I must confess that when I first heard of a Bad Lieutenant "remake" directed by Werner Herzog and starring Nicolas Cage as the the titular character I for one was quite skeptical. However, after I saw this new film I can report it has absolutely nothing to do with Abel Ferrara's film. Nothing. In fact the first time I laughed out loud during Port of Call New Orleans there was a slight memory of the Ferrara film and then I thought, "should I even be laughing?" But as the film kept playing I kept laughing. When Nicolas Cage asked Mr. Herzog what his character's motivation should be, Mr. Herzog responded that he was not going to get into all of that motivation talk and informed Cage that "there was such a thing as a bliss of evil" and Mr. Herzog wished us as an audience that we have a blissful experience with the film. That afternoon in the Elgin theater I indeed a had a blissful experience. Colin Geddes said that Herzog's film was one of the most quotable of the year and I must add that Mr. Herzog's Q&A is also, by far, one the most quotable I have ever captured with my video camera. After the screening, the people around me all agreed that we could all listen to Werner Herzog talk about cinema forever. I am at least happy to report that I was able to listen to Mr. Herzog speak for about a half an hour and captured the Q&A for others unable to attend. I'm just doing my part in being a good soldier of cinema!