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.
这个概念本身挺好，但从完成度上来讲，这部电影可以说是失败的。
不要盯着那些经文看!
网友到底是怎么好意思一边嫌弃国内恐怖烂片一边看着盗版一边又骂这电影晦气还弄上热搜的啊，真的好意思😅迷信看什么恐怖片？？
看完觉得我也能当编剧了：大家请看这条裙子，有人说是“蓝黑”色，有人却说是“白金”色，这就是意念的力量，我远程发功控制了你们的大脑。
让创作者表现出他们的愤怒不会使这个国家崩溃的！
今天是大黑佛母的生日🎉🎉🎉观看点赞并转发本视频给六个群的人有好运，赢q币，国庆节不上班😻😻😻绝对不骗你，我已经试了哦🤩😝😝
看恐怖片还要嫌弃被搞得不舒服、晦气的人到底是咋想的啊？前面代入感真的很强，作为鬼影实录式的恐怖片我觉得真实感是做到了的，中后期习惯了反而没有那么吓人了。但有几个坑总觉得没填上，比如从前被献祭的小女孩是怎么活了六年的？
平凡的人，做着伟大的事。小成本式的拍摄手法，却最有力量。
说这么多，总结一下:
有人说恐怖，有人说晦气，我觉得是邪。柯孟融勘破了民俗志怪类恐怖片的三大法宝：图腾，经文，邪神。图腾往往象征着危险信号，是原始恐惧的传承与延伸，在视觉暂留的魔法加持下，让人陷入半信半疑的心虚状态。经文则是听觉陷阱，循环往复的加深印象，引人犯错，若是一不小心默念，便是一身冷汗。邪神=无法控制的至高力量，该意象想要成立，则必须依托于超自然恐怖奇观：虫、溃烂、献祭、封印，多个场景的冲击之下，求神拜佛保平安的敬畏与恐惧油然而生，瞬间沦为邪神信徒。很多人因为所谓的诅咒而打一星，这其实就是信了咒的邪，正中导演下怀，越是破口大骂，越代表恐惧强烈，反而印证电影本身的优秀。“你相信祝福吗？”看似人畜无害的台词，却让我头皮发麻，心有余悸，人类无时无刻都在寻求庇佑的念头，才是永恒的魔咒，我要听十遍张学友的《祝福》。
玩不起就别看啊，说晦气然后打1星的人是信咒吗？中肯评价一下电影行不行？导演还没对你们这些白嫖b感觉晦气呢。
比预期中稍好一点，伪纪录片形式几乎从来没有令人信服过（密集飘忽、莫名其妙的机位和媒介变化，遗传到摄影天赋的小女孩，无源的景别调整与正反打……简直比《灵媒》还要严重），但剧作上对结构和人物动机的处理为电影增加了一条隐蔽的暗线，也令它形式的拙劣变得稍微可以原谅了一些。然而，导演不肯真正将署名权出让给角色，再加上佛母露脸之后又一次画蛇添足的设计，导致影片剧本上的巧思全都化作徒劳。如果将电影理解为主角为了传播而拍摄的蹩脚“真·伪纪录片”（当然，这在伪纪录片领域也早就不新奇了）、一部纯meta found footage，那主角在美术和特效上的造诣可真是高得过头了，为了救女儿，她六年下来怕是没少下功夫吧……
营销做的比电影好，最近台湾省出的鬼片，都有这种特征…
这片子拍得很好，但是恶意满满。是真正的恶意，不是开玩笑，也不是过分的恶作剧。导演用了很多视听语言和心理暗示技巧去达到他的目的。所以，直觉和现实都是：恶意满满。评分为大义。同情心理脆弱会受影响的观众们，祝福你们～～～P.S.能力越大，责任越大，给所有创作者。
结构上，太零碎了；几条线的交叉，剪辑点也都挺别扭的，这大大影响了观众的“入戏”过程。
无关政治，无关选择，一个单纯的“环境”片是如此难得。
的确不爱看恐怖片，一直认为除了科班学子比较适合从中学习一些有趣的视听技巧，或一些胆大包天的恐怖片爱好者乐于加入这来之不易的高口碑类型片狂欢，我实在不知还能从中阅读到什么更有意思的信息（当然和朋友们一起集体尖叫苦笑还是挺有趣的…），可能片里的“莲蓬乳”勾起了我小学时那充斥变态好奇心的尘封记忆是这片唯一的“作用” w/阳 cm luo
吓死人家了啦！看完赶紧打开春晚，冲一冲晦气。
片子还是能吸引我看完的，2个比较喜欢的地方，一个是鬼打墙，一个是利用视觉暂留让人在白色屏幕上看到那个符咒。
正确面对疫情的打开方式，不是歌功颂德，而是去反思，积极的应对，比较走心。
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