Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
生病了 the kind of malaise that only haunts women and put them into housewives. Beautifully shot and performed 镜头一直跟踪女生的侧面后面呼吸身体疼痛疑惑不解 视角凝聚 很真实 be bold. It needs to be taken there.
几乎是华语到目前最有代表性的疫情电影，又与中产家庭的疏离关系联系起来，既是特殊性又是普遍性，很能让人产生共鸣。日常的恐怖化，加上大量缓慢推拉镜头和特殊的构图，应该偷师不少黑泽清。不过仍然是很差的杨德昌模仿者，虽有文学性，但对话时而过于矫情做作；剧作算圆但太简单，不再有杨那样复杂和精密叙事的野心，也就少了对台湾当代社会鞭辟入里的理解。至于最后洪水的来临，与其说是一个有某种必然性的突发新闻，不如说是一个编排潦草、为瀑布而瀑布的可笑事件。
It's always happening.
小景别，冷色调，疼痛展示，无男性凝视的女性裸露，导演在电影技法上做的很好，但相比起夏布洛尔的《女人韵事》还是觉得在主题研讨上略显单薄，在当今世界女性受到的歧视其实也是“正发生”，但没有达到更深层次的探讨
那是生命吗？不是，那是一种只会攻击女人的病，而在一些地方，治疗这种病的权利已然被剥夺，为了治疗这种病，她们不是赌上了一生就是赌上了生命。
期待了几个月总算等到了，还好没有随着噱头大书特书。
五星，又是一部优秀的女性主义题材电影。相较于去年的金棕榈和金熊，去年金狮确实保守了些，但本片的质量确实也配得上一座金狮。对视听的处理可以说是颇为优秀。以视听来牵引情绪，视角对准女主安妮，把安妮作为整个女性的一个缩影，来展现女性遇到的困境，以及特殊时代下女性的焦虑、绝望、挣扎与彷徨。
「我们的眼睛是愤怒的，我们的额头是苍白的，在他们之上，我们读到：
故事与432和女人韵事相类似，也算站到了朱诺的对立面，但故事的主角重心从助人者变成了自助者，片子里面的一些对白多少有点口号的性质，生硬但不生猛，不过这部跟钛相比，无疑更适合奥斯卡。
难得的一部女性电影，比《钛》更加真切自然，紧张和揪心随着时间次第增加。而且，女主在出事之后并没有一味地依靠男性。现在想来，《钛》中的主人公是我们无法移情的，似乎一直是以奇观的角度去看她，而这部则以一种日记式叙事，主观手持的跟镜让我们完全代入角色，体验这一切冷漠和无助的正发生。
期待了几个月总算等到了，还好没有随着噱头大书特书。
信念 勇气 饥渴
片中的裸露镜头有一半是多余的，甚至直接剪掉都不影响剧情。
牛奶有叶帘帮助隔绝温度，高楼有蓝布帮助隔绝坠落，嘴巴有口罩帮助隔绝病毒，可是什么能帮我们隔绝孤独？房间里摆着前夫的旧物希望爱情能回家，脑海里滞留温柔的男声希望寂寞能赶走。我们变成窦加画里不知去哪的骑师，变成鹰架拆掉不知钻哪的长蛇，变成无预警泄洪的水坝，溪流变成瀑布，沉溺无法获救。
《从不，很少，有时，总是》
作家未免太坦白了，坦白到一些细节让人发抖的程度。女人最容易找到身上破裂的部分，因为她们天生有子宫，并且有能力孕育一个与她相互残杀的东西。这一过程，不管最终变化成何种模样，带给她的人生改变都是巨大的。
凝视的、伟岸的、索取的、冷漠的、知识垄断阶层的，那些男性角色，天真又骇人的尸孩。只有女性才会帮助女性，也只有女性才能帮助女性。
尺度不是一般的大，也很真实，可能有些人会有不适，但c‘est la vie。原本最多四星推荐，但想想今天当下的美国也许“正发生”这一切，特别应景，五星推荐给男人们看，照顾好女人们。
“有一天我会要个孩子的，但不是以我的整个人生为代价。”
隐去男性的“作案”过程而专注于女孩怀孕后十二周之内的心理状态，导演的克制压制了三场戏的痛楚，就像她的哭声和痛苦嘶喊也被那个时代遏制住了喉咙，白描写实的长镜头拉长她与每个人相处的细节，看她怀孕想和她来一发也没事儿的男同学，避之不及害怕违法的室友，偷尝禁果多次但运气好没怀孕的朋友……为什么遭受身体爱欲磨难之苦的总是女性？我们从未拥有过自由支配身体的权力，法国60年代用法律锁住女孩的子宫，我们现在用实打实的铁链锁住，最富庶之地的县城竟成了一块铁桶，你们都有罪，可笑的是，那女孩却用身体一个接一个生孩子，替你们受罚。
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