Coming soon to a theatre with me in it
The new “Bad Lieutenant” movie by Werner Herzog — starring Nicolas Cage (of all people). I was already eager to see it, but this piece in the LA Times further tantalizes me. Some choice excerpts:
- “…Roger Ebert [observed]: ‘Cage is as good as anyone since Klaus Kinski at portraying a man whose head is exploding.’ “
- “Almost impossible to classify, the film is a glorious mess: part ‘CSI’-style police procedural, part over-the-top B-movie and part surrealist character study in flamboyant dissolution.”
- “Still, for all its sleazy, loony brilliance, doubts about the film’s ability to connect with a mainstream audience linger.”
Let’s see… Herzog, Kinski, messy, surreal, sleazy, loony, brilliant, and possibly uncommercial. I can’t imagine missing this.
November 17th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Much respect to Mr. Herzog (I’m watching his Antarctica movie right now!), but… why did “The Bad Lieutenant” need to be remade???
November 17th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
It’s not a remake. And it’s not a sequel. It’s a thematically similar movie with a different approach and a lead role that may not be the same kind. Sort of like the relationship between, say, “The Passion of the Christ” and “Monty Python’s Life of Brian.”