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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 03-10-2004 09:50 AM
  
How about a string for sites where Mr. Bradbury does just that! It might make an interesting way to collect many of his philosophies, views on then-now-later, and also give those looking for research a place to review his words in text. How about a basic or simple statement on the theme and then the site? Mel, just make the movie!!! F451 article. http://www.hollywoodinvestigator.com/2002/bradbury.htm Interview on stage and video, Point Loma Nazarene University's Writer's Symposium by the Sea 29. mins. (Listed once deep in the posts. Great!) http://www.uctv.tv/library-test.asp?showID=5534 [This message has been edited by fjpalumbo (edited 03-10-2004).] IP: Logged |
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jfaronson Member |
posted 03-10-2004 11:19 AM
Great idea--what a way to get some perspective! IP: Logged |
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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 03-10-2004 02:56 PM
"Do What you love!" (Sound Advice) Interview with an 18 yr. old hs student: http://www.layouth.com/4_15_17.htm IP: Logged |
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Green Shadow Member |
posted 03-10-2004 06:10 PM
fjpalumbo, Just had to return and tell you that these links are simply wonderful. (Now, back to my distant planet). IP: Logged |
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lmskipper Member |
posted 03-10-2004 07:14 PM
Loved the first link, and will check out the second one later. Does anyone have any information on the book he mentioned, Too Soon From the Caves....? I don't recall that one being released yet, but maybe I missed it. IP: Logged |
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dandelion Moderator |
posted 03-11-2004 05:26 AM
Laughed myself silly at that first one. I'm sure my brother-in-law, an astrophysicist, will get a "Big Bang" out of it! IP: Logged |
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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 03-11-2004 11:20 AM
Onion Club Interview, June 1999. Topics include: Censorship, languages, screenplays, Mars, and education. A few sharp retorts on the state of things in general. http://www.theavclub.com/avclub3523/avfeature3523.html IP: Logged |
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dandelion Moderator |
posted 03-11-2004 03:40 PM
"A Night of Ray Bradbury." http://www.dothings.com/WBookBrad.htm I disagree with his comments on Rod Serling and am willing to defend my position. Keep in mind some of Ray's remarks are summarized here so won't be exact words. IP: Logged |
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Nard Kordell Member |
posted 03-11-2004 04:54 PM
fjpalumbo: Excellent links. The interview done by the young girl from Verdugo Hills, was priceless. Unqiue new questions done in a very nice way. Thanks... IP: Logged |
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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 03-12-2004 09:02 AM
Here is the often requested "CODA" from Fahrenheit 451. RB at the very top of his literary game. http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/451/451.html IP: Logged |
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Green Shadow Member |
posted 03-12-2004 09:29 AM
I'm sticking with this thread only;it holds the key. Here is a "hot off the press" interview with RB: Ray says he's like a "grenade" when he gives speeches. [This message has been edited by Green Shadow (edited 03-12-2004).] IP: Logged |
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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 03-12-2004 09:57 AM
Really nice find GS! The ink is still drying on the article - 3/11. RB is a busy as ever. Thanks. IP: Logged |
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Mr. Dark Member |
posted 03-12-2004 02:15 PM
Yea, I enjoyed it, also. Love his self-image of himself as a kind of intellectual hand grenade. IP: Logged |
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philnic Member |
posted 03-13-2004 04:40 PM
Just discovered this Ph.D. thesis on-line. It's not as dull and academic as you might think - and it contains several full-text interviews from various parts of Ray's career. Particularly interesting to hear the true story of Ray and John Huston: http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11182003-234211/unrestricted/Aggelis_Dissertation.pdf - Phil IP: Logged |
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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 03-15-2004 01:33 PM
Phil: Items from 1948-2003 in that paper. I perused and will give it a closer look when time allows (200+ pgs!!). Good find.
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Mulder Junior Member |
posted 03-16-2004 07:47 PM
I've just finished reading "Ray Bradbury: The October Man" by Larry Leonard. Short and sweet. Great read. IP: Logged |
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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 03-17-2004 08:15 AM
Mulder's referred site: Another good one! http://www.oregonmag.com/Bradbury1001.htm IP: Logged |
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Green Shadow Member |
posted 03-28-2004 10:16 PM
Here's a site from NPR that maybe you'll have better luck opening than I: http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1603585 Also, has anyone ever read Einstein's Dreams? It's one of my favourites. IP: Logged |
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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 04-01-2004 08:39 PM
If any one has the privilege to converse with RB in the coming weeks (Nard, Dandelion, Sam, etc.), might you inquire about the status of film projects we have all so patiently awaited news on? Ie., what's really up with F451? Is Thunder going to make it to the theaters this summer? Any irons in the fires on Illustrated Man or Chronicles? I know we have debated the pros and cons on some of these for years now, suggested who should play main characters and produce the projects, but to get a "heads up" on where things might be going would be interesting, if not appeasing. Searches on line seem to turn up the same old reviews listed two to three years ago. Just a thought! Also, any release date on Cat's Pajamas? [This message has been edited by fjpalumbo (edited 04-01-2004).] IP: Logged |
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Nard Kordell Member |
posted 04-01-2004 08:43 PM
fjpalumbo: Sam Weller sees Ray most often. I won't be around Los Angeles until May sometime, unless something happens to get me there sooner. E-mail Sam Weller ...probably the best chance for the answers... IP: Logged |
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FH 451 Member |
posted 04-01-2004 10:56 PM
Hello All, Ray B had a lunchen meeting with the producer and director of the Sound of Thunder. To set up dates for promo, etc. which at this point will be coming to the big screen, in October. Frank Darabont. turned in a screenplay to Mr B last week, for FH451. I've read it and its right on. The Hounds are back and ready to go. Sorry for the name dropping, But I was with Sly Stallone, "My Day Job--Limo Driver" over the weekend, and call Mr B and told him, I found Captain Beatty, and handed Sly the phone. They had a great talk. I have a great picture of Ray B and Frank D holding Franks just finished FH451 Screenplay, that I would like to share with everyone. Later All IP: Logged |
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Mr. Dark Member |
posted 04-02-2004 12:22 AM
Patrick: Would love to assist. If you email, send me an email and we can hook up live. epalfreyman@prodigy.net IP: Logged |
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Nard Kordell Member |
posted 04-02-2004 12:37 AM
Patrick: If you don't mind me posting it on my website. I could do that. No problem... IP: Logged |
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Mr. Dark Member |
posted 04-02-2004 01:16 AM
Nard: I just emailed them to you and Dandelion. My system will let me open and view them, but it won't let me save them for some reason. Mine stay embedded in the email. I'm hoping you or Dandelion can get them out and post them for Patrick. IP: Logged |
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dandelion Moderator |
posted 04-02-2004 03:47 AM
If that e-mail bounced back it's because my inbox is still full. I did, finally, (with the help of computer experts) get my printer connected, but have been too busy enjoying spring to empty that inbox! IP: Logged |
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dandelion Moderator |
posted 04-02-2004 04:04 AM
In high school I loved Sly Stallone so much I had a whole wall devoted to him! (In fact, we painted the room to match the poster of him in the green t-shirt.) I find him attractive, intelligent, and articulate--which is exactly why I lost patience with him in terms of his writing and acting projects. He could do so much better, and it isn't as if he needed the money so bad he couldn't take creative chances after a certain point. He reminds me of Rod Serling in that way--for fifteen years Serling railed against commercialism, saying entertainment should be thought-provoking and so on--then at a certain point started taking on projects far below him, including commercials--total sellout. The whole point of "Rocky" is NOT to be a sellout, yet, with the projects Sly talked about doing and those he ended up actually doing, I couldn't help wondering if that's what he did as well. I believe anyone with that much talent and ability should still be able to redeem themselves--I'd hate to see him just sort of burn out like Serling when he could still do so much better. (By the way, if you want Ray's viewpoint on being a sellout, the short story "A Flight of Ravens" from "The Machineries of Joy" drives it home more dramatically than many a full-length book could do!) Seeing Sly in something of Ray's might just make me renew my fandom! (I still have all my Sly stuff, except a few things ruined in a flood--it's just put away.) I did read his first novel as well as two "Rocky" books. It's great that he and Ray hit it off well. Did you know they are both great admirers of Edgar Allan Poe? IP: Logged |
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philnic Member |
posted 04-02-2004 04:49 AM
dandelion, maybe your characterisation of Stallone makes him an ideal match for Beatty, who also starts out as a literate intellectual but rejects it all to follow the will of the masses. I'm not a great fan of Stallone, but he wouldn't be such a bad choice. However, if you cast a physically strong and imposing Beatty, you must have a comparably strong Montag for the story to be believable. Given that we are probably talking Hollywood blockbuster here, Montag then probably has to be Tom Hanks or Mel Gibson. - Phil IP: Logged |
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dandelion Moderator |
posted 04-02-2004 03:47 PM
Much as I love Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson, I think Kyle Chandler would be better, not only by virtue of being slightly younger, but if Stallone were cast as Beatty, Chandler looks enough like him it would be like Beatty was an older version of Montag, saying to Montag, this is what you could become if you don't break out NOW! With the proper writing and direction, it could be a very powerful film statement. IP: Logged |
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Nard Kordell Member |
posted 04-02-2004 09:17 PM
I'm diving in and out of these postings, so I catch this little comment by dandelion about Mel Gibson and Montag... ((if I am not following the line of reasoning in these posts, please excuse my intrusion))..from what I understand, Mel Gibson figured a long while ago that he was too old to play Montag...and was one of the main reasons he bowed out of the project as to being involved in the acting part of it... • Okay, now back to the regularly scheduled programming... IP: Logged |
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dandelion Moderator |
posted 04-03-2004 04:18 AM
As regular as it gets around here...speaking of Stallone, he was on the "Tonight" show talking about his new project, a reality show based around the world of boxing. Rod Serling was also a boxer (in the lightest weight class, of course) and was fascinated with boxing and broken-down prizefighters. Ray: not a boxer. Speaking of the general subject of sellouts, I was reading "Anne of the Island" by L. M. Montgomery and look at the passage I came across today (Friday, that is; it's always "today" until I retire in the small hours), in which Anne is talking to her best friend Diana about a short story she is writing. But Anne had not thought about this at all. She was in pursuit of fame, not filthy lucre, and her literary dreams were as yet untainted by mercenary considerations. IP: Logged |
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Richard Member |
posted 04-03-2004 12:43 PM
In my opinion (and heaven knows, we all have them), the one actor who should play Beatty in a re-make of FH451 is Sean Connery. IP: Logged |
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Yestermorrow Member |
posted 04-03-2004 08:52 PM
I'm gonna have to go along with an idea someone else posted somewhere along the line: and that is that Gene Hackman should play Beatty, and Kevin Spacey should play Montag. For some reason, I just don't see Stallone as the right kind of guy for Beatty--I don't know, maybe it's just his voice. I'm not sure about Faber, but I think Morgan Freeman could work. IP: Logged |
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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 04-06-2004 03:42 PM
I am not sure if this was posted previously, but some nice pics and RB in fine form: (Scroll 1/2 way down page) http://www.palms-california.us/ [This message has been edited by fjpalumbo (edited 04-06-2004).] IP: Logged |
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Richard Member |
posted 04-06-2004 04:41 PM
Great pictures, fjpalumbo! Thanks for posting them! And for those who may not know, the gentleman in the suit and glasses behind Ray in a couple of the shots is Patrick, Ray's driver and friend (and himself a poster on this message board). Patrick is the man who likely saved Ray's life by rushing Ray to the hospital after his stroke a few years ago, for which all who love Ray owe Patrick an unrepayable debt of gratitude! [This message has been edited by Richard (edited 04-06-2004).] IP: Logged |
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fjpalumbo Member |
posted 04-06-2004 05:07 PM
Richard: Thanks for the heads up. And to Patrick - God Bless! IP: Logged |
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Green Shadow Member |
posted 04-06-2004 09:19 PM
I love all the smiling faces pictured at this event...that says it all! IP: Logged |
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Mr. Dark Member |
posted 04-07-2004 01:49 AM
Green Shadow: I noticed the same thing. These were people who were really having a blast. IP: Logged |
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lmskipper Member |
posted 04-07-2004 07:12 AM
I also noticed there were several kids there. I'm glad to see that a new generation is learning all about our hero. And it was nice to see Patrick and put a face to a name. Thanks for all you've done, Patrick! IP: Logged |
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Green Shadow Member |
posted 04-10-2004 08:31 AM
Ray will be "speaking his mind" on April 12: http://www.yurisnight.net/vip/ Who has more energy and optimism than RB?! [This message has been edited by Green Shadow (edited 04-10-2004).] IP: Logged |
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Green Shadow Member |
posted 04-16-2004 09:05 AM
New article and new quotes from RB: http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1865~2087954,00.html IP: Logged |
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