Bad Lieutenant, a cherished film by We Has Spoken blog members (probably on the Top 10 List of all of us here) is currently being remade by director Werner Herzog, starring Nicholas Cage. Sounds great right? Well according to the guys over at Cinema Echo Chamber, the original writer/director Abel Ferrara is not happy about this remake to say the least.
At a Q&A following an Anthology Film Archives revival screening of his old 80's exploitation film Ms. 45 (highly recommended) Ferrara discussed how Werner Herzog and Nicholas Cage are both taking "pay cuts" to do the movie, but will both be paid over $1,000,000 each. Ferrara himself will receive only $20,000.
He went on to call Cage, who almost starred in his 1996 film The Funeral "a real loser" and said that Herzog "can suck my dick for all I care". His thoughts on Val Kilmer playing Cage's partner? "Bad Liuetenant don't have a partner. What is this, Car 54 Where Are You?"
Let's hope the remake lives up to be at least half as out of control as the original.
Posts
4 comments:
believe it or not, i never saw this, but now it's on top of my netflix queue.
Bad Lieutenant is, as you say, completely out of control. I don't know how it may be topped or even enhanced or matched, at that. I'll definitely see the remake but man, Harvey Keitel.
Out of control! Why does Keitel always have to be nude?
He has that look on his face that you get when you wake up and take your first piss of the day...right before the pee jitter.
Post a Comment