RangeWilson

RangeWilson t1_jcopta9 wrote

Reply to comment by SNRatio in You only need to experience food poisonings once to be careful of what you'll eat for the rest of your life by Holiday_Chemistry_72

And sometimes it's completely obvious.

If I usually eat in and never get food poisoning, then I splurge and get takeout, then six hours later I'm puking my guts out... do you really think it's that sandwich I made myself a week ago that's causing the problem?

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RangeWilson t1_ixyp0kp wrote

Reply to comment by No_Pen9448 in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto

>Oh you mean those “A list” writers who happen to get 30 percent on rotten tomatoes and then see their movies bomb? Lol.

A movie is never going to be better than its script, and there are 100 ways it can go wrong once the writer is done writing.

>Hollywood is a joke and I’ve made half-assed efforts of getting in and I will probably never get in because I simply don’t have the connections.

I knew nobody when I moved to L.A., but I eventually landed an assistant job at an A-list prodco by learning the ropes and using my charm and intelligence to make myself memorable.

Unfortunately I was not a good enough writer to break through, but that part was on me.

>Being sent rejection notices for unsolicited material makes me laugh and just reminds me the industry is all just a “rich boys club”.

Sending unsolicited material shows that you don't know a damn thing about how Hollywood actually works. Maybe you should learn, as a first step.

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RangeWilson t1_ixxlwti wrote

Reply to TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto

Reminds me of when A-list Hollywood screenwriters would attach themselves as director to a script, even if they didn't want to direct it.

The studio that won the bidding war for their script would then pay them an additional $200,000 (or whatever) if they would agree not to direct it.

Nice work if you can get it.

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