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.
浪漫主义的、古典戏剧式的、精准的、美感的，英雄的旅程。它唤醒着我对故事、电影原本样貌的最本初记忆。毫无共鸣的人呐，莫用肤浅筑妄言。
Crimes.of.the.Future.2022.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-FLUX
当夜里一点半妮可基德曼发现自己儿子还活着露出那种鬼德行的时候，我真的不明白自己为啥要为这么个破片子熬夜…
4.5。Cosmopolis的形式里套着Crash的隐喻体系。视听可以用炫酷来形容，赏心悦目和耳，喜欢布景。概念做得彻底且接近完美，大段对话中抛出了几个浅白的大标语，但这是有一定的自反性质在的（比如，电视屏展示“身体即现实”的标语，一个虚构的媒介告诉观众什么是真实的悖论，充满了欺骗的世界）可以自圆其说，不过更多写在纸面上的自反也很可能说明着他不一定能再做出Crash那类无声胜有声的作品了。另外，题材上全是他玩过的，可能是个集大成，很可惜没看到太新的东西，他用新技术把概念完成到极致，但概念本身却不够有趣。
依旧是以异族风俗的「猎奇」来刺激观众日益饥渴的需求，在一种人造景观的夸张与「蜕化/退化」下，诸如此类终究会成为极端小圈子审美的盛宴。
最新鲜的地方在于概念，概念抛出来之后的视觉呈现再其次，剧情就更在次位。讨论什么是美的一直是艺术的重要主题之一，人的皮囊之下的肉体美如果有一天可以当做艺术品活体展示确实会很有趣了。奔着去看猎奇画面的可能要希望落空 感觉导演这个teaser做得好
每天的战争场面已经够trauma，没事不要再到电影院受罪了。血腥暴力野蛮，如坐针毡，提前离场。故事无聊透顶。
主要是元音与爆破音的发音训练，佐以大量肢体动作，并辅以少量原生态风光。
可以消化塑料到底是变异还是进化？
艾格斯在极力保持个人视听风格的前提下，尝试更大的叙事主题。在老生常谈的王国复仇故事文本，基于北欧神话，加入他的超自然元素。
身体的改造？器官的切除？艺术的解构？
演员是牛逼的，想法是前卫的，拍摄是艺术的，电影是完蛋的。
大衛哥連堡對於受奇形怪狀的外部義肢（調整坐姿幫助消化的早餐椅、協助入睡的機器）長期操控而獲致的單純的感官體驗已經不感興趣，他真正想要進行的是一如片中的女藝術家Caprice所言，我們只能一而再，再而三地深入身體內部，從虛空（無組織、無意義的器官群）之中創造出意義／答案。主人公Saul Tenser於結局流下的一滴眼淚既是他終於接受身體進化的象徵，同時亦是他親自承認「混亂的」、「碎片化的」身體成為大腦以外的全新智慧生命的光輝見證：何嘗不是一種近似於宗教式狂喜的超驗性瞬間（新技術、新身體／器官、新藝術三位一體），神似德萊葉鏡頭下的貞德受難。
纯白的电影。imdb评价高大概源于对政治正确的逆反？6
所有精力都放在影响上了，都忘了自己拍的是剧情片吧。故事写得太弱了啦。黝黑的画面更是令人昏昏欲睡。
2022年居然还能看到这样一部又臭又长的神棍片，一惊一乍的无病呻吟，没有一个人物的行为符合逻辑，每当我实在忍受不了的时候放出几段对得起投资人的北欧风光镜头，一度让我以为故事的最后会有惊喜，结果是140分钟的浪费生命。基于北欧神话，又有如此卡司，拍出的这是什么玩意啊。
我还挺喜欢这种戏剧式的电影……就是每次我觉得不太行的时候忽然出现一个点把我拉回电影里，觉得神奇
以为是一部粗戾狠辣的黑暗史诗 结果是一场印象·北欧？
6，给个及格吧，北欧王国的规模实在是太小了，目测小于东北村委会的行政级别，战士的数量肯定没有一个村的民兵多。
镜头还是不错的，但整个长镜头下来，打架的人还没有我小区做核酸的人多。安雅这个角色发挥空间不大，感觉导演预算起来了之后反而不知道该怎么拍了，就一种左右逢源的无聊。结尾是什么鬼啊，真·火口的二人？
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