Nicolas Cage may appear typiclaly eccentric in Longlegs, but the actor shows layers in his limited screentime as a satanic serial killer.
has drawn many different reactions. Some found it overbearing or too comedic. Others saw it as unnervingly memorable. And some were disappointed there wasn’t more to it. Whatever way you look at it, it’s undeniably a Nicolas Cage performance. Perhaps one that best defines what that means.
Despite a reputation for hamming it up, Cage is all about performance art. He has a distinct style that eschews the conveyor belt of pensive surliness or quiptastic bravado that constitutes a celebrated performance in modern cinema. In the quirks, you find the subtleties. The way he shapes and manipulates his particular mannerisms and acting style in minute ways is undervalued because he doesn’t always pick the flavor of the month project to showcase that.
Instead, Perkins and Cage rein it in. Longlegs appears infrequently, often out of focus or obscured, and largely arrives without ceremony. Even in glimpses, there’s an unpleasant, pathetic demeanor to Longlegs that doesn’t dispel the notion he’s dangerous, but implies his aura is greater than the man behind it. Still, after everything plays out, you realize just how smoke and mirrors the persona of Longlegs was and how well Cage put that across in small ways.
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