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Charitable 'Bad Lieutenant' Director Wishes Hellish, Explosive Death on Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage [The End Of Ideas]
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The ongoing, skull-melting hallucination yielding visions of Werner Herzog micromanaging Nicolas Cage's masturbation technique abated slightly today when, at a Cannes press conference for his new film Chelsea on the Rocks, director Abel Ferrara raised his first public objection to duo's planned remake of his 1992 effort Bad Lieutenant:
First, Ferrara tagged a comment about the remake on to his answer to a question about working outside the Hollywood system. "As far as remakes go, Harvey [Weinstein? Not ...
Herzog Responds to 'Bad Lieutenant' Backlash
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Filed under: Action, Drama, Independent, Thrillers, Casting, Deals, Cannes, Noir, Celebrities and Controversy, Movie MarketingThings weren't so peaceful in the movie buff land when word got out a few weeks ago that Werner Herzog plans to remake Bad Lieutenant with Nicolas Cage in the lead role. Even noted trash auteur Abel Ferrara publicly complained about having his work redone. Bad Lieutenant isn't anybody's idea of a good time: Harvey ...
Werner Herzog in Pleasantville
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... Finally, it was Maslin herself who drew attention to Herzog's widely reported next project, a remake of Abel Ferrara's sleazeball classic Bad Lieutenant, with Nicolas Cage in the role made famous by Harvey Keitel. (As reported by Karina Longworth, in Cannes Ferrara told the press, "I wish these people [remaking Bad Lieutenant] die in Hell. I hope they're all in the same streetcar, and it blows up.") For what it's worth, Herzog said it's not a "remake." Instead, he invoked James Bond, and said his version of Bad Lieutenant was related to the Ferrara film ...
Werner Herzog on Abel Ferrara: ‘Who Is He?’
Vulture —
... of 1992 naked–Harvey Keitel classic Bad Lieutenant definitely qualifies as one of the great WTF? moments in recent film news, especially because Abel Ferrara, director of the original film, seemed as surprised as the rest of us. At Cannes last month, Ferrara offered Herzog and his star, Nicolas Cage, a measured response ("I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they’re all in the same streetcar, and it blows up"), and Vulture is attending ...
Geezer Warz: Werner Herzog and Abel Ferrara Fight Over Bad Lieutenant
/Film —
... “I wish these [Herzog and people involved with remake] die in Hell. I hope they’re all in the same streetcar, and it blows up,” Ferrara told Spout. ...
Val Kilmer and Xzibit Enlist in the Crazy Party That Is Werner Herzog's BAD LIEUTENANT
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... point, you might as well throw Michael Wincott and Tom Sizemore into the mix, and see if you can make it through principal without a fistfight breaking out every single day ; that way, you get a fucked up film and a classic documentary in one fell. Still, I'd rather see Abel Ferrara contend with these beautiful lunatics than Herzog; Werner's just not that interesting when he's tending to fictional narratives nowadays. His heart's clearly in non-fiction. But, hey, maybe Ferrara's death threats have rekindled Herzog's ardor for the medium. Keep off those New Orleans ...
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