Age Of Cage

An NPR Books We Love 2022 “Age of Cage might be the closest we will get to understanding the singular beauty of each of Nic Cage’s always electric performances. You are holding the Rosetta Stone for Cage. Enjoy it.” —Paul Scheer actor writer and host of the How Did This Get Made and Unspooled podcasts Icon. Celebrity. Artist. Madman. Genius. Nicolas Cage is many things but love him or laugh at him theres no denying two things you’ve seen one of his many films and you certainly know his name. But who is he really and why has his career endured for over forty years with more than a hundred films and birthed a million memes Age of Cage is a smart beguiling book about the films of Nicolas Cage and the actor himself as well as a sharpeyed examination of the changes that have taken place in Hollywood over the course of his career. Critic and journalist Keith Phipps draws a portrait of the enigmatic icon by looking at—what else—Cage’s expansive filmography. As Phipps delights in charting Cage’s films Age of Cage also chronicles the transformation of film as Cage’s journey takes him through the world of 1980s comedies Valley Girl Peggy Sue Got Married Moonstruck to the indie films and blockbuster juggernauts of the 1990s Wild at Heart Leaving Las Vegas FaceOff Con Air through the wild and unpredictable videoondemand world of today. Sweeping in scope and intimate in its profile of a fiercely passionate artist Age of Cage is like the man himself surprising insightful funny and one of a kind. So snap out of it and enjoy this appreciation of Nicolas Cage national treasure.