VAMPIRE’S KISS @ BRATTLE THEATRE

Nicolas Cage is known for his exaggerated, all-or-nothing (often “nothing”) performances. In making Vampire’s Kiss—screening at the Brattle as part of their “Nicolas Cage: Greatest American Actor” series—Cage actually ate a live cockroach as part of his portrayal of a Wall Street yuppie who may or may not have been seduced by a vampire, and who probably wasn’t (but thinks he has been) turned into a bloodsucker as well. Makes you wonder just a bit about that scene from The Wicker—OH GOD BEES AGAIN WITH THE EYES WE MADE THIS JOKE LAST WEEK BE—

[Wed 6.13.12. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge. 617.876.6837. times vary/18+/$6.75-$9.75. @BrattleTheatre. brattlefilm.org]