tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post1963240490001779600..comments2024-03-11T11:06:36.576-07:00Comments on Total Dick-Head: Production Wraps on Radio Free AlbemuthRagle Gummhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951340313214410331noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-8052676414589909842009-09-16T18:14:34.024-07:002009-09-16T18:14:34.024-07:00I am going to risk sharing something here. Paul W...I am going to risk sharing something here. Paul Williams re-wrote RFA in the mid 80's at his house in Glen Ellen. I was hanging around with Williams at the time. I learned that Williams did not like the direction Dick was going in philosophically, and he engineered the book to shy away from Dick's new direction, post Exegesis. I believe Dick had found some kind of faith in God. Williams did not care for this idea, as he was teaching classes in talking to rocks at that time. I clashed with Williams over this later when I wrote an article about Dick for the Bay Area Guardian. It was not pretty.M.M. Wilshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409598280481740295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-82068016630173894232008-02-01T17:04:00.000-08:002008-02-01T17:04:00.000-08:00Looking forward to seeing this, John. It's been a...Looking forward to seeing this, John. It's been a marathon, hasn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-20261592274619920872007-12-28T20:20:00.000-08:002007-12-28T20:20:00.000-08:00The crew on Radio Free Albemuth has been paid. A...The crew on Radio Free Albemuth has been paid. And they were paid on a timely basis throughout the shoot. The movie wrapped on 10/27 - note the date of the previous comment. There was a delay in getting final week paychecks out, because of cash flow and out-of-town commitments on the part of our production manager, who was the only one left on staff to deal with a flood of invoices. Something I regret, but not uncommon on a low-budget indie. So as far as I know, everyone has now been issued their final stipends. Please contact me directly if this is not the case for you, "anonymous." And it was indeed a labor of love for many. None of the producers, including myself, took any salary at all. And as I work in the edit room, yes, I do think PKD would be proud of this little film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-3985352238938362662007-11-15T16:22:00.000-08:002007-11-15T16:22:00.000-08:00Hardly a labor of love for the crew that still hav...Hardly a labor of love for the crew that still have not been paid...PKD will not be proud!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-31125078285948843752007-11-05T23:25:00.000-08:002007-11-05T23:25:00.000-08:00I played a prisoner in this movie, had a fantastic...I played a prisoner in this movie, had a fantastic time on location in LA and can hardly wait till the June 11 2008 release date. To all my fellow prisoner I say "Thank You"pleaseunmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15644289250167276700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-35853677474257827462007-11-04T20:06:00.000-08:002007-11-04T20:06:00.000-08:00I am looking forward to this one. Surely I could n...I am looking forward to this one. Surely I could not be like "Next"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-82540838452786959992007-11-04T09:48:00.000-08:002007-11-04T09:48:00.000-08:00Well if it was, then well done Tim! It's a great n...Well if it was, then well done Tim! It's a great novel and I'm not surprised someone has used it to make a film at the present time. I can only hope that it's along the lines of <I>A Scanner Darkly</I> and <I>Blade Runner</I>, as opposed to <I>Next</I> and <I> Paycheck</I> (retires to wash out keyboard).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-67846370313333101552007-11-04T08:04:00.000-08:002007-11-04T08:04:00.000-08:00This was one of my favorite PKD books, and I'm ext...This was one of my favorite PKD books, and I'm extremely excited to see it as a movie.<BR/><BR/>I suspect thought that the book was significantly worked on posthumously by Phil's friend Tim Powers. Anyone know more about that?Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938749236977060161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-69521893201855871722007-10-31T09:30:00.000-07:002007-10-31T09:30:00.000-07:00Odd, I just re-read Radio Free Albemuth a couple o...Odd, I just re-read Radio Free Albemuth a couple of weeks ago. It struck me again that in many ways it's a much better work than VALIS. I hope the humor of the piece translates well to the big screen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-57409997023611126452007-10-31T09:25:00.000-07:002007-10-31T09:25:00.000-07:00Unfortunately...Leadership fell to the paranoids i...Unfortunately...Leadership fell to the paranoids in the movie making microcosm<BR/>Dick- head indeed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-31360537189600882992007-10-30T18:13:00.000-07:002007-10-30T18:13:00.000-07:00The Curious case of Benjamin Button is about a guy...The Curious case of Benjamin Button is about a guy who is growing younger...sounds familiar doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com