{"id":4322,"date":"2012-01-30T18:31:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T18:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/butcherbaker.net\/wordpress\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2012-01-30T18:31:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T18:31:18","slug":"nicolas-cage-gets-it-half-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/30\/nicolas-cage-gets-it-half-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage Gets It Half Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicolas Cage recently did a webchat<\/a> over at Empire Online<\/a>. He takes fan questions and talks about his movies and approach toward acting. Too much fun. Moviefone<\/a> picks up on it, too, under the headline, “Ridiculous Quotes From the Oscar-Winning Actor<\/a>.” Dunno. That last one looks a little like link-bait<\/a> to me.
\nFirst things first<\/strong>. There is no mention of “The Frozen Ground<\/a>,” the movie based on the Robert Hansen story, which was first chronicled in “Butcher, Baker<\/a>.” Or Cage’s role in that movie, as Glenn-Flothe-cum-Jack-Halcombe<\/a>.
\nNo surprise there. It’s still too early for promotional appearances for that film, which is currently in post-production. But there is one juicy quote, at least from my perspective, because it provides possible insight into the evolution of Cage’s Alaska State Trooper<\/em> character in The Frozen Ground.
\nThe Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n

The way I can realise my film acting dreams of abstract expression is by finding characters that are flawed in some way that will provide a context where that expression still works: for example, Ghost Rider is a demon, a fallen angel. Blaze feels the pain of the transformation.
\nThat pain provides a context where I can be very abstract in my vocalisation and my movements. Bad Lieutenant, I play a cop who’s high on drugs. Those drugs are why he can be so extreme in the portrayal. These ideas are not always popular with critics, but there is a school of thought that says if you piss the critics off, you’re probably doing something right – and all of my heroes, whether it be in music or painting or cinema, have pissed the critics off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe that explains why Cage ditched the real-life Sgt. Glenn Flothe character. I know Glenn Flothe and, while he’s flawed, I don’t think he’s flawed enough to serve as a model for Nicolas Cage. Flothe is relentlessly nice. Cage’s favorite characters, not so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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