Dying of the Light (2014)

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   Blocho

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   I did this movie because Duduka said I would play a disfigured character. Duduka is what I call Paulie Schrader because it was the name of my pet marmot in middle school, and the two look alike. Anyway, Duduka said I would be disfigured, and I said, "Awesome, let's do some Phantom of the Opera stuff." Then I go to make-up on the first day of the shoot, and they just put some silicone on my ear. What the hell is that about? I wanted the full Lon Chaney look. Duduka made a big stink during the release because the studio took the movie from him and messed with his vision, and I said I was pissed too because I wanted to be supportive. Also because he promised to connect me with some Manchurian guys who could sell me some really sweet dinosaur skulls. But the truth is that a movie that's really good should be able to survive a studio cut. Don't believe me? Just look at Guarding Tess. The studio ran roughshod over the director on that one, but the result was still the third best Secret Service movie of the early 1990s. That's because it had quality, and quality endures. Hmm ... that's a familiar line. I think Hong, my Manchu dinosaur guy, said it once.

   2 years 7 months ago
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   Kenneth McMahon

   It's difficult to see how this film would've been any better even without the interference from the producers what with the usual over the top Cage delivery, poor story, abundance of stock footage, awful green screen effects and weird prosthetic ear choice. 7 years 7 months ago
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   Torgo

   Here, we have the forces of Paul Schrader, Nicolas Winding Refn and Nicolas Cages joined for a shallow, jumbled thriller-melodrama. As you may or may not know, there has been a lot of fuzz behind the scenes:
   http://flavorwire.com/newswire/paul-schrader-nicolas-cage-and-anton-yelchin-do-not-want-you-to-see-their-new-movie
   
   .. still, with a picture like this, I just don't see how there was a great film coming up, now dismembered in the cutting room; even with a Director's cut, we probably will never know. But do we actually want to?
   
   If you've seen the latest pieces of Nicolas Cage's sad acting career, you have little reason to skip this one, though. He has some of his .. well, of his moments, again. 9 years 4 months ago

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