Thursday, February 11, 2010

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans - Werner Herzog (2009)

Nicholas Cage's misanthropic performance thrown into high relief against non-actors. Hunched shoulders, asymmetrical stance, is he screaming in pain or ectasy? Reptiles and fish selected because they are the most alien of the animal kingdom to us humans. Audience laughed at many points in the screening.

At first I thought he was only semi-bad, but then he tried to fix a college football game. Then I knew the true depth of his badness.

Screened at the Brattle Theater

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