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.
整部片子的亮点就是这次打斗从各个角度展示了一下水之呼吸基本都有什么招数
渐入佳境，重拳出击。没有前两段的对比，就没有最后的重击。自始至终，男人的眼里只有美化的自己。女人，再有才华和抱负，都只是可笑的财产和工具，哪怕是一场付之生命的声讨，也只是男人的手段，别人眼里的一出好戏。从头到尾，只有羞辱，没有正义。看到结尾的那几行字，心里不禁大呼：爽！
“看的我都厌男症了”，“逃离男人吧”，
NYC Anthology Film Archives
老雷还是老辣，借位运用了微妙的角色视角，从三个层面剖析真相，有别于《罗生门》天差地别对”真相“的诠释，《最后的决斗》用三个角色的故事，去叙说真相对于被害者，加害者，受害者之间的利益权衡。
我太爱照相那段了，历史眼里没有欢笑没有人情，看到的只有更迭的政局和转交的权利
只有品味了痛苦，才能珍视以前忽略的快乐；只有领略了平凡，才会收藏当初丢弃的幸福。
太特别了，仿佛看了舞台剧，创意和表现力满分，有些情节想到了当时看陕西人艺的白鹿原，缺点可能是演员有点念词不太行，瑕不掩瑜是个艺术品。
质感梦回天国王朝，音乐很美，表演、剪辑、摄影、叙事无懈可击，这才是好的复调叙事。罗生门演绎但并不将重心放在悬疑之中。但我不满于他强行的女权视角，为什么妻子就是真相并没能说服我。尚当然不尊重自己的妻子，更想要孩子并且作为和铲除敌人的借口，爱人遭受强奸也要命令她再行房事。玛格丽特当然也有她觉醒的成分，敢于说出真相，也并不是无条件守妇道。但这仍然不是女权电影，因为这些元素不是影片的最终目的，有更大的主题被阐释。反而中世纪那愚昧的科学观（强暴不会怀孕，只有愉悦才会怀孕）、善恶观和价值观更令人惊诧。脱离历史视角看问题很蠢，这些事件和情境在影片里是完满的，非要拉到当下去解读显然是无效的。
活色生香，但太过于间离了，难说是my thing。当晚正好没吃晚饭，某些段落看的我感同身受，回家狂炫碳水。
这部电影让我觉得活在2022年也不错，在这几年可以看到这样的作品何其难得。而这种创作并不是他人可以复制的，有导演本人自己非常珍贵的个人经验在里面。
incroyable mais vrai 导演很有野心 但是没必要
近几年的华语最佳。导演的美术功底了得，鬼气森森的舞台布景在叙事和美学上都无比加分。这样的人间与黄泉冥府又有何等差别？唏嘘不已#filmothèque
7.0/10，《鬼灭之刃》第一季，浅草篇，TV版6-10集合集。
看完有一些情节还是没有很懂，希望能看到大家的解读：1.举着蘑菇/和伞飘在空中的情节。蘑菇那处我以为是吃到了毒蘑菇，但后来情节看来并不是。去北京我以为是失败了，但好像也不是。2. 驼背的结局没有清楚交代，是直接模糊处理了吗？他应该消失在合照之后了
Chapter One - The truth according to Jean de Carrouges, Chapter Two - The truth according to Jean de Carrouges, Chapter Three - The truth according to The Lady Marguerite (The truth). 观影过程中联想到《角斗士》《勇敢的心》《权力的游戏》《罗生门》《怦然心动》《日本之耻》…… —— -玛格丽特，你为何这么做？-发生在我身上的事是错的。-勒格里那种男人随时都想侵占女人，而且一犯再犯。你以为你是谁？我儿子可能会死。-那是他的选择，不是我的。-你和我们的士兵在打仗时搞上的那些农妇没两样，她们有抱怨吗？-我不能保持沉默，我必须发声。-玛格丽特，你只会为我们家带来耻辱。-我说的是真相。-真相并不重要。…我也被强暴过。尽管我做出反抗，感到憎恶，我有去向有更重要的事要操心的丈夫哭诉吗？没有，我站起来，继续过日子。……
乍一看是个“老故事”，但每个时代无非就是一波换了名姓的人来来回回重复上演同一个故事，于是“老故事”成了“新故事”又成了“新新故事”。所以说人渺小啊，这一生无非就是坐一叶扁舟随着命流起起伏伏摇摇摆摆，最后排排坐喝一碗孟婆汤就匆匆忙忙奔往下一世的苦难了。
感谢法国让导演有钱拍完，让观众能看到。非常个性化，手绘的背景，默片的节奏，远景的乐山城，剧院茶馆，历史对人的摆弄，人对苦难的冷漠，中国人过去几十年的一出戏，现在看来，仍然是永无宁日。演员也灵，四川话如流水，灵动。@Anthology
川剧演员百年生活史，故事和时间徘徊于阴阳两间，幽默但深刻 荒诞也严肃，很神奇的观影体验
人生就是一场堂会嘛 德国表现主义的踪影 却满是中国古典美学的写意和浅景深 是美学的创新和探索 独成一派
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
