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Like much of the herzogkinski catalogue, its a case study in bugeyed monomania, and like ferraras original, its a descent into the swamplands of the human soul with a drugaddled, quasirighteous, borderlineinsane cop as your tour guide. Imdb reports this subtitle for the remake, but we need to verify this with a reliable source. New orleans, nicolas cage is a cop with chronic back pain, a penchant for gambling and a serious drug habit who drawls out his lines like jimmy stewart with a mouth full of marbles. In timpul actului sau eroic, mcdonagh vatama spatele, iar ulterior. Dec 04, 2009 directed by werner herzog, bad lieutenant. Werner herzog has made over 50 films in his long career, both documentary and fiction. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with the law. Werner herzogs first americanset fictional feature since stroszek, the canniest use in recent memory of nicolas cages bruisepurple twitchiness, and, pound by pound, arguably the years funniest film.

Oct 15, 2009 in werner herzogs new film bad lieutenant. Port of call new orleans, it was described as a sequel to bad lieutenant, abel ferraras 1992 cult favorite about a drug and gamblingaddicted police. His bad back provides the kernel of a justification for his drug addiction, and cage holds his back as stiffly as a. Port of call new orleans is a film directed by werner herzog with nicolas cage, eva mendes, val kilmer, xzibit, year. We have yet another great movie from nicolas cage and one of my favorite dark comedies ive seen in quite a while. The good news though is that after a multiyear absence from movie screens hes finally returned in werner herzogs bad lieutenant. Port of call new orleansthe subtitle makes it charmingly unwieldyis everything the trailer promised and so much more, a batty policier fueled by evocative local color and a sublimely deranged lead performance that recalls herzogs work with the wildeyed klaus kinski. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he. In the aftermath of hurricane katrina he becomes a in werner herzogs new film bad lieutenant.

Port of call new orleans, discusses his film and the performance of its star, nicholas cage. Port of call new orleans is one of the most thrillingly enjoyable and audacious films of his career. Nov 20, 2009 iguana alligator footage by werner herzog. While getting critical acclaim, audiences were divided.

Terence mcdonagh oscar winner nicolas cage is a drug and gambling addled detective in postkatrina new orleans investigating the. Abel ferraras cult crime drama bad lieutenant is given a sister film with this werner herzoghelmed production that takes its inspiration from the original, but. Director werner herzogs career is a catalog of extremes, and bad lieutenant. And if i may indulge a hiphop non sequitur of my own. Nov 20, 2009 werner herzog, the director of bad lieutenant. For a start, the ferrara film was perfectly fine left alone and ferrara felt the same way. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. Port of call, new orleans creates a dire portrait of a rapist, murderer, drug addict, corrupt cop and.

Port of call new orleans is a 2009 american crime drama film directed by werner herzog and starring nicolas cage, eva mendes, tom bower, jennifer coolidge, alvin xzibit joiner, val kilmer, and brad dourif. Why it crackles step aside fema, nic cage is here to save postkatrina new orleans. Port of call new orleans stars nicolas cage, eva mendes, val kilmer, alvin xzibit joiner, fairuza balk, shawn hatosy and jennifer coolidge. Hunched over by chronic back pain, cages crooked cop terence mcdonagh hauls his torqued frame by crackfueled force of will through a nearly deserted. Port of call new orleans is a 2009 american neonoir crime drama film directed by werner herzog and starring nicolas cage, eva mendes, tom bower, jennifer coolidge, alvin xzibit joiner, val kilmer, and brad dourif. Neither remake nor sequel in any conventional sense of the terms, werner herzogs bad lieutenant. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as. And it gradually reveals itself as a sly comedy about. Port of call new orleans and bad lieutenant 1992 film back to bad lieutenant.

What it isnt, despite its cumbersome title and narrative similarities, is a remake of abel ferraras scummy 1992 masterpiece. Port of call new orleans, tacitly addresses this dilemma. In the aftermath of hurricane katrina he becomes a highfunctioning. Port of call, new orleans creates a dire portrait of a rapist, murderer, drug addict, corrupt cop and degenerate paranoid whos very apprehensive about iguanas. New orleans, nicolas cage is a cop with chronic back pain, a penchant for gambling and a serious drug habit who drawls out his lines like jimmy stewart with a mouth. As exciting as the prospect wasand the loveably unwieldy title bad lieutenant. If you are not a fan of art house films or films that have an. A drugabusing cop nicolas cage probes the slayings of five illegal immigrants from senegal. New orleans 2009 out of 4 when it was announced that werner herzog would be remaking abel ferraras 1992 film there was all sort of outrage with fans asking how anyone could remake a film as far out there as that.

Abel ferrara was one of the american extreme moviemakers hounded in the 1980s by our tabloid press and the prince of wales in his egregiously populist. Port of call new orleans 2009 sub indonesia nontonfilm. Though the film s title resembles that of abel ferrara s 1992 film bad lieutenant, it is neither a sequel nor a remake. Loosely based on abel ferraras bad lieutenant, auteur werner herzogs bad lieutenant. Werner herzog has said that cinema comes from the knees and thighs, but for nicolas cage in the nonremake bad lieutenant. This tidbit of information appears in the closing credits of herzogs bad lieutenant. Making a bad movie this good is harder than it looks. The story involves a police lieutenant that develops a drug addiction.

I think most of these complaints were from people who didnt know herzog because if. Port of call new orleans is a terrible title for werner herzogs new film. Port of call new orleans is a 2009 american crime drama film directed by werner herzog and starring nicolas cage, eva mendes, tom bower, jennifer coolidge,xzibit, val kilmer and brad dourif. While tracking down drug kingpin big fate, mcdonagh engages in his vices of. Port of call new orleans is not its title, but the point of it. Also, however, he was dying to know what a new orleans film festival audience thought of his latest film, bad lieutenant. As terence mcdonagh, the title character of werner herzogs the bad lieutenant. Port of call new orleans on dvd april 6, 2010 starring nicolas cage, eva mendes, val kilmer, xzibit. The problem is that the title makes it look like a remake of the.

Port of call new orleans, made in 2009 by werner herzog, follows terrence mcdonagh played by nicolas cage, a police officer in postkatrina new orleans, as he investigates the deaths of five senegalese immigrants connected to a drug ring. Port of call new orleans features nicolas cage as terence mcdonaugh, a rogue detective investigating the killing of five senegalese immigrants in post. Port of call new orelans werner herzogs remake of bad lieutenant is a bizarre triumph in which nicolas cage gives his best performance for years, says philip french published. Port of call new orleans heightened that excitement all the morei was nonetheless slightly wary of the final result. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with. Terence mcdonagh oscar winner nicolas cage is a drug and gamblingaddled detective in.

In this remake from abel ferraras film from 1992, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with the law. The film takes its title from abel ferraras 1992 film, bad lieutenant. Video terrence mcdonagh is a new orleans police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during hurricane katrina. While tracking down drug kingpin big fate, mcdonagh engages in his vices of gambling, drugs and sex sometimes at the same time.

Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to scoring drugswhile playing fast and loose with the law. If we can, we can move the remake to the currently redirected bad lieutenant. I havent seen the 1992 film of the same name so im coming at this film from an original standpoint. It places him in a devastated new orleans not long after hurricane katrina. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to. The movie is about an entirely different bad lieutenant and the producers thought it would be a good idea to name it after the 1992 film that was also not very good. Cage is supposed to have a debilitating back injury but half the time he forgets and acts uninjured and the other half he overacts and lurches around. Due to his heroic act, mcdonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication.

It makes no attempt to show that city of legends in a flattering light. New orleans stars nicolas cage and is about a corrupt cop looking to solve the murders of 5 immigrants. Port of call new orleans, performance comes from the shoulders. Port of call new orleans, but it might more usefully have. Instead, its one of the most truly extraordinary films to ever fall into a sense of obscurity or opaqueness. Nicolas cage part james stewart, part richard iii, and on top form plays a rogue detective equally devoted to his job and scoring. Port of call new orleans 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Nicolas cage, eva mendes, jennifer coolidge, val kilmer, brad dourif, xzibit, fairuza balk, michael shannon, vondie curtis hall six months after hurricane katrina, decorated nopd detective terrence mcdonagh is a human train wreck who will stop at nothing to feed his growing drug and gambling addictions. Nicolas cage as a cop so bad, hes good the new york times. Port of call new orleans is such an insane affront to the original film s dour, earnest tone that im amazed the title was allowed to stand. Port of call new orleans where the absurdity hits a boiling point and it goes from an ok police procedural to an absolutely nutso character study. Immediately after nicolas cages character snorts a line from the bag of uncut heroin and sits next to his fathers wife to watch the football game, it cuts to a scene in which hes walking into the police station, sitting down at his desk. Port of call new orelans werner herzogs remake is a bizarre triumph in which nicolas cage gives his best performance for years nicolas cage and eva mendes in bad lieutenant.

As one might expect of herzog, the view of humanity on display is less tragic than cynically dismissive, but as one might not expect. Port of call new orleans 2009 and i was wondering about the ending. Terence mcdonagh is a drug and gamblingaddled detective in postkatrina new orleans investigating the killing of five senegalese immigrants. Description a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with the lawhe wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to. Im not sure what the whole film amounts to, and im not sure it amounts to anything. Werner herzogs remake of bad lieutenant is a bizarre triumph in which nicolas cage gives his best performance for years, says philip french. Cage stars in werner herzogs 2009 film bad lieutenant. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening archivequality 35mm prints and new films in stateoftheart digital projection.

Port of call new orleans, which is the very definition of a behindthescene peak. I would imagine most people would consider that moment to be when nic cages bad lieutenant, terrence mcdonagh, watches two imaginary lizards cavorting on his coffee table while conducting a police stakeout. Port of call bad lieutenant is not a sequel to bad lieutenant staring naked harvey keitel. It really is a jungle out there and it invades the film, sometimes literally an. Port of call new orleans 2009 takes the basic premise out of the abel ferrara universe of guilt and redemption and drops it into postkatrina new orleans and the herzog world of indifferent and unforgiving nature. This film is not for everyone though since the trailer shows it as a more of an crime thriller than a drama.

New orleans by livia bloom in from the magazine as terence mcdonagh, the title character of werner herzogs the bad lieutenant. The dvd and bluray releases from first look both feature the halfhour documentary the making of bad lieutenant. In this remake from abel ferraras film from 1992, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with. Port of call new orelans werner herzogs remake is a bizarre triumph in which nicolas cage gives his best performance for years nicolas cage. Nov 23, 2009 the good news though is that after a multiyear absence from movie screens hes finally returned in werner herzogs bad lieutenant.