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.
没想到这么好看，幸好收到了票。第一个故事很有趣但算是常见的套路，第二个故事电影里不常见但像是短篇里读到过，第三个故事大惊喜！！！触发了隐藏彩蛋！不枉我下雨天大晚上的跑去新彩云。恳请四十岁左右的女本子们都给我去看！！！就第二次扮演重逢的时候默默流了一个泪…
4.5 滨口已经不满足于展现magic moment，而是在人物对话的碰撞和错位中创造magic的观感，日式生活流的场景却发展出不可预知的剧情走向和层次，介乎于侯麦的哲思与洪的反讽之间，轻巧又耐人寻味。
谢谢这世界上一切平凡又伟大的母爱！
#滨口龙介02 三个段落，三次变焦。总有人拿滨口比候比洪，但在我看来，真论对用言语无法形容之情感的捕捉，两位前人都是不及滨口的。开篇《魔法》即点题偶然与想象，偶然的巧合（闺蜜恋上前男友），想象的尴尬（幻想自己实话实说所带来的结局），三角关系下的尬场总能让爱变成不清不楚的占有欲。《开着的门》里展现的爱还多了一层欲，开门与关门更是在暧昧上的拉扯，关于能不能见人的边界最后还是因为发错的邮件而爆发。《再一次》直接就是想象的世界（一个硬科幻的想象世界观架构），两个女人偶然的相遇，干脆将错就错，构建错位的身份来互相告慰，袒露心声。她们都再现了曾经炙热的情感，互织出了超越友谊的感情。三个故事都是始于偶然，留有想象，滨口总是用他特有的面庞凝视让你恍惚于影像之间，弥留于人物内心的情绪，久久不能自拔。132
（偶然与想象，不同时段在异地的同一破楼前同一视角下的定格；偶然与想象，刻意岔开时间却相遇在雨后的清晨……待续
最喜欢第三段。一次偶然的邂逅，两人分别扮演了对方想见的那个人，向对方说出了当年说不出口的话。
三个短片一部比一部来劲。
不枉我憋着资源不打开一心想着北影节万一有呢，终于把首看留到了电影院，太喜欢了。文本真牛逼，故事架构也好，可谓处处精妙。第一个故事我分明看到了我一个故人的旧事，简直是乐不可支。最后一个故事，滨口龙介真是既温柔又残忍。20210927保利天安门
观感要比《夜以继日》好得多，估计是短篇集的叙事结构所致。从巧合切入叙事，继而引发日常里意想不到的波澜，有时甚至透出一丝超现实的想象意味，而最后却又回复到现实之中。滨口龙介有着高超的手法，透过双人台词对白，简单的场景足以制造引人入胜的戏剧张力。在设计精准的镜头调度和人物位置变换里，细致刻画出人物之间的微妙关系，也突破了局限空间的舞台戏剧色彩，更巧妙地在生活流的画面里提炼出人性和情感里复杂多变的本质，大大提升了当代日本都市题材的表现角度，实属惊艳。
特意等到今天妈妈生日带她去看，这个选片倍有面儿。谢谢贾玲。
滨口龙介太会捕捉人与人的关系，那微妙的波澜，平静之下翻滚着的情欲，流淌在周身的思念，所有不可名状的东西都得以最精准的展示。三个故事完成了文本的高度统一——遇见是偶然，爱是想象。摄影机就是那扇打开的门，越是敞开越是欲说还休，复杂的一笔轻轻落下。好喜欢第二个故事。
确实怪“洪尚秀”的，但洪尚秀更散漫更悲观，那是我喜欢洪尚秀的地方。
相当高妙的魔性意淫片，滨口龙介的发力点是如何将意淫内涵不断地丰富，这个过程带来了一种魔性神力的弥散。画面越是清新明亮写实，魔性越是强（算是间离式场面调度技巧）。几个女角选得都特别到位。第一段是两位女角之间气质的极大反差。第二段是女角所为所行与气质之间的反差。第三段是女主气质够路人，但却上演了超现实的魔性邂逅演出。年度强片。4.5
①装感兴趣，装不认识，互夸，内心波涛汹涌
但是我和你有着一样的缺口，我们或许通过这个缺口依旧连接着彼此
浪漫主义、文学性和细腻入微的复杂情绪。真的很喜欢，总是被击中。
看来是日本又出了一个戛纳专供。把门开着还有意思。
妈妈是在当妈妈之后成为中年妇女的。曾经她也像花儿一样，优雅漂亮地盛放啊。TAT
第三个故事（百合）的idea确实绝妙，但对很多恋爱脑来说，会不会也令你们细思极恐呢？你唯一牵挂的对象其实并没有那么特别，以至于就算认错了人，好像也差别不大🤣
〈Magic〉初见和告别之间，人与人的相遇有一种魔力，但 MP 会消耗殆尽或冷却，只剩星星点点的微光。
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