New Orleans Film Festival 2009 : Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Werner Herzog 2009

Categories: Curated Films

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Run time: 121 min. | USA

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 at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. 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. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous.

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time	venue	calendar
7:30 PM Sat, Oct 10	Canal Place Cinema	+ add to cal
5:00 PM Mon, Oct 12	Canal Place Cinema	+ add to cal

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Cast & Crew

director	Werner Herzog

screenwriter	William Finkelstein
producer	Alan Bolsky Edward R. Pressman Gabe Polsky John Thompson Nicolas Cage Stephen Belafonte
cinematographer	Peter Zeitlinger
editor	Joe Bini
music director	Mark Isham

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Rated 1.0/5 Stars my rating click to rate 1 2 3 4 5 Mary Dairy 6:36 PM		This film was so bad. It really needed to be edited down. Also there were way to many lizard/alligator shots that looked worse than a high school film project. Nick Cage has also lost his touch, he looked more tired than like he was on drugs. The plot was also paper thin. This movie had so much potential, but just like the Saints, it failed to live up to the hype.