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.
true beauty is so painful my dear.
看这个片名和海报没太大希望，纯粹冲着A24和性恐怖这几个虐头去的。结果挺惊喜的，竟然可以算最近好片了。70年代B级片腔调很足，虽然剧情本身套路，甚至是各种经典恐怖元素汇总，但就恐怖本身来说，剪辑和刺激后置加反转都蛮有新意滴，加上点到为止的性，杀戮和血腥镜头，吓人吓得很有水平。另外没想到恐怖B级片传统的剥削点在这部新片中还挺有深意，对女性的剥削变成女性性自由口号了，对老年人符号的剥削引申到衰老与青春的互镜，当然其中内涵各花入个眼，甚至会有人反感，同样点到为止。
失望。剪辑频繁炫技，但仍跳不出毫无进展的文本，人物无脑行为逻辑就已经令人咂舌。再说回文本，将性色附身于砍杀已不是新鲜事，逐个砍杀过程更是没劲之极，像极了垂老之人的苟延残喘，只会更进一步感叹人物行动逻辑太蠢。砍杀核心仍是不洁，但垂老肉体的引入是想引起反应强烈的生理不适。幸存之女的最后那段互文，画蛇添足。总结：在无法文本深入的情况下，视听并没有改进，无数概念导向德州电锯杀人狂，却不得不说是一次浅显而没劲的模仿秀！
不愧是A24出品将七八十年代B级片风格重新解构做出如此文艺的作品。猎奇故事开始最后进入残暴时间全片致敬录影带时期B级片但特别不喜欢硬切换的剪辑方式，只能说导演追求个性忽略B级片本质就是简单粗暴
难得在今天复活了意大利铅黄电影风格，完全围绕性展开故事，用拍黄片这个核心情节纪念诞生深hou的1970年代，很多影迷式致敬比如闪灵和惊魂记。处处都是我喜欢的元素，导演手法也极其纯熟，摄影、剪辑、表演、音效和配乐都出彩。总之，比那徒有概念的《哭 bei》好多了，是今年我看到的最有意思的新片，预订一个年度十佳吧！
女主一开始几次看镜头，以为会搞点什么。鳄鱼初见那块有A24的感觉；杀人的理由既然都这么胡逼了，手法不如再飞一些；对传统剥削片的小讽刺与小继承；奶奶被震飞好评
复古黄暴老年恐怖cult片，一锅大杂烩，片中最恐怖的是老年妇女的背后窥探和变态的需求。这也算此类片中的一个创新点，但看得颇为不适。除此之外片中再没有特别的地方。
PS Brittany Snow 唱的 Landslide，竟然从恐怖片里有这么一段温柔的歌曲。
感觉非常普通，就借着70年代色情片为噱头，但是除了这个噱头别的剧情都很烂。
一个工业流水线产品，像黄片一样；还以为模仿惊魂记，宗教，电视，电影，性欲各种元素掺杂，性欲满足不了杀人来满足……俩老东西哪来这么大劲头，几个年轻人打不过老东西，无脑白痴人设
有些场景还行，但整体还是无聊了，节奏不对。
2.5星 最后有被二老笑到 哈哈哈 一个被吓到心脏病发了 一个被散弹枪的后坐力摔断髋骨 哈哈哈哈 整个片子的精华
半夜pick up后半段，开场在恐怖片里看到一堆拍色情片的围着唱Landslide，电影的魔力总是有这样的惊喜；衰老，sex tension和film-making
另类恐怖片，只是没太大意思。比起其中的杀戮，真正恐怖的是衰老。至少是这个视角下的衰老。
最近每天刷微博到深夜，看了太多恶心人、恶心事儿。
b级片、色情片、悬疑恐怖包裹的人类嫉妒和不甘，剧本的用词一看就是本土资深编剧搞出来的
7/10。“妓女”一般是恐怖片前几个死的角色，缇·威斯特反其道而行，讲了老人嫉妒女孩的年轻而展开杀戮。女主一人饰两角，达到了老少叠化的效果，“你也不会年轻太久”是一句注定会实现的诅咒。鳄鱼与人的追逐戏全片最佳，已知的未知更为恐怖。钉子是设计就没有《寂静之地》高明，应该说后面全部的屠杀戏都没有前辈们好，老妇翩翩起舞出戏到《燃烧》。媒介自反很有趣，情色片与恐怖片确实是一线之隔。
我还是第一次看到老年人拍床戏，这个观感真的太糟糕了。
對同虐殺電影的修正意義,大於內容和取材的70年代背景,Ti West是深明類型方程式, 活取《活死人之夜》的鄉村大屋空間,和《閃靈》Jack 走入217號房對老年身軀恐懼,設置的驚喜需要觀眾對虐殺電影的熟識與共同認知才可發生,因此不難理解為何美國觀眾笑聲滿滿,可能發現導演一直與他們開各種in joke, 比如Jenna Ortega不演陰陽怪氣反而是保守善良,又比如電視上的宣教影像是刻意設疊的陷阱。沒有誇大殺人者能力,設置的機關中招機率土氣得令人失笑,更不用期待如《Don't Breathe》的老盲人如有超能人,那《X》可稱得上寫實型虐殺電影？看著老夫老妻發生傳教士式性行為並不可怕,而是你虐殺又好,性愛也好都無法取回青春的殘酷現實,電影中的黑間比2022年版《蝙蝠俠》黑得更有層次,更有理由。
finally出现了老年人需求，和老去的恐惧源头其实差不多，但这种方式就很小成本+娱乐化。
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