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• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/24/2008 6:55:36 PM
  
  "The Truth Is Multi-Faceted" - Stanley Kubrick That explain it? (I'm not bi-polar, btw. Sorry, SD. I do have OCD, though, if that makes you feel any better. Oh, and when I was a child, I had epilepsy. But no on the bi-polar thing, which . . . is a pretty serious accusation that I would never casually accuse someone of without hard facts, if I may be so bold as to defend myself against false diagnoses. And I don't think you're a nutjob. I just think you're smart.) To further explain to Tricia and her odd interest in commenting on me in negative ways, I write constantly and always do it from whatever emotional space I'm in at the time. Sometimes I hate porn. Sometimes I love it. But you did bust me on how much I truly fucking hate...

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/24/2008 2:06:13 PM
  
  no offense to teachers. my Mom's one. of course, like me, she's an anarchist teacher of revisionist history who goes her own way/fuck the torpedos. all offense to those who try and diminish the good lights we have in us, so they can whittle us down to more manageable morsels to chew on. fuck being understood by banality. where's the wealth in that?

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/24/2008 2:00:51 PM
  
  Wow you guys are so much nicer than the people who used to pay me. Starting to feel rich again . . . no kidding. Reminds me of a funny story from when I used to work for weeeked (which is how carmen, God bless her, always pronounced wicked, and which everyone made fun of her for.) After I turned in my second script, for "All About Keri", I had a meeting with one of the honchos over there and she proceeded to, politely, sit me down and start giving me lists of screenwriting books that I should read to fix my writing, which she felt wasn't very good. Especially my dialogue. I sat and smiled (politely) and nodded and agreed that I wasn't a very good writer and that I would race out and pick up those books immediately. Of course I d...

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/24/2008 12:06:49 AM
  
  Well Hello Shogun! Alright then. Down to brass tacks, are we? Well then without further ado . . . 1. The movies I've made that I am the proudest of. Before I get into that, I want to note that today was a historical day for yours truly. Oh yes indeed. For today was the first day I "officially" know exactly how many features I done writ n' dee-rek-ted over this past 13 years, hither and yon. 89 That's a nice number. I don't know if it counts "THE LAST ROSE", my last movie, which I mention because it's my Number 1 Pick. Other than that, I don't think my grey-haired head could organize an algorithm of such complexity, ferocity and nuance as would be required of giving the movies any kind of numerical evaluation. That bein...

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/23/2008 5:23:32 PM
  
  well said. and for the record, i didn't do anything that bad. what i did was embarrassing more than anything. embarrassing and stupid, but it wasn't done to spite wicked one bit. i wish i could say what it was, but it wasn't violent, it wasn't stealing, it wasn't drugs, it wasn't non-consensual . . . it was just bad taste and gross on my part. I engaged in a consensual act that one should normally engage of behind closed doors (which I thought were) and my crew saw it. This was the tipping point that pushed Wicked's hand. It was also the culmination of a very unhealthy working relationship that I had with their general manager, a man who thought I was the devil incarnate from the moment I walked in, and who was gunning for me. But I don't...

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/23/2008 1:42:06 PM
  
  Stormy, Thanks for the kind, kind words. So, since I have a chance to put something on the record, I never had a master plan at all. I was just doing my thing, trying to show how I saw this world. I never meant to bite the hand that fed me, either. It was never about that. I always spoke well of Wicked when asked. On the few occasions I gave myself to do press, I always spoke extremely highly of Wicked. Even when they fired me. So I'm not quite sure how to respond to that other than to say, when I'm "doing my thing", I'm not really thinking about anything but that; about the movies I'm making. I can't say I liked the fact that my movies were on the bottom rung of the production schedule, or that the crew - once I would get to wor...

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/22/2008 9:24:53 PM
  
  Thanks for the kind words! I can wax and wane on my excitement level for this business, but it always puts me in a positive frame of mind when someone says something good. These are tough times for everybody. We could all use a positive shot in the arm. That I tip my teacup to. Thank you.

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/22/2008 9:06:51 PM
  
  Danke Schoen, Merci, Thank You. David PS - Sorry so sorrowful. Like I said, I'll be okay. I want to build things up. I've spent a long time making good things out of, what some consider to be, bad things but I've spent an equal amount of time making bad things out of good things. All I want is to be able to make good things out of good things and maybe even make them great.

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/22/2008 7:00:01 PM
  
  Savoy rules.

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/22/2008 6:56:51 PM
  
  Hola to my Friends here asking why I said my career is kinda kaput. Don't be sad, though! I'm gonna be okay. Things have been particularly rough for me over the past few months. I noted some of it in that post I just sent to Mike, before I saw you guys asking your very much appreciated questions. The essence of the reason that finds me setting up an escape route for higher ground - meaning, leaving LA and Porn behind for good - is that I'm flat broke. No pot nor even the piss to fill it, (if I had one, sigh.) But my Heart is whole and my Soul is swimming in lovely, lovely freedom and Life is Beautiful and Worth Living, so I am going with the flow and seeing where my life takes me next. I've been doing this gig for a long time. A long time. ...

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/22/2008 6:24:30 PM
  
  Mike . . . thank you! Those are just about the kindest words anyone's said to me throughout my recent rough spell. I have a few other friends who have been extremely kind, but never a fellow Director such as yourself. Makes me feel like LA could be a good place to stay. Whether I will be staying in this city or not is a plate endlessly spinning at the present time. I'm flat-broke, facing bankruptcy, about to move to the Midwest, Love of my Life gone after a painfully beautiful live-in relationship, and on and on and . . . Wait a minute . . . Is this thing on? Hello? Testing 1 2 3. Alright, great . . . Hey Ladies and Germs! Tonight's most amazing guest will be SuperSad Shmavid - hero to himself - ready to bitch and moan . . . Then 3 2 1 S...

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/22/2008 4:38:23 PM
  
  Hey Cholezoe! Yeah, I love Julia Ann, too! She and Stephanie Swift were my two favorite actresses ever to work for Weekend Punctures. I miss her. But I don't think I'll be shooting her anymore, since my career is pretty much over in porn. I wish her luck, though! And certainly hope she can find a happier place to hang her hat than gonzo. Nothing against "the gonz", but as good as an actress as she is, and as good-hearted as a person as she is, it's sad to me to see her doing less than she should be doing.

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/22/2008 4:33:27 PM
  
  Hey Savoy and Juha! I'm so absolutely flattered by your kind words. I wish I could say I was still going to be making features, but I don't see that happening anymore. I still have a couple of movies coming out that I like a lot and I hope you do, too. Having fans like you guys (and everyone else here at Adult Dvd Talk who digs me and my weird eyesight) has made the last 13 years of my career worth it.

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/21/2008 6:41:55 PM
  
  To Fingerbanger . . . thank you for the kind words! I love that someone actually saw that movie where Voodoo talks to his pants. That synopsis was the best thing I ever turned in to Vivid. "A guy is afraid to leave his house because he thinks his pants have parties . . . and they do." "Wet Nurse" is the name of it. I was let go from Vulvid before I had a chance to edit it, so I'm glad it turned out okay. As far as replacing PT, there is not replacement for that wonderful guy. Nothing against what you said . . . if he's as frustrated with the way features are being demolished as I am, then I'd be honored to take his post, if it was okay with him. I love the guy. He was my mentor for 2 years in the business and helped me g...

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/21/2008 6:37:17 PM
  
  Hey M! Of course I remember you. You're one of the good ones, man. One time you pretended to be Ron Vogel as a glass of water. How could I ever forget that? By far, the funniest man I've ever personally known. You are. Why are we still in this crazy business, after all these years? And why is this business getting so . . . weak and frightened? Maybe you can answer these questions for me. I've been in a bubble for 13 years in the biz and I know you've been at it at least as long. Man. How time trains. shmavid don't be ashamed. you didn't do anything.

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/21/2008 3:37:06 PM
  
  You rule. Thank you for saying that! I'd love to answer any and all questions, and will answer them thoroughly and truthfully. I have nothing to hide and nothing to be ashamed of. It's a horrible world when the pornographers feel shame because then no one is safe from that most worthless of feelings. So ask away! Happy to be here. don't be ashamed. you didn't do anything.

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/20/2008 11:48:38 PM
  
  Aloha! Um . . . well, that depends. I've been laying low for awhile after a very sad break-up and haven't really been giving the job-hunt thing my Boy Scout Best, but that is changing. I have talked to a few companies, but not any that are doing features, besides one company (who I can't name) who I'd absolutely LOVE to shoot for, if they'll have me. In the meantime, I still have a movie I did called "The Last Rose" coming out via Weaked (sp?) and I'll be touring the country doing my one man transvestite/bestiality show "Little Horse N' Annie". Speaking of which, you can catch me at "Guffaw's" out on Route 9, just east of the Jersey Turnpike, this Sunday at 7:38 AM. (Not so serious.) The long and short? I want...

• David Stanley RISES from the dead 6/20/2008 11:00:08 PM
  
  Hi! Never posted on here before. Hopefully people will be kind to me. I certainly will try my best to be kind in return. So, brief update. I left the law firm of Orenstein, Armstrong and Daniels a few months back and have been in a strange nesting period ever since. Some of the people over there feel that I "got what I deserved" by being released from such a prestigious law-firm, and I certainly agree. Because what I "got" and "what I deserved" was Freedom and that is all anyone can ask for from this life, I believe. Whittle with me for a moment, won'tcha? Grab a swiss army knife and a whip of kindling and let's scrape away the bark and first few layers of wood and find what the core essence of the piece actual...