Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [Blu-ray]
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Product Description
He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes) and together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous. In Werner Herzog's new film Bad Lieutenant: 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 the law.
Anyone looking for a conventional thriller or police procedural will be baffled by Herzog's unpredictable direction--the camera will suddenly linger on an alligator by the side of the road, for example--as well as Cage's weird yet compelling performance, reminiscent of some of his early, off-putting acting in movies like Peggy Sue Got Married and Vampire's Kiss. But even before he became addicted he wasn't a nice guy, and afterward he's still capable of being honorable... Featuring an astonishing supporting cast, including Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Brad Dourif, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, and a wealth of other recognizable faces. --Bret Fetzer Shot in post-Katrina New Orleans (presumably so that Herzog could take advantage of an atmosphere of decay and wreckage that no production design could match), Bad Lieutenant stars Nicolas Cage as Terence McDonagh, a cop who injures his back and becomes addicted to drugs. or at least a smart cop. As his drug use and gambling spiral out of control, he doggedly pursues a drug dealer suspected of murdering a family. The tension that results between the realistic setting and Cage's meta-performance will make some viewers recoil, but others will have a unique and possibly wrenching experience. He seems disconnected from the rest of the movie (arguably like his drug-ridden character is disconnected from reality), yet perfectly in sync with Herzog's off-kilter visions of iguanas and break-dancing souls. Director Werner Herzog's career is a catalog of extremes, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans fits in nicely.
Product Info
- Actor
- Fairuza Balk, Tom Bower, Nicolas Cage, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brad Dourif
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.33:1
- Audience Rating
- Binding
- Blu-ray
- Brand
- First Look Pictures
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- EAN
- 0687797129666
- EAN List
- EANListElement: 0687797129666
- Format
- Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC
- Label
- FIRST LOOK PICTURES
- Manufacturer
- FIRST LOOK PICTURES
- MPN
- FLPBR12966
- Number Of Discs
- 1
- Package Quantity
- 1
- Part Number
- FLPBR12966
- Product Group
- DVD
- Product Type Name
- ABIS_DVD
- Publisher
- FIRST LOOK PICTURES
- Region Code
- 1
- Release Date
- 2010-04-06
- Running Time
- 121
- SKU
- 687797129666BAKE
- Studio
- FIRST LOOK PICTURES
- Title
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [Blu-ray]
- UPC
- 687797129666
- UPC List
- UPCListElement: 687797129666
- ASIN
- B002TVQ48A
- Sales Rank
- 49395
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