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The Werner Herzog, Jr. awards.
Thu, Nov 19 2009 5:00 AM
"The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" open Friday, Werner Herzog's supposed latest exercise in unhinged lunacy. But as a colleague observed after a screening, "If you didn't know going in Herzog had made it, would you be able to tell?" I'd say probably not: there's none of his trademark stunning footage that was clearly... Read More...
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The brothers who brought you "Bad Lieutenant."
Fri, Nov 13 2009 6:00 AM
Alan Polsky wanted to tell me a story about how Werner Herzog held a gun to his head and shattered his brother Gabe's eye socket with the butt of the pistol in the middle of shooting "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," but that was just wishful thinking. "We wanted things to go crazy so that we could tell great on-set stories like ... Read More...
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Buying in and selling out.
Fri, Sep 18 2009 5:30 PM
The Toronto International Film Festival ends tomorrow, but most journalists have already skipped ahead to extrapolating trends. There's much loose talk about potential Oscar front-runners -- "Up In The Air" apparently has a lock -- and much free-floating despair about the tough climate for making, purchasing and marketing indie films. But at least... Read More...
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Werner Herzog declares war. Again.
Wed, Sep 16 2009 4:45 PM
No content to simply pick a fight with Abel Ferrara, whose 1992 film may or may not have provided source material for his own, Werner Herzog is now using the press kit for "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" to launch barbs at the academics in the audience who dare to compare the two. The Wrap has an excerpt from the apparently awesome director's... Read More...
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Werner Herzog and Abel Ferrara want to know who's "Bad."
Fri, Sep 4 2009 2:29 PM
So the long-awaited "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" -- the Werner Herzog movie whose absurdist trailer has been an Internet favorite for months now -- is finally dropping at the Venice and Telluride festivals and, predictably, people are generally underwhelmed. This is what happens when people more familiar with Herzog's reputation than... Read More...
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Is it time for a return to noir?
Thu, Aug 20 2009 10:10 AM
Earlier this year there was a spate of trend pieces on what the recession would mean for film. Would Hollywood slim down? Revive lighthearted comedy? The recession's officially slowing (or over, according to the IMF), but that doesn't mean predictions have to, and the latest involved more movie doom and gloom for all. So says the Telegraph's Matthew... Read More...
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Herzog/Lynch > Herzog/Ferrara.
Mon, Aug 17 2009 1:05 PM
The cracktastic footage and ongoing directorial snippiness have made "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," Werner Herzog's maybe remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 drama, one of the most anticipated films set to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival (though it'll first premiere at Venice). And who could outdo Bavaria's finest... Read More...
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Venice embraces 3-D, the Jonas Brothers.
Mon, Aug 10 2009 9:45 AM
The 66th annual Venice Film Festival, which runs from September 2-12, has some undeniably awesome premieres in its line-up, with new films from Fatih Akin and Claire Denis, George Romero's latest zombie movie, and, most importantly, Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans." (Revisit the woozy trailer here.) But what the film... Read More...
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