"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" is out on DVD and Blu-ray this week. It's a gloriously deranged thriller(?) and sequel-in-name-only directed by Werner Herzog. Who also happens to be gloriously deranged. We heard today from star Nicolas Cage about his experiences on the set and the close connection he built with Herzog there. In the clip below, an exclusive bit of content culled from the DVD extras, you can see the legendary director at work.
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans' DVD Extra Shows Werner Herzog At Work
Posted 4/6/10 3:02 pm EST by Adam Rosenberg in Video
Nicolas Cage On Castor Troy, Acting While Sober & The 'Bad Lieutenant' DVD
Posted 4/6/10 11:30 am EST by Eric Ditzian in DVD, Interviews, News
"[The original] movie was a result of Judeo-Christian programming. This one is much more existential."
So said Nicolas Cage in the fall of 2008, shortly after wrapping "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," the Werner Herzog-directed reworking of the 1992 original. Even now, we're not entirely sure what Cage meant, but we're willing to go with it because a) that sounds kind of amazing and b) it doesn't seem wise to nitpick the guy.
And honestly, "The Bad Lieutenant" is nothing if not wise and amazing. Cage plays Terence McDonagh, a rogue cop with a cornucopia of drug addictions and a twisted sense of moral obligation that keeps him pursuing a murder investigation in post-Katrina New Orleans. Cage has gone dark and jittery on camera before, but never with such manic gusto. It's quite a sight to behold.
To mark the arrival of "Bad Lieutenant" on DVD (out April 6), Cage gave MTV News a call to talk about his history of playing demon-haunted characters, his working relationship with the notoriously loony Herzog, and the movie they tried but failed to make together. Read More...
Nicolas Cage Got Into The Spirit For 'Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans'
Posted 11/20/09 5:30 pm EST by Larry Carroll in News
FROM MTV.COM: Seventeen years ago, the legendary Harvey Keitel launched the second act of his movie career with a pair of tough-guy instant classics: Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" and Abel Ferrara's "Bad Lieutenant." A crack-pipe-smoking breath of fresh air, "Lieutenant" predated "The Shield" by a decade in telling the NC-17 story of a junkie, gambler, killer cop on a downward spiral.
During the past year, film buffs have been up in arms over director Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans." Starring Nicolas Cage as the type of at-wit's-end madman who puts a gun to an old lady's temple to get information, the flick co-stars Eva Mendes and Val Kilmer and packs one potent surprise: Although it has little to do with Keitel's movie, it is a deranged, worthy successor.
Recently, we caught up with Cage to discuss a return to his over-the-top roots — and the joys of winning over haters like myself.
Continue reading Nicolas Cage Takes On 'Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans' Haters
Kurt Loder Reviews 'Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans'
Posted 11/20/09 12:30 pm EST by Kurt Loder in Reviews
FROM MTV.COM: Do fish have dreams? Do they dream of ominous iguanas, perhaps? Or maybe the disembodied breakdancing souls of freshly capped gangsters? More to the point, will Nicolas Cage ever make another movie that makes sense? Judging by his new one, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," and considering his current financial straits, the prospects seem dim.
The director — the esteemed Werner Herzog, stupefyingly enough — claims never to have seen Abel Ferrara's original 1992 "Bad Lieutenant," and I think we can take him at his word. The Ferrara movie, which I'd recommend seeing before — or better yet instead of — this one, concerns a viciously bent New York City cop; and Harvey Keitel, in the title role, is the embodiment of rank, skeezy corruption. In Herzog's take on the story, the action has been relocated, for no reason at all, to New Orleans, "in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."
Continue reading 'Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans': Drug Bust, By Kurt Loder
'Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans' Producers Want It To Spawn A Franchise
Posted 11/17/09 1:00 pm EST by Christopher Campbell in News
It should be understood that the new film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" is not technically a remake. Filmmaker Werner Herzog has supposedly never even seen Abel Ferrara's original 1992 film, simply titled "Bad Lieutenant," and the only connections are the title and the fact that both films' protagonists are indeed bad police lieutenants.
Now, according to statements made to the Los Angeles Times in a piece about the second picture, producers Alan and Gabe Polsky hope to continue the "Bad Lieutenant" name as an ongoing franchise. Read More...
'New Moon' Headlines This Week's Completely Pointless Box Office Poll
Posted 11/16/09 1:00 pm EST by Adam Rosenberg in Box Office Poll
To be fair, there are some solid options opening in theaters this week: new releases, expanded releases, limited releases... there's a little something for everyone. "2012" was an easy weekend winner to predict last week, though there wasn't a whole lot for director Roland Emmerich in the way of competition. There's more to consider this week, but it doesn't matter. The box office winner was decided long ago, months even.
"New Moon," the second entry in the "Twilight" series, opens on more than 4,000 screens on Friday, to the delight of Twilighters everywhere. A strong performance isn't in doubt, though it will be interesting to see just how gangbusters the numbers really are. Remember: "Twilight" opened less than a year ago. It performed very well, but it wasn't the record-breaking success that the current phenomenon would suggest it could have been. With all of this time to percolate in the public eye, it'll be interesting to see how the weekend numbers pan out. Read More...
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Assessing The Golden Globe Nominations For Best Movie
Posted 12/15/09 11:00 am EST by Josh Wigler in Commentary, Golden Globes, News
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