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.
近年来堕胎题材的电影并不少见，关键是看从哪个角度切入，《正发生》的文本其实比较普通，一个前途无量的新兴女性正在被意外怀孕和严格的法律政策打乱自己的人生计划，所以导演对文本的扩充和放大就显得尤为重要，1.37:1画幅、长焦距浅景深的手持跟拍的摄影方式增强了影像的纪实感，更好的利用空间景别传递情绪也更容易捕捉角色表情，三场堕胎戏即使没有正面镜头，疼痛感的递增也依旧能感受的到。整体上虽然有些匠气，但对于绝大多数普通观众，这是一个1+1＞2的文字影像的组合。
安的幸运之处在于，她在历史大背景下遇到了逆流而行的个体，而不幸之处在于，并不是所有女孩都像她一样幸运，这一切仍然正发生。
镜头压得人喘不过气，贯彻始终的不安与焦虑，一种只会攻击女人的病，很难不让人想起罗马尼亚杰作《四月三周又两天》
7.7 得了一种只有女人会得的病，堕胎如伏地魔不可直呼其名。4:3圈定人物，聚焦疼痛，虚化抹掉背景，隔绝世界，让无助故事正发生，虽然拍得不错，尺度疼度看着也大，但总觉得浅了点，苍白了点。
“我得了一种病，一种只会攻击女性的病，一种把女性变成家庭主妇的病。”
这部要和《从不，很少，有时，总是》对照着看，同一个题材，不同时代不同国家。
剪脐带部分实在是太痛了。“大部分医生都是反对堕胎的，他们不觉得那是一种女人自己的选择”这句话绝对是今年听过的最恐怖的一句，而且就连朋友也对自己说“这样做是犯法的，这不关我们的事”这该有多绝望。女性的子宫应由女性做主，过去是，现在是，未来也是。我们无法改变过去，但我们还可以改变今天和未来，我们需要更多的人站出来去阻止这些正发生。
太痛了！這種巨大的痛感不僅是生理上的，還有混雜著焦慮、不安、失落、內疚的心理疼痛。女主的表演真好，手術的那場戲，她的通過表演狠狠地向我們撲來。#SUNDANCE2022#
水平和《从不》差不多，特点也很相似，堆特写重展示，试图以量抵质，暴露出手法单一的问题，这种题材自带强烈批判性，足够尖锐，所以没必要一而再地重复同质化影像，《四月三周两天》显然是比其更加出色的同类作品。
泪流满面，太痛了，只有女性能懂的痛，只有女性会得的病。
3.5，电影整体故事节奏简明流畅，女主因意外怀孕导致后续生活的一系列混乱与麻烦，从个体的经历揭示了那个年代女性的一些困境与艰难，结尾堕胎的几次还是挺震撼人心，不过不如自己所预想的那般大尺度，也许是因为去年看到威尼斯首映时影评人昏厥的新闻后，期望值有些高了的缘故。总体来说，还是值得一看。
关于宇宙，我知道一些；关于浪漫也是。我们永远无法理解整个星空正如我们也永远无法诠释浪漫。他们的命题都太难以阐述了，宇宙在于太大又神秘，我们将永远探索，理解且敬畏，究其一生；浪漫在于太小又私隐，可能就藏在饭后散步时我口袋里的一支玫瑰里，无处不在，又需要四目相对。那些故事藏在土星的星环里，你的睫毛间，马里亚纳海沟深处，你的指缝间。喜欢这部电影是因为，把宇宙和浪漫硬扯在一起，一颗星；你在身边一起看，四颗星，满分五颗星。
"I'd like a child one day...but not instead of a life. I could hate the kid for it. I may never be able to love it."
全片最记忆深刻的对白 当女主又开始准备考试时老师问 what happened to you? something that only happened to women, that turn girls into housewives 怀孕意味着什么？ 孕育生命本是一项不说神圣吧，起码是至关重要的生物责任，影响着全人类的未来 然而围绕着这项生物责任的却是各种各样的陷阱跟阶级隔阂来削弱并控制女性作为生育资源的选择权跟自由度 完全解释了为什么现在大部分有选择的年轻人都知难而退
对，我就笑点低——所以全程觉得笑点特别密集。
恐怖片，但真正恐怖的是画面之外、电影开始前、摄影机看不到的地方。从不避讳疼痛，很少谈论身体的变化，有时认为理所应当，其实总是忘记，这一直正在发生。
确实拍得很好，大概可以理解为啥一群导演的评委会会给它金狮了。技艺相当出众。但在同类题材中，也不能算是最好的，且没有什么颠覆性的贡献。所以说可能匠人多的评委会，缺一点历史感。
2.5 强迫观者与私密的痛楚共情的思路很不可取，得到的启示不过是反滥交，整部电影对于身体的拍摄都有一种偷窥的色情视角
没有政治化堕胎权这个敏感议题，而是全神贯注讲述一个女孩的堕胎努力。真实、裸露、直接、柔性刚强。女孩堕胎的过程也正是她成长为女人的过程，片名“正发生”很契合波伏娃的《第二性》。
C / 选择身体化与生动化来舍弃历史感未必是好的选择，尤其是同题材作品不少的当下。即便没有那些“切肤之痛”，「女人韵事」也可以摄人心魄。
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