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Capone Talks ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD and BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS with the Great Werner Herzog!

FIRST! by ATARI	Jun 24th, 2008 12:54:43 PM
Let the hate begin.
Ha ha... by blckmgk13	Jun 24th, 2008 01:08:48 PM
...Capone I am sure the interview was great, but it kinda reads like you kept pissing him off or irritating him. I know and you know he is just being pedantic 9 times out of 10, but still humourous.
I haven’t seen the first BAD LIEUTENANT by Wrecks	Jun 24th, 2008 01:09:27 PM
HUH? what? And you are making a sequel? HUH? what? how? goofy.
I kinda agree wrecks... by blckmgk13	Jun 24th, 2008 01:16:01 PM
...Bad Lieutenant isn't in need of a remake or reimagining but the fact it is being done by someone so narcissistic that he feels like he doesn't even need to watch the original, is just an insult. Werner is always hit and miss. He tackles some interesting topics, but he feels so removed from reality that you can't help but wonder how he gets his shit made. An auteur no doubt, but sometimes the ego supercedes quality.
Ahhhh sweet sweet hate. by Bride of Mecha-Bill Pullman vs. Mecha-Bill Paxton	Jun 24th, 2008 01:24:30 PM
I got none for Werner.
Hate? by blckmgk13	Jun 24th, 2008 01:33:05 PM
I sure don't hate Werner. I just think he is a little pretentious sometimes which can be irritating. In the scope of Hollywood, I would say he's more of the norm than the exception. However, I don't have any irrational hard on for any one director either to say that I have to appreciate all their films or even like him as a person.
DGDB that was a stupid comment by m_reporter	Jun 24th, 2008 01:44:43 PM
hope you're not serious.
Getting ready for his trip by MediaNerd	Jun 24th, 2008 01:57:52 PM
I can see what you were talking about when you said he was a bit distracted getting ready to leave. Still a good interview under the circumstances. I bought the Herzog/Kinski box set, but have yet to bust in the films, good stuff awaits i'm sure.
Bad Lieutenant 3: Starring Klaus Kinski by Stuntcock Mike	Jun 24th, 2008 02:05:46 PM
Madness
I was just hanging out with your totally famous friend... by g-ride9000	Jun 24th, 2008 02:18:24 PM
Harmony Korin and while I was blowing smoke up his ass, he asked me to say hello. I said "sure" I'll be blowing smoke up your ass next week, and I might use this situation to look cool in front of my readers. Can I blow you Mr. Hertzog?
Bad Lieutenant - Badder 2-pée by SpencerTrilby	Jun 24th, 2008 02:18:46 PM
starring Nicolas Cage.
I love Herzog and all... by SpencerTrilby	Jun 24th, 2008 02:22:41 PM
but fuck his remake-reboot-reimagination (who greenlit this? Marvel Studios?). And fuck his half-baked film critics friends who single-handedly made the Pullitzer irrelevant. Fuck it sideways with a rusty fork.
Wow, it's a new low for AICN. by Harry Weinstein	Jun 24th, 2008 02:51:08 PM
Herzog bashing in the talkbacks. Holy shit. 1998's AICN wouldn't even speak to the 2008 version of itself, were they to cross paths at some hypothetical party where websites are people and the laws of time-space do not apply. 1998's website would kill itself to prevent the present incarnation from ever happening. Fucking pathetic.
"Bad Lieutenant: Cashing In On A Cult Film" by rev_skarekroe	Jun 24th, 2008 02:51:29 PM
To be shown in a double feature with Sylvester Stallone's "Death Wish: This Title Makes More Money Than A New One Would".
If it's Herzog without Kinski... by loafroaster	Jun 24th, 2008 02:55:21 PM
...it's not worth watching. And vice-versa, I suppose. The way they fueled each other's fires was unreal.
by Bride of Mecha-Bill Pullman vs. Mecha-Bill Paxton	Jun 24th, 2008 02:57:52 PM
I kind of got the impression that this shouldn't be considered a remake, though I don't know enough about the original source material to really understand what his reasoning is for making or calling the movie what it is. Oh well, I think Werner should make a reconstruction-style documentary about prehistoric humanity ...oh wait, thats been done. 10,000 B.C! Man, that movie almost made me regret becoming an archaeologist (yet somehow Indy 4 didn't)
Herzog by kwisatzhaderach	Jun 24th, 2008 03:00:59 PM
What a legend.
FUCKED UP COP by Mullah Omar	Jun 24th, 2008 03:06:22 PM
That would be a great title. If you want to see just how calm a customer Herzog is, look up the video interview where he's in LA, gets shot in the gut, and just shrugs it off.
This guy isnt getting MY money UNLESS... by timryanokane	Jun 24th, 2008 03:13:34 PM
the main character pulls out his penis and does a crackhead dance around the room screaming "WHERE WERE YOU?! WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU?!!"
good interview by Gungan Slayer	Jun 24th, 2008 03:14:56 PM

HERZOG IS GOD. by MR. MURDOCH	Jun 24th, 2008 03:15:01 PM
That is all. One of the last true visionaries in cinema, and humble as hell too. He was nice enough to hang out after a special talk and screening at a film festival a couple of years back, and he stayed to take pictures with and speak to every single person who wanted to talk to him. If Herzog dies this year as well, I will run off into the vast unknown like the insane penguin in his new film.
Why not... Naughty Captain? by The Dum Guy	Jun 24th, 2008 03:21:45 PM
It'll have Jesus show up during a drug fueled hallucination... at a circus. And, he'll get capped riding the bumper boats.
Port of Call New Orleans? by tonagan	Jun 24th, 2008 03:39:03 PM
And people are complaining about the T4 subtitle?
Rotten Sargeant. by JediRob	Jun 24th, 2008 03:51:56 PM
Here we go....
bad name/good film by g-ride9000	Jun 24th, 2008 03:53:59 PM
Werner can do no wrong, if he was to copromise his vision...he'd a done it many a year ago.
My feud with Gone's author continues... by Literarywanderer	Jun 24th, 2008 03:56:25 PM
Ok, Gone went on sale today. Yes, that Gone. So I thought I'd give my two cents online by writing a review on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles. Lo and behold, I get a nasty e-mail from Michael Grant accusing me of being a "cyber-stalker" because I posted negative reviews on two sites. In fact, the guy (and his wife!) posted two reviews on Amazon to push Gone's rating up after I gave it one star. The guy is really starting to irritate me. He can't take criticism. Just go to Amazon and read his "view" on why I didn't like his book. God! In fact, go over there and everyone give that damn book one star. The guy needs to learn to accept criticism.
any chance of an audio interview one day? by ls420	Jun 24th, 2008 04:12:44 PM
any chance you guys will step into modern times and provide a podcast, or some type of audio content?
Loafroaster by Gwai Lo	Jun 24th, 2008 04:38:58 PM
"If it's Herzog without Kinski......it's not worth watching." Stroszek, Kaspar Hauser, Lessons of Darkness, Fata Morgana, Even Dwarves Started Small, Grizzly Man, Little Dieter Needs To Fly, Rescue Dawn, La Soufriere, The Great Ecstacy of Woodcarver Steiner, Heart of Glass and a bunch of other great films disagree with you there pal.
Literarywanderer by Gwai Lo	Jun 24th, 2008 04:42:23 PM
Re:Gone http://tinyurl.com/6znnd9
You got to interview Herzog? by strosmer	Jun 24th, 2008 04:53:33 PM
That's awesome. Hey everyone, if you haven't seen it yet - Invincible from '02, '03? Marvelous.
interviewing herzog by NedNederlander	Jun 24th, 2008 05:21:05 PM
Any man who can get shot with an air-rifle during an interview and just say "oh we're getting shot at, we must go" is a legend. It's great to see he's in love with the world, it's a lovely thing to be able to say in times when so many people seem to do nothing but hate.
Gwai Lo... by loafroaster	Jun 24th, 2008 05:22:44 PM
Didn't like any of them much at all, apart from Grizzly Man, and Little Dieter... and I suppose Rescue Dawn was alright, but just kinda felt like him retreading stuff he'd done far better before. None of them can hold a candle to Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde or Aguirre.
Loafroaster by Gwai Lo	Jun 24th, 2008 05:47:53 PM
I agree that Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre are his best films, but I'd put half of the ones I just listed above Cobra Verde (which is still great) and all of them above Woyzeck (which is also still great.) Have you seen all of the ones I listed? Stroszek is probably my third favorite Herzog film overall, and I've seen over forty of his films... He does have a lot that or average or not that great, but most are at least watchable with scattered moments of brilliance.. A couple of his films are interminable, but mostly because he's just pointing a static camera at something I don't much care for (Huey's Sermon, Jag Mandir, God's Angry Man, off the top of my head). Anyway, to each their own I guess, but I don't like when people dismiss his non-Kinski stuff. He's a visionary, my favorite filmmaker overall (sorry, Kubrick) and one of the last truly unique voices in the medium.
"Death Wish: This Title Makes More Money Than A New One Would". by IAmLegolas	Jun 24th, 2008 05:48:58 PM
This pretty much sums up the movie business these days.
Bullshit by Gwai Lo	Jun 24th, 2008 06:17:06 PM
He asked them to take it down because of that T-Rex with broadsword image I whipped up. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. He knew that no one would want to buy his version of the book if they knew there was one that had a T-Rex with a broadsword.
YOU ARE THE COOLEST CYBER STALKER EVER by g-ride9000	Jun 24th, 2008 06:36:56 PM
thanks for makin my day L.W.
Never got the love for Herzog by Stollentroll	Jun 24th, 2008 06:50:27 PM
I just can't stand his movies. Fitzcarraldo is a pretentious piece of shit.
I just E-peed my pantaloons. by Bride of Mecha-Bill Pullman vs. Mecha-Bill Paxton	Jun 24th, 2008 06:58:37 PM
T-Rex with a broadsword. Genius.
Damn You MCMLXXVI by TheyCallMeMisterBay	Jun 24th, 2008 07:51:21 PM
Damn You MCMLXXVI
Herzog, he can make even Cage good again by pipergates	Jun 24th, 2008 08:51:53 PM
I dont know if the other Liutnant film was good or bad; remake or re-imagining takes on a whole different meaning when handled by such a true artist as Herzog. The concept of somebody like him handling something like a dirty cop story, possibly noirish, with probable brutal action scenes, set in a urban environment, is truly a gift.
Have you ever met Abel Ferrara? by Sledge Hammer	Jun 24th, 2008 09:45:38 PM
Guy is an absolute douchebag scum sucking cunt. Honestly, I don't think I've ever met a more worthless human being in my life. The kind of guy who isn't just difficult and unpleasant to be difficult, but who is as difficult and unpleasant as he can possibly be as if it's some kind of sport. He's made some interesting films, and a couple of very good ones (perhaps even bordering on great), but the man himself is like a walking bubonic plague. I'll take Herzog any day,both as a better film maker and a far better person.
I can't wait by Gozu	Jun 24th, 2008 10:29:02 PM
I love the fact he hasn't even seen Bad Lieutenant and he's treating it like its the second part of a series. It makes no sense and might make for an bad film, but still a fascinating one.
My crusade against Gone by Literarywanderer	Jun 24th, 2008 11:16:54 PM
Thanks for the support guys. I would have simply let this entire incident go if Michael Grant hadn't written me a threatening e-mail. He knows I'm a struggling writer and he claims that "the publishing world is paying attention" to my bashing of his book. Don't fucking threaten me, you no talent hack who needs his wife to defend his work (Michael Reynolds).
Anti - ' March of the Penguins ' ?!? Yes !!!!!! by PTSDPete	Jun 24th, 2008 11:16:58 PM
Fucking hate that Disneyfied shit. Suicidal, deranged penguins is the GENIUS thing....
My prediction: Werner's BL better than the original by Librerarian	Jun 24th, 2008 11:48:57 PM
And I really like the original, but c'mon. Herzog is in a completely different weight class than Ferrara as directors go... when Herzog sneezes, the goo on his handkerchief is a masterpiece. There's no point in naysaying a Herzog film, even one in the making... if he chose to do it, you know it'll be awesome.
Also, how cool is it that he hasn't even seen the original? by Librerarian	Jun 24th, 2008 11:50:59 PM
That's awesome... he has the chops of Orson Welles.
The name Herzog by Grand Moff Toht	Jun 25th, 2008 12:37:08 AM
Herzog is the German word for the aristocratic title Duke.
Nosferatu by Grand Moff Toht	Jun 25th, 2008 12:39:02 AM
And by the way, Herzog's Nosferatu is the creepiest vampire film ever made. Not a perfect film, but one of my personal favorites. Isabelle Adjani! Beautiful!
The only "Port of Call" I know in New Orleans... by s00p3rm4n	Jun 25th, 2008 01:49:56 AM
serves the best (BEST) burger you will ever eat, made with beef they age themselves. They also pour their drinks in 10-inch plastic cups, and the bartenders pour 'em until they get bored. Anyone who ever gets a chance oughtta hoof it down to the Big Easy and head to Port of Call. Wait, we're talking about movies? What the fuck?
"their rather sad little sex fantasies" (re: Gone) by tonagan	Jun 25th, 2008 06:47:49 AM
So he didn't like the fan fiction?
Re: Gone by Lost Jarv	Jun 25th, 2008 07:18:19 AM
never read it, but from what I gather it's some lame Cement Garden rip off for pre-teens? Fuck him. Go and read The Cement Garden. And how sad is it to have 4 reviews 3 of which are by you, your wife and an illiterate?
pipergates... by loafroaster	Jun 25th, 2008 08:14:37 AM
I agree, this could put Cage's career back on track after...well, the last 15 years or so of doing shite like the Wicker Man remake. And Literarywanderer, I tip my hat to you!
Herzog is the man by Series7	Jun 25th, 2008 09:03:05 AM
But people love to fucking but his balls in their mouth. Though not as bad as David Lynch, well because Herzog is a lot better then Lynch. And Herzog doesn't come off as a I'm better faster stronger smarter then you like Lynch does. Though they both have the same interview style, just Herzog has a more normal sense of humor. Whenever I see either of them get interviewed they go on and on about this random ass story, its interesting but its like?? What the fuck were we talking about. Check out Lynch talking about Eraserhead on the DVD where he goes on about how good of a driver this one guy was. I really need to get around and see more of Herzogs flicks.
So why is it called BAD LIEUTENANT again? by brokentusk	Jun 25th, 2008 09:10:46 AM
I'm sorry, but after reading Herzog's response, it seems like they're just calling it BAD LIEUTENANT because, well, who's gonna stop them? It read like he just couldn't give a shit. If the film isn't a remake or a sequel – why is it naming itself after a classic film which has already claimed that title? I also didn’t appreciate his humorous approach to all the furor over the title. Maybe people are getting upset because he’s just using another film’s title to get people into the cinema? This is retarded.
1998 AICN was pure? LOL by JackRabbitSlim	Jun 25th, 2008 03:02:32 PM
Oh c'mon - love the site - love Harry's passion - but this site was as corrupt then as it is now. That was the year of "Armageddon" and "pwesents" and Joe Hallenprisonbitch ... err ... Joe Hallenbeck.
And no denying Ferrara is scum by JackRabbitSlim	Jun 25th, 2008 03:06:11 PM
Remember seeing him at some premiere in NYC - coked-out porno girl at his side - a friend who worked that night talked about how profane and abusive he was - think lowlife and you have Mr Ferrara.
bswise by bswise	Jun 25th, 2008 03:28:17 PM
I've said it before, but having the subtitle and his take on this project further confirms my suspicion that "Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans" is an elaborate joke that Herzog is playing on the producers, specifically, and American audiences, in general. Sure, maybe he just wants to do another intense character study of a depraved lunatic's tailspin into self-destruction. But, c'mon, Bad Lieutenant, a series "like James Bond?" "Port of Call New Orleans?" Personally, I'm hoping for a hideous and gloriously camp send-up of the Hollywood cop movie. If so, I can't think of anyone better for this than Nick Cage. After this they can do "Wicker Man: Miami Beach."
Not sure how my screen name ended up in the subject line... by bswise	Jun 25th, 2008 06:15:13 PM
Any way, ricarleite, a Herzog-directed Kinski biopic sounds like mad genius, but who would play Klaus? Not Tom Cruise.

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