And as a hive.  Like the Borg.

Thanks for posting this valuable diary.

Do a bad job on one and see what happens :)

with the Shock Doctrine author got? off the charts man!!!

Besides, Gross Pointe Blank made you somewhat of a folk hero here in Detroit.

Look forward to War, Inc.!!!!!!!!!

a tip jar as the first comment in your diaries so we can show you some luv.  Get enough tips and you earn the right to give donuts to trolls. :D

Great diary btw.

to such a core issue.

Sometimes the smaller things divert our focus. It's been a stressful few months, and it's time to come together and concentrate on the monumental horrors a third Bush term would bring.

Thanks, John!

But I was afraid of being arrested:(

nice first diary, noob  :)

(i kid, i kid...)

heartily recommended; very much looking forward to the film. thanks so much for a very entertaining body of work, and especially for your efforts on behalf of the noble, correct side of so many critical issues.

It's nice to have you here. I've watched you on Real Time several times and you're always insightful.

Saw it at Sundance.  Saw your Q&A after the movie at Sundance.  You're a very thoughtful guy.  You were robbed for an Oscar nomination for this movie.

Great diary, thanks for joining us here!

dude, just wanted to make sure you knew that, and if we're getting into specifics, a "Hollywood Liberal" so get ready for the BillO hate to fly, and much love from us on the progressive/liberal side, Hollywood and otherwise...

I want to thank you.
Sometimes I get so focused certain problems and issues (like health care for all or me losing my little bro in iraq), that I lose sight of even larger issues and the threads that connect them.

Your diary helped me regain my perspective.

So I thank you.

glad to see you posting here from "Liberal Hollywood" ;)

Great nerd dialog from the script:

"Ah, Earl Grey...that's a studying tea, isn't it?"

and

"Parties??  You KNOW we don't like parties..."

great to see you here - Cusack the kossack!

big fan

hi to Joan!

Thanks for it. Just to add, I've greatly enjoyed your work over the years, and I'm looking forward to much more.

right?

Spruce Knob/Monongahela forest ...

Memorial Day weekend ...

3-day hike ...

great conversation with a good group of schmucks!

you with us?

could have paid for health care for every man, woman and child in America. 3 trillion could have paid for serious investments in solar and wind power. I'm sure you saw the article recently about plans to turn the Green Zone into the next Beirut. Ick.

I'm nervous about Iraq right now. The Administration is talking about striking a Shiite training camp in Iran to send a message to the Iranians about meddling in the Iraqi conflict. The thing is, it's a clear indication that American forces are focusing most of their energy fighting Shiites in Iraq and the Mahdi Army! Many Iraqis joined the Mahdi Army and began following Al-Sadr in the first place because we crippled the country economically and he offered them work and support. Sorry for the rant, I'm just becoming increasingly nervous that we're about to do something very stupid.

Looking forward to the new movie ;)

we can't get an audit.  By their own admission, DOD is unauditable.  No one knows exactly where it's all going, except in a big picture kind of way (the most recent I could find):

Malkovich your best work, imo. Loved your interview of Naomi Klein about her book "the Shock Doctrine".

Would love to see you post here more often. Tell your sister to stop by too! My daughter loved her in School of Rock.

(mutters to self ...did I use the word love too much? He probably thinks I am some star stuck nut.....can't wait to see his movie....)

we may notice them more if they are by people we like, but most here rec for content

good luck with your new movie.... you ROCK

Apart from the fact that we're about the same age (mid 40s), I like most of your movies, identify with a few of your roles, suspect we have a certain philosophical kinship, share similar musical tastes (if Grosse Pointe Blank and Hi Fidelity are anything to go by), Hi Fidelity is the movie I tell my friends to watch if they want to see what my life was like when I was 17-21. I did, indeed, work in a record store, though a much larger one, in Vancouver BC.

All of the staff were either musicians, musician wannabes, groupess or "other" (which was usually a few staff who knew each other outside of work, as with 4 recent Filipino immigrants). A few went on to start their own independent record stores. I dated the girl who updated stock numbers and re-supplied 45"s for WEA. We hit Dave Edmunds, Ramones concerts together and shared a love for XTC. I discovered Anais Nin in her apartment (well, Anais Nin's books, actually). We ALL made mixed tapes for friends and especially significant others.

I have tons of zany stories which would have fit into that movie. The guy who stocked our warehouse could tell you the album name and artist of any record if you gave him the catalogue number... honest! When I saw HiFidelity I not only laughed, I relived my past life, including some of the insane misperceptions I had about women (I have different misperceptions today).

In a nutshell, I think of you as a better-looking, more successful, wealthier, probably more intentionally funny, celebrity version of me. At any rate, you absolutely nailed my past life with HiFi.

Thank you for making movies like HiFi, GPB, War Inc, Grace is Gone, Say Anything... they help keep me sane. Or at least only marginally insane. Thank you also for being an activist on these issues--no matter what crap you get from some quarters, your celebrity gives you the power to influence in ways we regular folks cannot.

I hope it doesn't come at too great a cost.

(PS Your sister seems to be an absolute riot--is she as funny in real life? Lucky you to have such a productive and supportive relationship.)

Martin Blank.

Should help with the Michigan vote, and he'd certainly be the least bloodthirsty, psychopathic, "occasionally-shoots-people-in-the-face" Vice-President  we'll have had since Al Gore (though I did hear rumors about him and Tommy Lee Jones at Harvard...)

... to post as yourself, rather than some anonymous screen name?  I always thought, for example, that Halloween might be a fun holiday for the famous - getting to be just the same as the rest of the crowd.

favorite actors...tell her we said hi!  You guys do incredible work!!

freedom
of thought and speech
and power of all of us coming together
in one way or another
and in the rise
of our collectiveness
on the internet
beyond the cafe's and town halls
we find our mutual agreement and
the energy and personal power
to go forward.

Thank you John for being one of US.

I've loved your movies going back to the 80's.
Thanks for bring attention to such an important issue!

I love Joesph Stiglitz (as an economist) and as you may know he's endorsed Barack.:

http://www.dailykos.com/...

if you haven't read Barack's amazing speech it's linked to in the diary above,

cheers:)

it's cusack again..i need to figure out how to awsner peoplle on this site as i'm new to the blog world...so bear with me..that said
i wanted to say this about war inc--- please go to the my  john cusack my space page or face book page and checkout all the articles and the amazing quotes we'e gotten from artist and journalists and progressive activists about the idea's and message and reason for war inc.
i hate to sound cliched but this really is a test whether a film can break out only with viral support…the viral support has fueled everything from booking talk shows to political writers (not enetertaiment writers ) wanting to write about it… we have  used quotes of support  from people we actually respect and admire --who's opnions matter to us..not the noraml press junket stuff...
this really is a viral campaign to promote a punk rock movie that  is supposed to make people uncomfortable…it was made by and for people who are tired of the corporate propaganda we being force fed. made by and for people who  think subversion should be fun! it’s supposed to feel good to tell the right folks to go to hell…the biggest antidote to that sense of  corparatist inevitability is being with people and sharing experiences and doing things– a movie isn’t everything but it’s ain't nothing either…it a part of a large converstaion...

the real test is can we mobilize enough people to go opening weekend so that the small company that did take a risk distributing it will HAVE to put it in more theaters in the other major markets– all we need is to sell out the opening weekend in new york and la.
the angelica and the landmark… if we do--- all the credit will be from alt media like crooks and liars and  daily kos and all the political blogs! you are what’s making this happen!
also if you haven't seen it check out my interview with naomi klien on huffpost.. if it doesn't make you angry enough to go see the movie at least read her great book