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Thursday, Nov 9, 2023
7:30 PM (122 mins)
SOLD OUT
BAMPFA
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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In Person
featuringHerzog’s film is a pulpy, glorious mess. Its maniacal unpredictability is such a blast that it reminds you just how tidy and dull most crime thrillers are these days.
A. O. Scott, New York Times
Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Coolidge,
Herzog directs a brilliant performance by Nicolas Cage as bad cop Terence McDonough in this high-octane black comedy crime drama. The viewer rides shotgun with Cage as he prowls a depopulated New Orleans as the lead on a multiple homicide case and in search of his next fix. “Essentially a documentarian, Herzog has always been as concerned with location as with character; Bad Lieutenant is as much about the sorry state of New Orleans as it is about that of the protagonist’s mental health” (J. Hoberman, Village Voice).
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- William M. Finkelstein
Cinematographer
- Peter Zeitlinger
Print Info
- Color
- 35mm
- 122 mins
Source
- Academy Film Archive
Permission
- Swank Motion Pictures
Additional Info
- Print courtesy of the Edward R. Pressman Collection at the Academy Film Archive.
Event Accessibility
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