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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
Good God, that truly sucks. Bill Paxton was great. He could put a spin on a line of dialog and truly make it his own. And his directorial debut of Frailty was vastly underappreciated. You will be missed sir. You will be missed. I went out and bought the Hatfields & McCoys today just to honor you and your sole Emmy win.
“Big Love” to Bill Paxton.
R.I.P., sir.
A true Texas boy who never lost the Texas or the boy. Made it through sheer talent, charisma, and spark. He made everything he did his own and leaves behind great work large and small.
Really a strong career as career character actor now looking back on it – Aliens to Near Dark to One False Move to True Lies to Titanic to A Simple Plan…..Didn’t seem to have as many plum roles in the early ’00’s but NICE resurgence just a couple of years back with Edge of Tomorrow and Nightcrawler! RIP Hudson.
I forgot he was in NIGHTCRAWLER. he was always great. As teen film geek I became obsessed with him after Aliens and Weird Science. He was a multi-talented guy. Even had a new wave band called Martini Ranch. And Frailty is fantastic, and it doesn’t hurt that it has a great Powers Boothe performance. I mentioned A Simple Plan in the other thread. That movie is so oddly overlooked considering the talent involved, and the quality. Raimi has never been more controlled.
I feel like a part of my youth died with him today. I shed a few tears this morning. It really does hurt. Much like when Phillip Seymour Hoffman passed.
RIP Bill. Thank you for everything.
Wasn’t he in porn before making it in real movies? I thought I read that somewhere. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
Mike: No.
Only actor to ever be killed by an alien, predator, and terminator. He was such a treasure. This is bullshit.
Damn shame. He was usually the most interesting thing on Big Love, even though he rarely had the biggest/showiest moments.
A real shame. He as a very talented actor, director, and by many reports an all round decent guy.
As a huge fan of Frailty, this news is especially tough since it was recently reported that Paxton was reteaming with Frailty scribe Brent Hanley on an adaptation of Joe Lansdale’s The Bottoms.
And speaking of Hanley, WTF happened to him? Dude comes roaring out of the gate with such an exceptional debut screenplay and then “poof” nada for over a decade — unless you count that Masters of Horror. I’m guessing he’s making a living script doctoring or selling specs but damn.
He was good on Big Love but I watched that for Harry Dean. They made good foils.