Panos Cosmatos, US 2018, 121 Min., FSK 18, OmdU
Love! Revenge! Chainsaw battles! Cheddar Goblin! Hippie cults! Biker demons snorting hell drugs! Cage uncaged! This fantasy-horror-revenge saga, set in the mid ‘80s, features a lumberjack named Red (Nicolas Cage) and his fantasy-artdrawing wife Mandy (Andrea Riseborough), who live peacefully in the Oregon woods. Jeremiah Sand (Linus Roache), the leader of a traveling cult, takes a fancy to Mandy, starting a chain of events that spirals quickly into death, violence, and the occult. Directed by Panos Cosmatos, this is the B-movie reimagined as arthouse cinema, awash with vibrant colors, shots that could have come out of a Tarkovsky film, and musical score by the late Icelandic great, Johann Johannsson. Join us for our first annual “Christmas with Cage” screening, presented by Scott Clifford Evans, and enjoy the ride!
Liebe! Rache! Kettensägen-Duelle! Cheddar Goblin! Hippie-Sekten! Biker-Dämonen, die Höllendrogen schnupfen! Cage entfesselt! Diese Fantasy-Horror-Rache-Saga, die Mitte der 80er Jahre spielt, handelt von dem Holzfäller Red (Nicolas Cage) und seiner Frau Mandy (Andrea Riseborough) – einer Künstlerin, die fantastische Welten zeichnet –, die ein friedliches Leben in den Wäldern Oregons führen. Jeremiah Sand (Linus Roache), der Anführer einer umherziehenden Sekte, entwickelt ein gefährliches Interesse an Mandy. Damit setzt er eine Ereigniskette in Gang, die unaufhaltsam in Tod, Gewalt und das Okkulte abgleitet.