NICOLAS UNCAGED
Starting this March and coinciding with the release of his latest film Dream Scenario (2023), we celebrate the most versatile actor of our time, Nicolas Cage. Dubbed “Hollywood’s greatest surrealist” by The New York Times, Cage is one of the most mercurial, divisive, unpredictable yet widely beloved, enigmatic thespians working today. He has garnered a near-mythological status by waging a career-long, one-man war against naturalism, refusing to let staid ideas about how people might behave in “real life” dictate his performances. It’s time to unpack and uncage the madness that is Nicolas Cage!
Unlike most movie stars Nicolas Cage rarely does the obvious thing, whether in his choice of roles or how he plays them. Which is what’s so enthralling about the alien intensity and oddball flourishes that Cage has brought to art-house fantasia (Wild at Heart), whimsical romantic comedy (Moonstruck), bleak drama (Leaving Las Vegas), cerebral comedy (Adaptation), sensational Hollywood blockbuster (Con Air), balletic, high-concept action (Face/Off), and psychedelic horror (Mandy).
On Friday, March 29th at 21:00 our special Straight To Video XL screening of Con Air will be introduced by STV-curators and VHS-collectors Eric van der Woude and Lieuwe van Albada.