What if Nicolas Cage was Freddy Krueger, minus the fondness for murdering people, the burn-induced scarring, and the razor-bladed glove? Cage's character, the unsuspecting middle-aged professor Paul Matthews, even shares Freddy's predilection for cozy knitted sweaters in "Dream Scenario," the latest eccentric exercise in metamodern storytelling from contemporary indie powerhouse A24.
Much like Paul becomes an overnight celebrity when he inexplicably begins popping up in people's dreams around the world, "Dream Scenario" has suddenly found itself in the spotlight following its positive reception on the film festival circuit. With Cage essentially portraying two characters in the film (the real Paul and the one who keeps intruding into people's nighttime fantasies), his performances in "Dream Scenario" are already being compared to his acclaimed work playing radically different twins in director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman's surreal dramedy "Adaptation." In his own review for /Film, Matt Donato declared the...
Much like Paul becomes an overnight celebrity when he inexplicably begins popping up in people's dreams around the world, "Dream Scenario" has suddenly found itself in the spotlight following its positive reception on the film festival circuit. With Cage essentially portraying two characters in the film (the real Paul and the one who keeps intruding into people's nighttime fantasies), his performances in "Dream Scenario" are already being compared to his acclaimed work playing radically different twins in director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman's surreal dramedy "Adaptation." In his own review for /Film, Matt Donato declared the...
- 9/27/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Nicolas Cage, after more than 100 credits, finally has his dream role, at least as comedy fans are concerned. He knocks it out of the park as a schlubby, balding college professor who suddenly starts appearing in people’s dreams, first his daughter’s, then an old girlfriend’s, and soon millions of people around the globe are seeing this ordinary looking, very plain guy walking through their slumber in rather non-descript ways no matter what the situation. He becomes a phenomenon, until it reverses and the whole thing turns into a literal nightmare.
This is the inspired comic premise of Dream Scenario, perhaps the most ingenious screen idea Woody Allen never had, although it might have been interesting if he did (think a twisted Zelig). Instead it comes from the mind of Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, whose main claim to fame before this film, which had its world premiere at...
This is the inspired comic premise of Dream Scenario, perhaps the most ingenious screen idea Woody Allen never had, although it might have been interesting if he did (think a twisted Zelig). Instead it comes from the mind of Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, whose main claim to fame before this film, which had its world premiere at...
- 9/10/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Tcb Media Rights, the profitable British distributor entangled in the collapse of Kew Media Group, has financed a documentary about supercars built under the Nazi regime, as part of a brace of new factual projects.
Tcb has given a greenlight to Hitler’s Supercars, a 60-minute film made by UK production company Wiser Films, which reveals how Hitler ordered two German car manufacturers to build the most high-performance vehicles in the world.
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The documentary has been pre-sold to Channel 4 in a deal brokered by Tcb senior sales manager Holly Newey. Tas Brooker and Jim Wiseman executive produce for Wiser, alongside Tcb’s Hannah Demidowicz and Nicola Davey.
In addition to Hitler’s Supercars,...
Tcb has given a greenlight to Hitler’s Supercars, a 60-minute film made by UK production company Wiser Films, which reveals how Hitler ordered two German car manufacturers to build the most high-performance vehicles in the world.
More from Deadline'Texas Flip N Move' Producer Essential Media Exits The Collapsed Kew Media GroupKew Media: How The Production Group Behind 'The Inventor' & 'Dance Moms' Collapsed After One Acquisition Too ManyKew Media Group Collapses & Directors Resign After Lenders Call In Debts
The documentary has been pre-sold to Channel 4 in a deal brokered by Tcb senior sales manager Holly Newey. Tas Brooker and Jim Wiseman executive produce for Wiser, alongside Tcb’s Hannah Demidowicz and Nicola Davey.
In addition to Hitler’s Supercars,...
- 3/20/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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