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Cage goes all out in a bonkers performance that has to be seen to be believed.
Craig Allan
Staff Writer
wwe KK YX
Sn the dawn of movies just before the
turn of the 19th century, there have been
actors that have cemented themselves as
legends. Some, like Laurence Olivier and
Katharine Hepburn are lauded for their
great acting abilities. Others, like James
Dean and Marilyn Monroe, are legends
because their careers ended too soon. Then
there are actors who go down as legends
not because of the movies they did, or
the awards they won, but for their utterly
unique acting style that transcends what
is good and bad—that is the space that
Nicolas Cage occupies.
Cage has cemented himself as one of
the greatest actors of all time—not because
of the awards he has won, but because
of his manic style. His raw, unhinged
performances have become the stuff
of legends. Nowhere is this style more
apparent than in the 1988 movie Vampire's
Kiss (VK), where Cage goes all out ina
bonkers performance that has to be seen to
be believed.
The film (of which I did not know
the plot of entirely) is about a man who
believes he has been bitten by a vampire
Rachel (Jennifer Beals), and begins to freak
out at his predicament. I had always been
aware of it due to moments from the film
entering pop culture, like Cage’s wily eyed
staring meme, or his passionate reciting
of the alphabet, but I had never seen the
whole film. With it being shown as part
of The Rio’s unofficial “Nick International
Film Festival,” I could not miss my chance
to see it, and boy, is it something.
Cage’s role of Peter Loew is all over
the place in this film. From berating his
secretary Alva (Maria Conchita Alonso)
on her inability to find a lost contract, to
running around the streets of New York
screaming “I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire!
I’m a vampire!”—to having a hallucinated
therapy session in front of a building—
Cage is so crazy in this film it makes you
wonder how he and the people behind this
film were ever able to get it made.
The funniest scenes are when Loew
is screaming at his therapist (Elizabeth
Ashley) about how ridiculous it is to
misfile something when everything is in
alphabetical order and proceeding to recite
the alphabet to his therapist. When his
therapist tells him that she cannot possibly
tell him who could have misplaced the file
at his work, Loew responds with “Hah! And
you call yourself a psychiatrist.” Another
laugh out loud scene is when Loew is in
a store to buy glass vampire fangs, but
realizes he cannot afford it, leading him
to buy plastic “cheapie” ones. He puts the
teeth in his mouth, with an over the top
music cue added, and Loew runs around
New York for a whole day with plastic
vampire teeth in his mouth.
The film does have moments of
uncomfortable humour if it can be called
that. For one, Loew’s berating of his
secretary gets very unsettling after a while,
especially when it is suggested that he
rapes her in the company storage room.
Loew says he did this, but we cannot be
sure, since it is not shown and it may bea
falsification due to his increasing insanity,
but either way, the act is the only moment
that makes a viewer feel uncomfortable.
His murder of a woman of whom he tries to
suck the blood of is also a bit unnerving.
Had Nicolas Cage not become a
notable movie star, it is possible that this
film could have ended up just like Tommy
Wiseau’s The Room. An arthouse cinema
classic in the cathedral of all-time bad
movies. But since Cage has become the
manic star that he is today, VK can be
looked back as the film that gave Cage his
acting voice. Cage has even drawn a parallel
between this film and one of his most well
know films Face/Off saying that VK was
like his acting laboratory for his future big
budget performances. VK is a confusing,
bewildering watch, but it certainly isn’t
boring, much like Nicolas Cage himself.
* Convincing zombies and shallow
storytelling
¢ Chilling songs for the spooky season
..and more
Nicolas Cage in his Cagiest
performance ever
> ‘Vampire's Kiss’ film review
cc
Still from ‘Vampire's Kiss' trailer via Shout! Factory on YouTube
Cage goes all out in a bonkers performance that has to be seen to be believed.
Craig Allan
Staff Writer
wwe KK YX
Sn the dawn of movies just before the
turn of the 19th century, there have been
actors that have cemented themselves as
legends. Some, like Laurence Olivier and
Katharine Hepburn are lauded for their
great acting abilities. Others, like James
Dean and Marilyn Monroe, are legends
because their careers ended too soon. Then
there are actors who go down as legends
not because of the movies they did, or
the awards they won, but for their utterly
unique acting style that transcends what
is good and bad—that is the space that
Nicolas Cage occupies.
Cage has cemented himself as one of
the greatest actors of all time—not because
of the awards he has won, but because
of his manic style. His raw, unhinged
performances have become the stuff
of legends. Nowhere is this style more
apparent than in the 1988 movie Vampire's
Kiss (VK), where Cage goes all out ina
bonkers performance that has to be seen to
be believed.
The film (of which I did not know
the plot of entirely) is about a man who
believes he has been bitten by a vampire
Rachel (Jennifer Beals), and begins to freak
out at his predicament. I had always been
aware of it due to moments from the film
entering pop culture, like Cage’s wily eyed
staring meme, or his passionate reciting
of the alphabet, but I had never seen the
whole film. With it being shown as part
of The Rio’s unofficial “Nick International
Film Festival,” I could not miss my chance
to see it, and boy, is it something.
Cage’s role of Peter Loew is all over
the place in this film. From berating his
secretary Alva (Maria Conchita Alonso)
on her inability to find a lost contract, to
running around the streets of New York
screaming “I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire!
I’m a vampire!”—to having a hallucinated
therapy session in front of a building—
Cage is so crazy in this film it makes you
wonder how he and the people behind this
film were ever able to get it made.
The funniest scenes are when Loew
is screaming at his therapist (Elizabeth
Ashley) about how ridiculous it is to
misfile something when everything is in
alphabetical order and proceeding to recite
the alphabet to his therapist. When his
therapist tells him that she cannot possibly
tell him who could have misplaced the file
at his work, Loew responds with “Hah! And
you call yourself a psychiatrist.” Another
laugh out loud scene is when Loew is in
a store to buy glass vampire fangs, but
realizes he cannot afford it, leading him
to buy plastic “cheapie” ones. He puts the
teeth in his mouth, with an over the top
music cue added, and Loew runs around
New York for a whole day with plastic
vampire teeth in his mouth.
The film does have moments of
uncomfortable humour if it can be called
that. For one, Loew’s berating of his
secretary gets very unsettling after a while,
especially when it is suggested that he
rapes her in the company storage room.
Loew says he did this, but we cannot be
sure, since it is not shown and it may bea
falsification due to his increasing insanity,
but either way, the act is the only moment
that makes a viewer feel uncomfortable.
His murder of a woman of whom he tries to
suck the blood of is also a bit unnerving.
Had Nicolas Cage not become a
notable movie star, it is possible that this
film could have ended up just like Tommy
Wiseau’s The Room. An arthouse cinema
classic in the cathedral of all-time bad
movies. But since Cage has become the
manic star that he is today, VK can be
looked back as the film that gave Cage his
acting voice. Cage has even drawn a parallel
between this film and one of his most well
know films Face/Off saying that VK was
like his acting laboratory for his future big
budget performances. VK is a confusing,
bewildering watch, but it certainly isn’t
boring, much like Nicolas Cage himself.
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¢ River Phoenix, a promise unfulfilled
* Convincing zombies and shallow
storytelling
¢ Chilling songs for the spooky season
..and more
Nicolas Cage in his Cagiest
performance ever
> ‘Vampire's Kiss’ film review
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Still from ‘Vampire's Kiss' trailer via Shout! Factory on YouTube
Cage goes all out in a bonkers performance that has to be seen to be believed.
Craig Allan
Staff Writer
wwe KK YX
Sn the dawn of movies just before the
turn of the 19th century, there have been
actors that have cemented themselves as
legends. Some, like Laurence Olivier and
Katharine Hepburn are lauded for their
great acting abilities. Others, like James
Dean and Marilyn Monroe, are legends
because their careers ended too soon. Then
there are actors who go down as legends
not because of the movies they did, or
the awards they won, but for their utterly
unique acting style that transcends what
is good and bad—that is the space that
Nicolas Cage occupies.
Cage has cemented himself as one of
the greatest actors of all time—not because
of the awards he has won, but because
of his manic style. His raw, unhinged
performances have become the stuff
of legends. Nowhere is this style more
apparent than in the 1988 movie Vampire's
Kiss (VK), where Cage goes all out ina
bonkers performance that has to be seen to
be believed.
The film (of which I did not know
the plot of entirely) is about a man who
believes he has been bitten by a vampire
Rachel (Jennifer Beals), and begins to freak
out at his predicament. I had always been
aware of it due to moments from the film
entering pop culture, like Cage’s wily eyed
staring meme, or his passionate reciting
of the alphabet, but I had never seen the
whole film. With it being shown as part
of The Rio’s unofficial “Nick International
Film Festival,” I could not miss my chance
to see it, and boy, is it something.
Cage’s role of Peter Loew is all over
the place in this film. From berating his
secretary Alva (Maria Conchita Alonso)
on her inability to find a lost contract, to
running around the streets of New York
screaming “I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire!
I’m a vampire!”—to having a hallucinated
therapy session in front of a building—
Cage is so crazy in this film it makes you
wonder how he and the people behind this
film were ever able to get it made.
The funniest scenes are when Loew
is screaming at his therapist (Elizabeth
Ashley) about how ridiculous it is to
misfile something when everything is in
alphabetical order and proceeding to recite
the alphabet to his therapist. When his
therapist tells him that she cannot possibly
tell him who could have misplaced the file
at his work, Loew responds with “Hah! And
you call yourself a psychiatrist.” Another
laugh out loud scene is when Loew is in
a store to buy glass vampire fangs, but
realizes he cannot afford it, leading him
to buy plastic “cheapie” ones. He puts the
teeth in his mouth, with an over the top
music cue added, and Loew runs around
New York for a whole day with plastic
vampire teeth in his mouth.
The film does have moments of
uncomfortable humour if it can be called
that. For one, Loew’s berating of his
secretary gets very unsettling after a while,
especially when it is suggested that he
rapes her in the company storage room.
Loew says he did this, but we cannot be
sure, since it is not shown and it may bea
falsification due to his increasing insanity,
but either way, the act is the only moment
that makes a viewer feel uncomfortable.
His murder of a woman of whom he tries to
suck the blood of is also a bit unnerving.
Had Nicolas Cage not become a
notable movie star, it is possible that this
film could have ended up just like Tommy
Wiseau’s The Room. An arthouse cinema
classic in the cathedral of all-time bad
movies. But since Cage has become the
manic star that he is today, VK can be
looked back as the film that gave Cage his
acting voice. Cage has even drawn a parallel
between this film and one of his most well
know films Face/Off saying that VK was
like his acting laboratory for his future big
budget performances. VK is a confusing,
bewildering watch, but it certainly isn’t
boring, much like Nicolas Cage himself.
* Convincing zombies and shallow
storytelling
¢ Chilling songs for the spooky season
..and more
Nicolas Cage in his Cagiest
performance ever
> ‘Vampire's Kiss’ film review
cc
Still from ‘Vampire's Kiss' trailer via Shout! Factory on YouTube
Cage goes all out in a bonkers performance that has to be seen to be believed.
Craig Allan
Staff Writer
wwe KK YX
Sn the dawn of movies just before the
turn of the 19th century, there have been
actors that have cemented themselves as
legends. Some, like Laurence Olivier and
Katharine Hepburn are lauded for their
great acting abilities. Others, like James
Dean and Marilyn Monroe, are legends
because their careers ended too soon. Then
there are actors who go down as legends
not because of the movies they did, or
the awards they won, but for their utterly
unique acting style that transcends what
is good and bad—that is the space that
Nicolas Cage occupies.
Cage has cemented himself as one of
the greatest actors of all time—not because
of the awards he has won, but because
of his manic style. His raw, unhinged
performances have become the stuff
of legends. Nowhere is this style more
apparent than in the 1988 movie Vampire's
Kiss (VK), where Cage goes all out ina
bonkers performance that has to be seen to
be believed.
The film (of which I did not know
the plot of entirely) is about a man who
believes he has been bitten by a vampire
Rachel (Jennifer Beals), and begins to freak
out at his predicament. I had always been
aware of it due to moments from the film
entering pop culture, like Cage’s wily eyed
staring meme, or his passionate reciting
of the alphabet, but I had never seen the
whole film. With it being shown as part
of The Rio’s unofficial “Nick International
Film Festival,” I could not miss my chance
to see it, and boy, is it something.
Cage’s role of Peter Loew is all over
the place in this film. From berating his
secretary Alva (Maria Conchita Alonso)
on her inability to find a lost contract, to
running around the streets of New York
screaming “I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire!
I’m a vampire!”—to having a hallucinated
therapy session in front of a building—
Cage is so crazy in this film it makes you
wonder how he and the people behind this
film were ever able to get it made.
The funniest scenes are when Loew
is screaming at his therapist (Elizabeth
Ashley) about how ridiculous it is to
misfile something when everything is in
alphabetical order and proceeding to recite
the alphabet to his therapist. When his
therapist tells him that she cannot possibly
tell him who could have misplaced the file
at his work, Loew responds with “Hah! And
you call yourself a psychiatrist.” Another
laugh out loud scene is when Loew is in
a store to buy glass vampire fangs, but
realizes he cannot afford it, leading him
to buy plastic “cheapie” ones. He puts the
teeth in his mouth, with an over the top
music cue added, and Loew runs around
New York for a whole day with plastic
vampire teeth in his mouth.
The film does have moments of
uncomfortable humour if it can be called
that. For one, Loew’s berating of his
secretary gets very unsettling after a while,
especially when it is suggested that he
rapes her in the company storage room.
Loew says he did this, but we cannot be
sure, since it is not shown and it may bea
falsification due to his increasing insanity,
but either way, the act is the only moment
that makes a viewer feel uncomfortable.
His murder of a woman of whom he tries to
suck the blood of is also a bit unnerving.
Had Nicolas Cage not become a
notable movie star, it is possible that this
film could have ended up just like Tommy
Wiseau’s The Room. An arthouse cinema
classic in the cathedral of all-time bad
movies. But since Cage has become the
manic star that he is today, VK can be
looked back as the film that gave Cage his
acting voice. Cage has even drawn a parallel
between this film and one of his most well
know films Face/Off saying that VK was
like his acting laboratory for his future big
budget performances. VK is a confusing,
bewildering watch, but it certainly isn’t
boring, much like Nicolas Cage himself.
* Convincing zombies and shallow
storytelling
¢ Chilling songs for the spooky season
..and more
Nicolas Cage in his Cagiest
performance ever
> ‘Vampire's Kiss’ film review
cc
Still from ‘Vampire's Kiss' trailer via Shout! Factory on YouTube
Cage goes all out in a bonkers performance that has to be seen to be believed.
Craig Allan
Staff Writer
wwe KK YX
Sn the dawn of movies just before the
turn of the 19th century, there have been
actors that have cemented themselves as
legends. Some, like Laurence Olivier and
Katharine Hepburn are lauded for their
great acting abilities. Others, like James
Dean and Marilyn Monroe, are legends
because their careers ended too soon. Then
there are actors who go down as legends
not because of the movies they did, or
the awards they won, but for their utterly
unique acting style that transcends what
is good and bad—that is the space that
Nicolas Cage occupies.
Cage has cemented himself as one of
the greatest actors of all time—not because
of the awards he has won, but because
of his manic style. His raw, unhinged
performances have become the stuff
of legends. Nowhere is this style more
apparent than in the 1988 movie Vampire's
Kiss (VK), where Cage goes all out ina
bonkers performance that has to be seen to
be believed.
The film (of which I did not know
the plot of entirely) is about a man who
believes he has been bitten by a vampire
Rachel (Jennifer Beals), and begins to freak
out at his predicament. I had always been
aware of it due to moments from the film
entering pop culture, like Cage’s wily eyed
staring meme, or his passionate reciting
of the alphabet, but I had never seen the
whole film. With it being shown as part
of The Rio’s unofficial “Nick International
Film Festival,” I could not miss my chance
to see it, and boy, is it something.
Cage’s role of Peter Loew is all over
the place in this film. From berating his
secretary Alva (Maria Conchita Alonso)
on her inability to find a lost contract, to
running around the streets of New York
screaming “I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire!
I’m a vampire!”—to having a hallucinated
therapy session in front of a building—
Cage is so crazy in this film it makes you
wonder how he and the people behind this
film were ever able to get it made.
The funniest scenes are when Loew
is screaming at his therapist (Elizabeth
Ashley) about how ridiculous it is to
misfile something when everything is in
alphabetical order and proceeding to recite
the alphabet to his therapist. When his
therapist tells him that she cannot possibly
tell him who could have misplaced the file
at his work, Loew responds with “Hah! And
you call yourself a psychiatrist.” Another
laugh out loud scene is when Loew is in
a store to buy glass vampire fangs, but
realizes he cannot afford it, leading him
to buy plastic “cheapie” ones. He puts the
teeth in his mouth, with an over the top
music cue added, and Loew runs around
New York for a whole day with plastic
vampire teeth in his mouth.
The film does have moments of
uncomfortable humour if it can be called
that. For one, Loew’s berating of his
secretary gets very unsettling after a while,
especially when it is suggested that he
rapes her in the company storage room.
Loew says he did this, but we cannot be
sure, since it is not shown and it may bea
falsification due to his increasing insanity,
but either way, the act is the only moment
that makes a viewer feel uncomfortable.
His murder of a woman of whom he tries to
suck the blood of is also a bit unnerving.
Had Nicolas Cage not become a
notable movie star, it is possible that this
film could have ended up just like Tommy
Wiseau’s The Room. An arthouse cinema
classic in the cathedral of all-time bad
movies. But since Cage has become the
manic star that he is today, VK can be
looked back as the film that gave Cage his
acting voice. Cage has even drawn a parallel
between this film and one of his most well
know films Face/Off saying that VK was
like his acting laboratory for his future big
budget performances. VK is a confusing,
bewildering watch, but it certainly isn’t
boring, much like Nicolas Cage himself.
* Convincing zombies and shallow
storytelling
¢ Chilling songs for the spooky season
..and more
Nicolas Cage in his Cagiest
performance ever
> ‘Vampire's Kiss’ film review
cc
Still from ‘Vampire's Kiss' trailer via Shout! Factory on YouTube
Cage goes all out in a bonkers performance that has to be seen to be believed.
Craig Allan
Staff Writer
wwe KK YX
Sn the dawn of movies just before the
turn of the 19th century, there have been
actors that have cemented themselves as
legends. Some, like Laurence Olivier and
Katharine Hepburn are lauded for their
great acting abilities. Others, like James
Dean and Marilyn Monroe, are legends
because their careers ended too soon. Then
there are actors who go down as legends
not because of the movies they did, or
the awards they won, but for their utterly
unique acting style that transcends what
is good and bad—that is the space that
Nicolas Cage occupies.
Cage has cemented himself as one of
the greatest actors of all time—not because
of the awards he has won, but because
of his manic style. His raw, unhinged
performances have become the stuff
of legends. Nowhere is this style more
apparent than in the 1988 movie Vampire's
Kiss (VK), where Cage goes all out ina
bonkers performance that has to be seen to
be believed.
The film (of which I did not know
the plot of entirely) is about a man who
believes he has been bitten by a vampire
Rachel (Jennifer Beals), and begins to freak
out at his predicament. I had always been
aware of it due to moments from the film
entering pop culture, like Cage’s wily eyed
staring meme, or his passionate reciting
of the alphabet, but I had never seen the
whole film. With it being shown as part
of The Rio’s unofficial “Nick International
Film Festival,” I could not miss my chance
to see it, and boy, is it something.
Cage’s role of Peter Loew is all over
the place in this film. From berating his
secretary Alva (Maria Conchita Alonso)
on her inability to find a lost contract, to
running around the streets of New York
screaming “I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire!
I’m a vampire!”—to having a hallucinated
therapy session in front of a building—
Cage is so crazy in this film it makes you
wonder how he and the people behind this
film were ever able to get it made.
The funniest scenes are when Loew
is screaming at his therapist (Elizabeth
Ashley) about how ridiculous it is to
misfile something when everything is in
alphabetical order and proceeding to recite
the alphabet to his therapist. When his
therapist tells him that she cannot possibly
tell him who could have misplaced the file
at his work, Loew responds with “Hah! And
you call yourself a psychiatrist.” Another
laugh out loud scene is when Loew is in
a store to buy glass vampire fangs, but
realizes he cannot afford it, leading him
to buy plastic “cheapie” ones. He puts the
teeth in his mouth, with an over the top
music cue added, and Loew runs around
New York for a whole day with plastic
vampire teeth in his mouth.
The film does have moments of
uncomfortable humour if it can be called
that. For one, Loew’s berating of his
secretary gets very unsettling after a while,
especially when it is suggested that he
rapes her in the company storage room.
Loew says he did this, but we cannot be
sure, since it is not shown and it may bea
falsification due to his increasing insanity,
but either way, the act is the only moment
that makes a viewer feel uncomfortable.
His murder of a woman of whom he tries to
suck the blood of is also a bit unnerving.
Had Nicolas Cage not become a
notable movie star, it is possible that this
film could have ended up just like Tommy
Wiseau’s The Room. An arthouse cinema
classic in the cathedral of all-time bad
movies. But since Cage has become the
manic star that he is today, VK can be
looked back as the film that gave Cage his
acting voice. Cage has even drawn a parallel
between this film and one of his most well
know films Face/Off saying that VK was
like his acting laboratory for his future big
budget performances. VK is a confusing,
bewildering watch, but it certainly isn’t
boring, much like Nicolas Cage himself.