Vampire's Kiss
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Movie Review: Loneliness is a Stake Through the Heart
Summary: 5 Stars
"Vampire's Kiss" is an overlooked and misunderstood dark comedy, and an allegory for the isolating fear of intimacy that can mimic being "undead." It features an amazing physical comic performance by Nicholas Cage as Peter Loew, which deserves recognition.I've read reviews wherein people feel that the character of Peter Loew has descended into madness as a result of being a jilted lover. But his madness is more about his crushing loneliness in a world where everyone around him seems to be happily and easily paired off. In spite of his solitude, he is emotionally unable to connect to anyone.
One night, he brings a woman back to his place, but while in the throes of passion, a bat flies into his apartment through an open window. The mystery and excitement of fighting off the bat becomes more erotic and interesting to him than the willing beauty in arms.
Terrified of the closeness he craves, he sabotages any opportunities he has for actual relationships in favor of elusive fantasies and hallucinations. His fear of commitment manifests itself as a vampire lover in the form of Rachel (Jennifer Beales), a woman he has had one conversation with in a bar, but has never made it with, except in his own fantasy world. There, she is a dominatrix of a vampire, sucking the life out of him, making him a prisoner of her demands, hungers, and lusts, distracting and preventing him from any real intimacy, promising him that soon, he will "be with her."
The vampire is the only one to whom he can say "I love you," and she doesn't even exist--not really. She represents the promise of something more exciting right around the next corner. Peter simply cannot commit to anything else when love and immortality are so close, but so far...
Vampires seem human, but they aren't human; they FEED ON humans. They're dead, cold, and isolated from the warmth of human existence--which is exactly how Peter feels, and why he believes he's becoming one. Plus, he is suicidal, and he seems to have found a way to receive deliverance in the form of his secretary Alva, who he begins to torment in earnest once he discovers she carries a gun, hoping she'll (justifiably) use it on him.
It's over the top and a little hard to understand, but I found this movie so engaging, and Cage's performance so funny and astonishing, in spite of the dark subject matter, that I have watched it over and over again. I have used this movie as a compatibility test for potential mates (which is sort of Peter-ish, I guess), and if they like it, I know it's a good match. If it had been performed another way, by another actor, I don't know if I would like it at all. But Cage brings brutality, vulnerability, tragedy, and all-out desperation together to create a complex character the like of which I have never seen before or since.
Sure, there are violent scenes, but are they real, or are they his imagination? We'll never know. So much of "Vampire's Kiss" happens in Loew's mind that all we know for sure is that he's desperately alone. So alone, he's willing to drive someone else over the edge to help ease his pain. He's so cowardly and childish that he uses terror as a way to achieve relief from his horrible solitude-death is less frightening to him that actually getting close to a real person. Therein lies the horror, and the sadness, of "Vampire's Kiss." And in Cage, lies the performance which makes this story watchable, and actually very funny.
Movie Review: I Love this Movie!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie cracks me up everytime I watch it...It's hilariously over the top and Cage should have gotten an award for whatever it was he was doing (I don't know if I would call it acting). You have to go into this movie with the right frame of mind and just look to be entertained...You should also see it so you can see Cage eat a live cockroach.Movie Review: Great Movie! Where's the DVD?
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie years ago, and would definitely buy it for my home collection... if I could only find it in DVD format.Movie Review: a lover of lines
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie is 2nd to none in its genre.completely over the top performance by mr.cage.he IS the movie.first off,what i mean by ''lover of lines''is that is what i am.the only other movie with more reciteable lines is ''mean streets''an early rob denero,harv keitel movie.back to vamp kiss.i would catagorize this as being a black comedy/horror.cage plays peter lowe,literary agent bored with his life.until that is he meets seductive jennifer beals.this meeting changes his life forever.after his night of passion with beals ,he is convinced he has been changed into a vampire.much chaos and mayhem ensues with maria conchita alonso getting the brunt of it.watching nic cages tranformation is pure magic.i dont think this movie got the kudos it deserved however,siskle and/or ebert gave it thumbs up.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS.im not sure what happened to the director,he did an amazing job.i could have sworn he would have made more off the wall movies.this is in the vein of 5 corners,heathers,something wild,after hours,et al funny movies NOT listed as comedy.once again,I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE!!!!Movie Review: Brilliant, superbe, excellent movie!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
We are 3 youngsters from a northern place in Sweden, and we're addicted to this movie. We saw it almost everyday for three years, but sadly enough the tape died on us and completely broke..so hrrm..we have no lifes now. Anyway..to make a long story short, this is the best charactrer role cage has done (besides moonstruck), believe us..this movie will make you puke guts out of laughter.... Quote: You're the lowest on the totempole here Alva...the loewest Q#2: Hello...hiii..i was just thinking...hello