“TWO John Leguizamos? “

The recent electronic press kit for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (trailer here) is out.  In it, Werner Herzog says:

“When you look at America at this time, in a way it felt right: do the darkest film imaginable,” [...]
“I’m someone who has no idea what drugs do to you [Ed. - make your films more funny, for one thing],” he said regarding the film’s excessive drug use. “So I had to ask the writer [Ed.- who is, Werner added, "a huuuge basehead"] and more competent people, ‘what does it do to you?’ So I had to be advised. In a way I don’t really care that much.” [...] ”I’ve never seen a film with excessive use of drugs, I do not see that many films” [theplaylist]

You’re missing out, Herzog.  I see films with an excessive use of drugs all the time.  I mean, I have to. Ever tried watching The Spirit while sober?  Can’t be done.  There’s another quote I’ll place below because it might be a spoiler.  Also below are the first photos from the set (most of them courtesy of Collider).  I especially liked this one of Werner with the director of photography.  I dare you to trash his lights.

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If you told me you wanted to make another Bad Lieutenant – Abel Ferrara’s 1992 classic starring Harvey Keitel – I’d say there’s no reason to do that.  But if you told me Werner Herzog would direct and it would star Xzibit and Val Kilmer, I’d say, “…I’m listening.”   Anyway, they’re calling this one Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (watch the trailer below).  It ponders the question, “Can we recreate the magic of Wicker Man if we do it deliberately?”

Asked why Nic Cage was right for the part, Werner Herzog said (I imagine), “I choose za Cage, because ven I look eento za forehead, I don’t zee za facial expression or zee human feelinks – za happiness, za sadness, za empazee – I zee nuzzink.  I look eento za forehead oont zere ees nuzzink but blackness.  Za cold eendifference of muzzer nature.  Ees beautiful.”

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As I’ve been over, The Spirit looks like an ungodly mix of Vaudeville slapstick and neo-noir graphic novel movies.  One thing it does have going for it, however, is that scene in the trailer where Eva Mendes drops her towel (see above).  Lest you be tempted to see a PG-13 movie for the promise of a few seconds of nudity – and who hasn’t been there – I’ll save you the trouble.  You can see the relevant frames here (sort of NWS, I guess). A bare ass, hooray.  I’ll admit, she’s got a pretty nice ass, but big deal.  Mine would look just like that if I shaved and got a tan.

[Thanks to Robo for the tip]

The only description I have of this sorta NWS Calvin Klein ad featuring Eva Mendes (video after the jump) is:

This recent commercial for Calvin Klein’s Secret Obsession has been banned by all TV network stations because they feel Eva Mendes is too sexy in the ad.

Hmm, the ad showed a nipple, so I’m not sure Eva Mendes’ sexiness was the issue.  A commercial that showed Barbara Walter’s nipple would probably get banned too.  I’m not sure what the real story is because if you were planning for your commercial to get on TV, I’m guessing you wouldn’t leave a nipple in it.  Because what channel could they show that on?  Oh yeah, the boner channel.

Yahoo just released a new poster for The Spirit, from 300 author Frank Miller, featuring Eva Mendes.  There’s a commercial on Spike TV recently that starts with two guys sitting on a bench, one guy asking the other, "Who’s hotter – Eva Mendes or Eva Longoria?"  Hypothetically, if a person ever thought the answer to that question was enough in doubt to ask it out loud, then hypothetically, that person probably likes the taste of semen.

And to answer her question, no you don’t look like a good girl.  Good girls wear bracelets on their wrists, not in their goddamned mouths.  Jesus, were you raised in a f-ing barn?