A SUBLIME Movie Preview for Season Of The Witch - NICOLAS CAGE FORUM

Lula Argante

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Date: 8:48 PM, 12/25/10

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With thanks to aforadio for bringing it all together and for such a complete indepth preview! http://www.aforadio.com/index.php/season-of-the-witch-movie-preview-aforadio-com/ __________________

Lady Trueheart

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Amazing amount of information there, I read it over quickly but will go back and reread some parts. Great find, Lula! __________________

Lula Argante

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Date: 11:09 AM, 12/26/10

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Me too Lady True, a very impressive piece, some of those comments from the writers I had never read before! __________________

White Fay

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Great Piece. Thanks for sharing it! :) __________________ "Love one another but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls" ~~~~ Khalil Gibran ~~~~

Lula Argante

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You are welcome White Fay! I particularly enjoy the insight into the scenery and architecture, the historical context and set locations.... as well as the following bits that stood out for me! After the months of physical training, onerous shooting conditions and an exhausting schedule, Nicolas Cage, who stars as Behman, is excited by the finished film’s skillful mix of character study and genre thrills. “The movie is complicated and beautiful,” he says. “Dominic Sena did a remarkable job conceiving and photographing a film as original and exciting as this one. When the movie comes to the climax, you’re as surprised as the characters are by what you’re seeing. I think it makes for a great ride.” “In my opinion, Nic is among the greatest actors of his generation. He’s constantly challenging himself. Nic can be an action hero in National Treasure, and he can also play the twin brothers in Adaptation. When he played an angel who falls in love and wants to become human on a film I produced called City of Angels, he invested that character with an ethereal quality. He has amazing range that allows him to transcend who he is and become the character.” Reading the script, Cage was reminded of his childhood in Long Beach, California. A solitary kid with a vivid imagination, he dreamed of being a knight. “I’ve wanted to make a picture in this period for a long time,” says Cage. “I feel deeply connected to it. When I was five or six, my father built a wooden castle for me in our backyard. I would spend whole days in there, imagining the heroic exploits I would have. I was on my own in that castle, exploring my imagination, and I became interested in knights and dragons and the history of the time. “I’ve also always wanted to make a movie that would allow me to experience beautiful, mountainous terrain,” adds Cage. “When I got this script and realized I would be in the Austrian Alps on a horse, I just wanted to get out there.” His character is no run-of-the-mill Lancelot, living a life of jousting tournaments and fair maidens. “Behmen is a radical thinker for his time,” says Cage. “He’s a man who joined the Crusades believing he was doing the right thing, but got sick of the killing. While he’s in no way an atheist, he has decided to separate himself from the church. He has a very strong connection with God, but he has abandoned organized religion, which was heresy at the time. He could be burned at the stake for it. “When he is asked to deliver the alleged witch to the abbey at Severak, he does it to ensure her a fair trial,” the actor continues. “And along the way, incredibly spooky things begin to happen.” Cage’s engagement with the character and the time makes the story instantly accessible to a modern audience, says Gartner. “He really embraced the concept,” says the producer. “Nic is fantastic at bringing you into a story. He jumped in with both feet and was a complete joy to work with. He had great script and character ideas, plus he looks fantastic as Behmen. You’ve never seen Nic Cage like this before.” No one in the company was immune to the power of the settings. “On the first day of shooting we were up there in the mountains,” says Sena. “Nic looked out over the landscape and he said to me, ‘Dom, look where we are. It’s a privilege to be here.’ He didn’t go back to his trailer the whole day. He sat on a rock, looking out and saying, ‘This is incredible.’” In fact, Cage says he found the extreme conditions exhilarating. “I am a weather enthusiast,” he says. “Any time there’s a storm brewing, I get excited. That kind of dramatic atmosphere helps infuse real emotion into the story. It only made me feel more connected to the material. Dom and I had a few laughs about it, because we were both thrilled by it.” Cage recalls working with a wolf off-leash, less than a foot away from his face. “I like animals, so I was about to put my hand up in a friendly way, and someone said, ‘No, don’t do that, he bites.’ He bites? And his teeth are just inches away? OK, let’s get this shot as quickly as possible! I’d like to fulfill my contract.” __________________

Lady Trueheart

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Date: 12:38 AM, 12/27/10

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Those are great passages from the article, Lula, I am like Nic in extreme weather conditions, I love it too, it's exciting! Wonderful to think of him enjoying himself so much in that beautiful environment, isn't it? __________________

Lula Argante

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Date: 1:23 AM, 12/27/10

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Yeah...what Nic said about storms really resonated with me, and that in those surroundings must be epically potent... I love environments that are so elemental you feel on the edges of the world and the transcendent sources of life...and it sounds like this film is going to take us there! The combination of intimate drame, dark humour, stunning powerful beautiful scenery, historical interpretetion and glorious supernatural freakiness are pulling me deeper.......... __________________

Lady Trueheart

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Date: 4:13 AM, 12/27/10

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I really am looking forward to it more and more with all these clips and interviews we are getting lately, and if the historical aspects are as accurate as they claim I will like it even more. __________________