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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’m more into ‘Murdoch Mysteries’ personally
Watching some corners of the internet go into hyper-whine mode because the series didn’t end with Cthulhu molesting a kid in a bathtub has been great.
So, early reactions are in for “Captain America” and “Noah” and they are fantastic for the former, and very good for the latter, though critics are warning that many conservative Christians will HATE “Noah.”
Also, the two highest profile SXSW movies got very good, if somewhat disposable notices….the Favreau/Downey Jr. “Chef” and Rogan/Efron “Neighbors.”
I’m a big fan of Warner Bros.’ recent run…but major props to Paramount for standing by Aronofsky’s vision, especially in the wake of WB’s abandonment of the Brad Pitt/Cate Blanchett production of “The Fountain.” This could flop hard. Aronofsky made “Black Swan,” “Pi,” “Requiem,” and “The Wrestler” for $26 million combined and has 5 times as much money to play with here. Anytime one of the majors puts art ahead of pre-screenings though, it deserves to be recognized.
When Black Swan was released someone more astute than myself noticed that each DA release makes more than all the previous ones combined. That puts Noah at a completely doable $150 million.
“many conservative Christians will HATE ‘Noah.'”
Many conservative Christians will hate ANYTHING. Some have even attacked “Son of God.” There is no winning with these people. None.
Conservative Christians are simply another stripe of fanboy who will never be pleased with hollywood interpretation of their beloved property. Just as there could never be a watchman adaption that will please the most rabid fans, there is never going to be a biblical movie that is up to snuff for a portion of those folks.
This is a joke, right?
4 Reasons This New Movie Is Everything Wrong With Hollywood.
Santa Claus versus the Vikings? Wasn’t Pia Zadora in that one?
So I am glad that television is better than it was (though this has always been the case), but articles like this one from the vulture drive me a little batty;
http://www.vulture.com/2014/03/tv-stars-dont-need-a-movie-career-anymore.html
Maybe the reason that Williams, Clooney, and Aniston got lead roles instead of the supporting ones offered to Cranston and Hamm is that the first group where household names that were watched by 30 Million people every week, while this new breed of crowned king if they hit three million viewers? The whole article reads like it was from someone in an insulated bubble where Taylor Kitsch and Benedict Kumberbatch are actual recognizable stars as opposed to good actors who where in strong quality marginally successful shows.
The title of the Vulture article is absurd as well, since it seems to imply that Williams, Clooney, Aniston, et al, “needed” to have movie careers. Obviously, the networks would have been just as thrilled back then to keep TV stars on TV.
Nothing wrong with being a TV star anymore. There are plenty of actors who’ve remained on TV (with an occasional movie role tossed in) and have maintained their popularity and stardom. Ted Danson, Tom Selleck and Betty White are three of the most obvious examples.
I wonder how many studios are trying to snatch up the rights to The Night They Took Miss Beautiful.
Has anyone checked the manifest of flight MH 370 to see if it was carrying anything interesting? Wouldn’t it be a hoot if there was nothing thrilling on board and the hijackers just wanted to sell everyone into slavery?©
It’s always stunning when you read a piece like “The Sex Scene Is Dead”, you Google the writer and discover they’re not a kid.
While slagging NYMPHOMANIAC and BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, this thirtysomething twit presents his thesis, which is that widely available internet porn has desensitized folks to the point where sex scenes in movies are no longer shocking, without realizing that a) mainstream directors put sex scenes in their movies even after porn was available at video rental stores across the country, long before wieners and clits appeared on the internet, and b) who said sex scenes are supposed to be shocking?
It comes off as unintentionally humorous hand-wringing, like the assertion that 9/11 killed irony forever. Grow up, kid. Even after porn becomes tactile and fully interactive, sex scenes will still appear in mainstream movies.