《Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular Career》
尼可拉斯• 凱吉,許多人都看過他的電影,聽過他的名字,但他到底是誰?為什麼他的職業生涯持續了四十多年,拍了一百多部電影,誕生了上百萬個表情包?
作者以敏銳的眼光審視尼可拉斯• 凱吉在好萊塢的經歷,搭配詳細的電影作品圖表,向讀者介紹這位令人驚訝、有趣又獨一無二的明星。
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“Age of Cagemight be the closest we will get to understanding the singular beauty of each of Nic Cage’s always electric performances. You are holding the Rosetta Stone for Cage. Enjoy it.”
―Paul Scheer, actor, writer and host of theHow Did This Get Made?andUnspooledpodcasts
Icon. Celebrity. Artist. Madman. Genius.
Nicolas Cage is many things, but love him, or laugh at him, there's no denying two things: you’ve seen one of his many films, and you certainly know his name. But who is he, really, and why has his career endured for over forty years, with more than a hundred films, and birthed a million memes?
Age of Cageis a smart, beguiling book about the films of Nicolas Cage and the actor himself, as well as a sharp-eyed examination of the changes that have taken place in Hollywood over the course of his career. Critic and journalist Keith Phipps draws a portrait of the enigmatic icon by looking at―what else?―Cage’s expansive filmography.
As Phipps delights in charting Cage’s films,Age of Cagealso chronicles the transformation of film, as Cage’s journey takes him through the world of 1980s comedies (Valley Girl,Peggy Sue Got Married, Moonstruck), to the indie films and blockbuster juggernauts of the 1990s (Wild at Heart,Leaving Las Vegas,Face/Off,Con Air), through the wild and unpredictable video-on-demand world of today.
Sweeping in scope and intimate in its profile of a fiercely passionate artist,Age of Cageis, like the man himself, surprising, insightful, funny, and one of a kind. So, snap out of it, and enjoy this appreciation of Nicolas Cage, national treasure.
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