AT THE MOVIES: “The Bless of Evil” — The Bad Lieutenant

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“Why is he so evil, why is he so bad? Is it cocaine, is it Hurricane Katrina, is it the corruption in the police force, is it his childhood? I said no, let’s not talk about all of these conceptual things and all this heavy stuff that goes on between directors and actors, I said let’s skip all this, we go for one thing: There is such a thing as the bless of evil, let’s go right for that.”

– Werner Herzog on Q, speaking on directing Nicolas Cage in the new film, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

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