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.
还挺感人的 因为吃了剧透 所以特意回避了咒语洗脑 做为伪纪录片恐怖类型氛围很好 但是还是想说谁不吃不喝六天都会寄的哈哈哈哈哈
我觉得是最近几年看过最好看的恐怖片，值得满分，给未来的恐怖片提供了一个新思路，就是沉浸式观影，玩弄了一把观众后让观众冷汗直冒。看完之后感觉我需要去看新闻联播缓解一下我受伤的心灵
到底是想要伪记录真实还是要叙事营造还是想要搞出meta性质伪记录 压根都没想明白那整片散掉也毫不意外了
C / 视点的随意变换比失控的拉皮德还要夸张，但也很少见有如此密集与堆叠的恐怖气氛，对镜头内一切的控制欲望都多于自然生成，但却好过无聊的固步自封。
基本上就是把以往的伪纪录恐怖片学了个遍。小孩都还算自然，可惜大人们演技一个比一个差，仿佛时刻提醒观众她们正在用力地演戏，作为想要以真实感来吓人的伪纪录片，叫人怎么看。
我觉得之前那几版预告片更有趣些
每个人看到的东西都由自己意念决定，
看完恨不得给《灵媒》多加一星，也感叹《中邪》的生不逢时。且不说剧情乱来、剪辑杂乱这些硬伤，单单视听逻辑就大错特错。伪纪录手法强调的是临场真实感，而不是让观众成为全知全能的旁观者，越是让主角跟观众互动就越让人出戏。更别提好几个莫名其妙的机位来补反应镜头，完全就是普通剧情片的思路，也暴露了导演对于片子掌控力的薄弱。
这片在能看之前很久就已经噱头十足，可惜，看了之后比较失望；中途多次睡着，醒了又倒回重放。。。
上帝视角在这样的一个以伪纪录片为卖点的电影里显得太过理直气壮，以及过于频繁的视角切换只是把本就羸弱的剧作与情感完全扭成一团，电影表达混沌到根本懒得去琢磨导演的真正意图，只剩一个还算有趣的结尾在支撑。
还好后几个字不认识。
看个恐怖片 就被下了诅咒。。。原来佛母也会剪辑。。。
如果在影院看想必会被吓到骂娘，埋伏观众这一手也很恶趣味。但有几个段落没解决相机存在的合理性，属于伪纪录片通病了。主角的行为逻辑也过于作大死，应该设置得更聪明一点。
6.0/10。两男一女组成视频博主团队去邪教仪式的禁地录制所见所闻，结果两男主和女主的父母全部死于非命，女主也因此精神失常。后来则是一个温情（？）的亲情故事：女主为了女儿开始打起精神，四处找人试图解开她和女儿身上的诅咒，最终结局算是开放式（？）。影片是典型的伪纪录片（第一人称手持、伪自我纪录、伪访谈、手机竖屏录制、监控录像、空间上的突兀跳跃等）式恐怖片。总体来说虽不能说不恐怖但恐怖效果中规中矩（而且集中在后段，前段甚至昏昏欲睡）。结尾扣一星（要是恐怖也就算了，现在不怎么恐怖还咒观众出事，只觉得晦气）。
结尾反转确实出乎意料，但电影还不值6+的分，打高分的颇有种骗其他人来看的感觉。这种绑架观众的电影不值得提倡。
首先，一定有很多人会为这个结局打低分。然后，其实这个算是一个伪纪录片形式的恐怖片，以邪教为切入点，讲述诅咒和民俗的怪力乱神。本片的片名是《咒》，再加一个这个参考《午夜凶铃》的包装，以提升沉浸式体验感，很损但还是很奏效，可以想象一堆人黑着脸，或一脸害怕，心里骂骂咧咧地走出影院的场景。但是，这还是近年把亚洲恐怖元素讲得比较好的作品，很难得，也能看到导演的用心。希望亚洲恐怖片，能够再度崛起！
“你叫什么名字”。“我是你爹我是你爹我是你爹”
这个咒语不管她怎么跟我讲，不管怎么给我反复出现，最后两个字我就是不认得，所以每次让我跟着念我都念不会。结果最后她告诉我说要帮她的女儿分担一点诅咒，没办法，这分担不到我了，太可惜了
我真的入戏了。看完心里无比发毛，然后边害怕边好奇的去搜索有关电影的一切，又恐怖又神秘又有魅力。真实的代入感不仅仅是伪记录的拍摄手法这种小伎俩带来的，主要是因为影片对于这个宗教和佛母的设定细节太丰富，场景布置氛围营造又很到位，味太冲了。另外，评论里气急败坏打一星的观众越多，反倒越证明这部片的成功：你们当真了。
加一星肯定它在我看过的华语恐怖片中的地位，毕竟此前看到的比较优秀的华语伪纪录片形式恐怖片只有《中邪》。相比之下，《咒》引入了更多的民俗元素，并且借鉴了大量外国恐怖片的设定。可是尽管它超越了简单的冒险故事情节（相比《昆池岩》，《致命录像带2》等），但仍未能留下太多的回味空间，大黑佛母只是“恶念之神”，所以它是为恶的，它是一个难以抗衡的诅咒的祸根，这或许简化乃至消解了民俗文化的意义，主角的使命只是与一个强大而不神秘之物（一个为恶的东西）对抗，这使它和很多内涵平庸的恐怖片没有区别了，或许它比这些恐怖片最大的亮点在于，它敢于大胆地诅咒观众。于是它让“晦气”成为了自身最被印象深刻的点，而非恐怖，或者神秘。
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