You Don't Say: An Appreciation of Nicolas Cage's Talky Vampire's Kiss Performance

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Willy's Wonderland doesn't let Nicolas Cage say anything. Vampire's Kiss proves why that's such a misuse of the actor

—the latter of which has received plenty of notice for a screamed delivery of the evocative word “testicle.” These films have some primo Cage line readings, which aren’t all that make up the actor’s arsenal, but certainly help differentiate between Sleepy Cage and Awakened Cage.

Modulated through Cage’s mewling accent—somewhere between an affected transatlantic whine and a mysterious Transylvanian mutter—lines take on new life. “Nicolas and I have been working on this a lot,” producer Barbara ZitwerBierman saying of the accent. “We chose this, because if he did the role totally straight, the character is so hateful that it would be unwatchable.’” The accent highlights Cage’s own early fascination with transformative pronunciation tics, like his breathyintonation.

Cage is utterly unique here in the actorly cocktail he brews. Yes, there’s oodles of German expressionism in the increasing angle of his hunch through the film and his use of spindly limbs, but the true innovation—which you can call “good” or “bad,” but not “boring”—is in adapting that style’s experimental exaggerations into the vocal realm. He literally screams “Boo-hoo!” when crying, spiking shrill falsetto peaks and trailing off into nothingness.

 

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lol, it was his 98th movie ! Doing his first silent role was an awesome switch up imo

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