Comments on: 'All about stars and time…' http://www.ballardian.com/all-about-stars-and-time Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon Sellars http://www.ballardian.com/all-about-stars-and-time/comment-page-1#comment-2070 Simon Sellars Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:02:09 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/?p=798#comment-2070 Well, you said 'really rather good', but that's alright, I won't hold it against you! I agree about the Barcelona location, though: globalised, generic America. Give Mr Anderson a promising script, ie based on Ballard, and we could have something decent. Well, you said ‘really rather good’, but that’s alright, I won’t hold it against you! I agree about the Barcelona location, though: globalised, generic America. Give Mr Anderson a promising script, ie based on Ballard, and we could have something decent.

]]> By: Tim Chapman http://www.ballardian.com/all-about-stars-and-time/comment-page-1#comment-2069 Tim Chapman Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:43:48 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/?p=798#comment-2069 Well, I didn't say 'The Machinist' was great - just rather good. A lot better than 'The Sixth Sense' at least, and a lot less reliant on the (admittedly not terribly surprising) twistie bit. A large part of why I like it is the sense of geographic displacement - Barcelona acting as misc US industrial burg. Well, I didn’t say ‘The Machinist’ was great – just rather good. A lot better than ‘The Sixth Sense’ at least, and a lot less reliant on the (admittedly not terribly surprising) twistie bit.

A large part of why I like it is the sense of geographic displacement – Barcelona acting as misc US industrial burg.

]]> By: Simon Sellars http://www.ballardian.com/all-about-stars-and-time/comment-page-1#comment-2068 Simon Sellars Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:46:29 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/?p=798#comment-2068 Joanne, I agree -- it would be good to see 'young Jim' return to a Ballard production. Jonathan, thanks for the info... Googling Edith and JGB, I find on your website that none other than Susan Sontag was interested in directing your script! Very interesting. (By the way, is there any chance I could read your script, if you still have it?) Joanne, I agree — it would be good to see ‘young Jim’ return to a Ballard production.

Jonathan, thanks for the info… Googling Edith and JGB, I find on your website that none other than Susan Sontag was interested in directing your script! Very interesting. (By the way, is there any chance I could read your script, if you still have it?)

]]> By: Jonathan Rosenbaum http://www.ballardian.com/all-about-stars-and-time/comment-page-1#comment-2067 Jonathan Rosenbaum Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:48:52 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/?p=798#comment-2067 The friend of mine who was a friend of Seberg's is/was Edith Cottrell. She still lives in Paris, and works, I believe, as an agent. I haven't seen her in years, but through another friend we exchanged emails several month ago. The friend of mine who was a friend of Seberg’s is/was Edith Cottrell. She still lives in Paris, and works, I believe, as an agent. I haven’t seen her in years, but through another friend we exchanged emails several month ago.

]]> By: joanne mcneil http://www.ballardian.com/all-about-stars-and-time/comment-page-1#comment-2071 joanne mcneil Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:13:39 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/?p=798#comment-2071 Those are some sad lost opportunities, but I think Brad Anderson would be a great director for Concrete Island. The Machinist was pretentious, but what I've seen of Anderson's work has a dark undercurrent to mass audience drama. He directed some episodes of The Wire ( http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/15/best_show/index1.html ) and an enjoyable film called Next Stop Wonderland. And wouldn't Christian Bale make a nice Maitland? Those are some sad lost opportunities, but I think Brad Anderson would be a great director for Concrete Island. The Machinist was pretentious, but what I’ve seen of Anderson’s work has a dark undercurrent to mass audience drama. He directed some episodes of The Wire ( http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/15/best_show/index1.html ) and an enjoyable film called Next Stop Wonderland. And wouldn’t Christian Bale make a nice Maitland?

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