Werner Herzog is a pimp. And not in the way that my father was a pimp, but in the way Ernest Hemingway was a pimp. Here’s a guy who has the audacity to remake a cult classic and claim to have never seen a movie by the director who made it. He actually claims to not know who the director is. When it was announced that Herzog would be remaking the Harvey Keitel crime drama Bad Lieutenant with Nicholas Cage in the lead, people didn’t believe it. Well, it’s going down, and Abel Ferrara, the original film’s director, is peeved. Last month at Cannes, he vented on the issue, saying, “I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they’re all in the same streetcar, and it blows up.” What about everyone is else on that streetcar? Is Abel Ferrara summoning the death of innocents, just so his movie won’t get remade? Grim.
Anyhow, when pressed about Ferrara’s comments by Defamer, Herzog lobbed the perfect comeback—ignorance. “I have no idea who Abel Ferrara is. But let him fight the windmills, like Don Quixote.I don’t feel like doing an homage to Abel Ferrara because I don’t know what he did—I’ve never seen a film by him. I have no idea who he is. Is he Italian? Is he French? Who is he?” Ah Werner, we love you.
Extra Tidbit:
Herzog's latest, ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, is dedicated to Roget Ebert.
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1:59PM on 06/09/2008
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I guess we'll have to see it for ourselves to confirm if this is not just damage control.
1:38PM on 06/07/2008
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10:23AM on 06/06/2008
...in a way...
8:48AM on 06/06/2008
I dont see why this movie would need a remake. Its perfect the ...
I dont see why this movie would need a remake. Its perfect the way it is! But on the other hand Herzog is a genius so his version could turn out to be a masterpiece.
But with Nicholas Cage? Why Cage?
I dont know...Im on the fence about this one.
4:07AM on 06/06/2008
3:57AM on 06/06/2008