Vampire's Kiss
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Movie Reviews of Vampire's Kiss
Movie Review: classic cage
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie is a must for die-hard nick cage fans.
i have owned this vhs for years and have watched this film at least a 100 times. this movie is one of my all-time favs. to my great pleasure...the dvd includes a cage commentary track. i have heard nick discuss this movie before in interviews but never in great detail...so its awesome to have him there to offer his thoughts throughout the entire movie. in his commentary he claims to not have seen the film since he made it over 11 years ago. both the directory and cage cite the huge impact that nyc plays in the film and in the life of peter loew. the commentary is pre-9.11 and it would be interesting to see how much more nyc discussion would occur if the cage commentary would have been post-9.11. there are scenes of the now missing wtc towers throughout the film which add even more 'chill' to the movie.
you have to admire cages efforts as a young actor exploring his craft. he sets no limits on himself or his vocation in a quest to define his art. this is particularly evident with the cage commentary on the dvd [ by an older...wiser cage...perhaps a little tainted by the hollywood machine ] his reactions to some of his more 'out-there' and perhaps forgotten [by cage] scenes result in astonishment even by cage himself. he is often unable to explain what he was trying to accomplish or what motivated him to do something or say something in particular. but this is even more reason to admire this film and the effort put forth by cage. its experimental work. its ahead of its time. its pure film at its best. acting for the sake of the art. no hollywood lines. no hollywood budgets. all those involved in the film are there for the love of the art.
the biggest thing that the dvd commentary communicates to me is that this movie is a classic. its a classic because the cage that you see as 'peter loew' no longer exists. cage is still a great actor. probably even a better actor than when vk was made. but the cage that created 'loew' is gone. "am i getting through to you alva!?!"
buy it. watch it. treasure it.
Movie Review: IM A VAMPIRE, IM A VAMPIRE, IM A VAMPIRE.......
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie could have easily have been called ''nic on crack''. thats basically what it is.
i was a fan of nics because hes so off the wall. from raising arizona to birdy to peggy sue to moonstruck. i wasnt so sure of the director though. never heard of him prior. what sealed it for me, and i remember it as clear as day, the preview on ''siskle and ebert''.
the scene was nic reciting the alphabet in his shrinks office. that was hardly the best scene but just seeing him go nuts doing the abc's made me think ''ok, nic is off his leash and this is going to be fun !''
to my utter delight, nic couldnt have more himself if he tried. those freeking teeth ! his facial tics ! his body language !
ok, nic is peter lowe, literary agent. hes head of an office full mostly of women. this is the 80s and cheese is the only style there is. this takes place in lower manhattan. ive hung out in that small park where peter had his first pigeon.
anyway, hes in search of ...loooooooove. sweet, loyal, love. hes done the 1 nighters and is growing bored.into his life comes RACHEL......goddess of the night. as soon as they meet, peter is indeed, in loooooooove.
this is when things get tricky. during a night of passion, rachel ''bites'' him. this much is true. now, how peter interprets this action is what this is all about. he of course believes hes now a vampire.
this isnt a reveal so dont worry. like i typed, this is all about how peter handles this meeeting. i tend to compare it to ''after hours''. its described as a loser trying to get home from work, but what its really about is all the stuff inbetween. same applies here.
theres recitable lines all over the place and the pace is dead on perfect. the entire ''chase'' scene is legendary. this is a bizarre take on the vampire movie and its nic at his insane best. a definite must.
Movie Review: "It Never Goes Away"
Summary: 5 Stars
This is probably one of the most hilarious and satirical black comedies I own. Even though it is from the late eighties, it's a timeless gem, and when I need a good laugh, it's there. Just like New Yorker character yuppie literary genius, Peter says, "It never goes away".
Mind you, this is not a vampire movie, but a satirical view on a lonely young man that has "everything" falling apart. It all begins when he's getting ready to go to work and cuts himself shaving, and somehow he distortedly begins to think sex vixen Jennifer Beals who's supposedly a vampire bit him. From that point on it's a steady downward spiral of peculiar and weird scenarios to come; his personality becomes more erratic and his actions unpredictable and bizarre to say the least. He begins showing up to work in a suit, but no socks, becomes photophobic, and begins picking on his Cuban secretary played by Maria Conchita Alonso.
One of my favorite scenes is when he is at the psychiatrist office and he is standing on the ledge of the high-rise window holding a wooden stick, and he tells her he's going to go out there and find real love. The infamous scene when he eats the cockroach is a little disturbing, but you know they paid him good money to do so, but that's a good one too. I don't want to give the movie away since you must see it.
At times while watching the movie, or at least the first time, you wonder what's real and what isn't, and it's a pit perturbing however at the end you can figure it out.
Vampire's kiss is a satire about psychosis, and as you see, it doesn't care if you have a prestigious job or if you're a genius.
Every time I see a N. Cage movie I think of Peter, because there has to be just a little bit of him in there somewhere.
Movie Review: one of Nicholas Cage's very best performances...
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this film back when it was released theatrically. It was written by Joseph Minion, the writer of After Hours and Motorama and I was already a huge fan of his! After Hours and Motorama were both filled with references to Kafka, and I knew this one would be no different.
I was a bit disappointed with some of the production elements... I think the lighting and coverage are very unimaginative and stagey, and they don't seem to be that way on purpose. Just a bit amateurish really. And some of the performances also seem a bit misguided (Jennifer Beals awkwardly overacts in a few scenes. Some of the extras also stick out like sore thumbs.)
But what absolutely redeems the film, aside from the totally brilliant screenplay, is the phenomenal, gutsy performance by Nicholas Cage. I was both in awe and in stitches! There are so many sequences in the film that have retained classic status to me, such as when he is petulantly pouting about his assistant's terrible work, and he goes through the whole alphabet, A, B, C... leading up to an insane climax.
Somebody wrote that it was fascinating to watch his madness and I absolutely agree! This is such an odd and eclectic film; it's at once an extremely dark comedy, a fascinating character study and a tragedy. I do wish that it had been directed by somebody with a little more flair. Man, if the Coen Brothers could have done this one, it would have been absolutely fabulous!
But again, for the wildly brilliant performance by Cage and the imaginative, moving screenplay this film gets five stars from me!
Movie Review: The only vampire film I ever really liked
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the all-time best vampire movie ever made! Why? Because I generally can't stand vampire movies. This is not about vampires at all; its a psychological analysis of one man's descent into complete insanity. The vampire bit is just there to remind us that he has lost his marbles.
As the lead guy who goes insane, Cage is incredible! He starts out a sophisticated and eccentric book editor. By the end of the movie he's a blubbering and foaming maniac. His conversation with the cement stairway railing endpost on the streets of New York is one of the funniest and strangest scenes ever. He's hit rock bottom!
The fun of the movie is not bats or coffins or pretty girls being stylishly seduced by his vampire coolness. The fun is watching Cage slowly and completely lose his mind. Although his character really believes he's a vampire and gives it the old "college try", his pathetic effort fails moronically and laughably. Obviously, his character never read an Anne Rice novel.
Cage is not a sympathetic character and in the end he gets exactly what he wants and justly deserves.
Cages' acting is wonderful! But, if you like vampire movies, you will not like this movie. My daughter's friend hated it! But, she sat through the whole thing.
If you're a goth person and like to dress up as a vampire or for some stupid reason you think you're somehow related to Count Dracula, you will also hate this movie. But, it is you who should watch it. Maybe you will learn something about the way normal people view you knuckleheads!