Welcome to Deconstructing Cage, home of the Great Cage Experiment, where I attempt to watch all of Nicolas Cage's films.
What?
You read right. Every single Cage film.
Why Nicolas Cage?
Because Nicolas Cage is awesome. And his catalog is so damn varied. He has teen comedies, hard-hitting dramas, and superhero flicks. We never talk about him as an actor, but he has so many different character under his belt, I think it's time to give the man some recognition. (You know, besides his Best Actor Oscar for 1995's Leaving Las Vegas.)
But he's such an overactor!
I disagree. I think the reason why people think this about Cage is because he's a theatre actor. As a man named Ian "ProfessorClumsy" Maddison puts it: Nicholas Cage's approach to acting is very theatrical, rather than what we would consider cinematic. His gestures are huge, his posture cartoonish and his vocal performances are way out there. This probably stems from the way he was trained.
Who the hell are you?
I'm Marty. Nice to meet you.
That wasn't funny.
Fine. I'm a 22 year-old English major at Southern Oregon University. I also sell DVDs among other electronics at the local Walmart. I'm one of three writers who make up the Current Releases team over at Something Awful, which makes me pretty damn good at faking like I know movies.
But this is also kind of about you?
Kind of. It's more like a journal of my thoughts and emotions on this path, along with actual film analysis. I love looking at how pop culture influences life, and vice versa, and it kind of seems like a good time to do this, because Nic Cage's career and my life are kind of in the same place right now. (Not a good one.)
Are you insane?
Not yet! I might be by the end of this, though!
You're even doing The Wicker Man?
If I haven't snapped by then, that'll do it!
Godspeed!
Thanks, me writing as another person!
