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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
When I was a kid I never noticed on The Wizard of Oz how cheesy or high school playish some of the sets looked. Some of the sets here look like they are trying to match that sort of artificial wood fronts with painted backdrop look, as opposed to going with a more “realistic” view of things. Kinda interesting. Although, it’s kind of a shame, I see the Disney logo at the beginning and immediately think limitation in originality. I’d be totally down w/seeing it opening w/e (if I could pick a time late enough to avoid the kids) if I wasn’t fearing some cookie cutter, assembly line movie. Hopefully, I’m wrong.
As a longtime fan of Raimi, I’m excited to see how much crazy he has left in the tank. Hopefully, lots.
I think that trailer looks AMAZING. It seems classic yet very Raimi at the same time.
Cool, thank God it wasn’t a WICKED movie.
Yeah, Raimi needs to go back to making low budget movies. What I would give for him to make another “A Simple Plan.” This is just “Alice in Wonderland” visuals set in Oz. It comes across as nothing special but international will probably LOVE IT!
I totally agree with Js Partisan. This trailer states that they’re going for the audience that cheered Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”.
Js, such a pleasure to here A Simple Plan named dropped. I haven’t thought of that movie in quite some time. Love it. Seeing a director known for such specific material move into unexpected territory makes it all the more pleasurable for me. Dunno quite what it is about his sensibilities that work so well in A Simple Plan, but I do feel so much from that movie. He captures the beauty of a snow-covered world so perfectly to me. I grew up like that, felt every frame in my bones, from setting to the characters within. Love!
Franco’s douchiness makes me want to punch the Wizard in the face.
Seriously, Raimi freaking killed it with “A Simple Plan.” It’s one of those films that should be brought up every time they mention Raimi’s name. That aside, Waterbucket, I am so glad you brought that up because my god, Franco comes across so smug and charmless in this trailer that the only thing that redeems it, is Michelle Williams and Mila Kunis being in the trailer (and film) to class up the joint.
I, too would love to see Raimi return to lower budget stuff. Of course, the last time he did, people tore him up anyway.
Either way, Ill give this a shot. As overrought as it looks, it still seems like it will be entertaining.
I LOVE “A Simple Plan”, but c’mon people this movie looks like a blast so let’s give a chance. Raimi looks like he’s splashing around in the bright end of the color spectrum here & having fun. I suspect we will having fun too when this movie hits the screens. (Burton’s “Alice…” was much better than I thought it’d be.)