2 tough VERNER talks BIG or HERZOG pwns...
defamer: Is Bad Lieutenant a project you're working on with Nicolas Cage?
VERNER: Yes, but its not a remake. It's like, for example, you wouldn't call a new James Bond movie a remake of the previous one — although the name of the bad lieutenant is a different one, and the story is completely different.
defamer: Speaking of which, the original film's director, Abel Ferrara, has vowed to fight this project, and —
VERNER: Wonderful, yes! Let him fight! He thinks I'm doing a remake.
defamer: Have you talked to him?
VERNER: No. I have no idea who Abel Ferrara is. But let him fight the windmills, like Don Quixote.
defamer: Have you heard his comments at all? He says he hopes "these people die in Hell."
VERNER: That's beautiful!
defamer: You did a remake before with Nosferatu, but —
VERNER: It was not so much a remake as an homage to Murnau. But I don't feel like doing an homage to Abel Ferrara because I don't know what he did — I've never seen a film by him. I have no idea who he is. Is he Italian? Is he French? Who is he?
defamer: Oh, come on.
VERNER: Maybe I could invite him to act in a movie! Except I don't know what he looks like.
Jun 5th