Red Band Clip: Bad Lieutenant
By Craig Kennedy - November 13th, 2009; 9:59 am
Here’s an amusing clip of Nicolas Cage in fine scenery chewing form for Werner Herzog’s The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. You have to put in your age before you watch it to prove that you’re old enough to hear the word “fuck.”
I love when Cage really lets loose and Bad Lieutenant was high on my list of films to catch at AFI, but I didn’t make it.
I’ll be in line November 20 when it opens in NY and LA. It opens wider on December 4.
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Tags: Nicolas Cage, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Werner Herzog
This looks terrific. I love Cage’s posture and crazed demeanor, it reminds me of him in his heyday of oddball yet effective performance.
I’m having a hard time buying the premise of this setup, his performance, or anything else I’ve seen from this film. I think I’ll be skipping it.
I can’t decide what I think about it. I think out of context, it’s way too hard for me to judge this. Cage is so hit and miss these days.
It’s Herzog. Not seeing it isn’t an option.