter or here cause DP bans him – its going to be a bit hard for him to communicate..
the movie sites missed the chance to give LexG a ticket to tiff and let him watch and review movies. there must be a few people who trust LexG reviews more than the big film critics.
It’s there. Dude just tweeted about K-Stew’s feeeeeeeet an hour ago.
Maybe the police are closing in.
Jon Hamm is well endowed; nobody is surprised: