Diary entries forBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Decided to revisit one of my favorite Cage performances before seeing THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT tonight. This film has everything you’d want from a Cage performance, tapping into his ability to be unhinged and wild, and also allowing those deep moments of vulnerability that he’s capable of showcasing. Cage and Herzog feel like a match made in heaven, surprised they haven’t worked together again since.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
An enigmatic film from a just as equally enigmatic director, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans(that’s a mouthful) is a bizarre, introspective piece of filmmaking from one of the greatest cinematic minds working today. Following the disastrous life of Terrence McDonagh after his back injury trying to rescue a prisoner in the aftermath of Katrina, as well as a nasty painkiller addiction (amongst a fair bit of other drugs), Bad Lieutenant tells a story all about morality and redemption (albeit, at varying degrees of success). Werner Herzog and Nicholas Cagetogether make for an undeniably entertaining pairing, to a fault. I felt much of the film is subsequently undermined through Herzog’s unique vision and Cage’s manic, bordering on insane, performance. It’s very meme worthy, I’ll give it that. I guess you could say I felt it was a mixed bag for me - undoubtedly entertaining, but never thought provoking, in my opinion. It’s a film lost in its own madness, but that also happens to be its strongest aspect. The soundtrack by Mark Ishamwas simply terrible however. Horrendously average in a film that is anything but.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Bad Lieutenant es una película irregular que, a pesar de tener momentos de gran intensidad, se ve afectada por un guion flojo y una ejecución inconsistente. La narrativa avanza de manera errática, lo que genera la sensación de que la historia fue manejada por diferentes visiones, con escenas que destacan por su crudeza y diálogos bien construidos, pero otras que se sienten descuidadas y mal desarrolladas. Las actuaciones también son desiguales: hay momentos en los que el protagonista logra transmitir una compleja mezcla de decadencia y desesperación, pero en otros, la interpretación se tambalea y pierde impacto. Además, los errores de continuidad y los problemas de raccord son demasiado evidentes, lo que afecta aún más la inmersión en la historia. En definitiva, Bad Lieutenant es un film con potencial, pero su ejecución mediocre lo deja muy lejos de ser una obra realmente sólida.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Herzog did this????? + Val Kilmer looks so fine in it ngl
