Herzog really is a pretty good director. The estimated budget was $25 million, which I guess is low budget. It was while discussing this movie that he mentioned that he doesn't shoot coverage. They work very fast this way. I think I heard he would start filming at 9 and be done for the day around noon. But the crew kept grumbling. He kept hearing them say something about "coverage".
"Vas ist dis coverage?" he asked someone.
The guy told him and Herzog shrugged it off.
Nicolas Cage stood up and said something about how he was at last working with a director who knew what he was doing and the grumbling stopped.
I suppose it's like other cop movies where the detective plays by his own rules, but in this case he really is a terrible person. They make him turn in his badge and his gun at one point which seemed like an entirely positive step. The opening scenes imply that a back injury sent him into a downward spiral of drug addiction and depravity, but he was a bit of a jerk before.
Being such an awful lieutenant actually helps him in his work.
From the producer of The Bad Lieutenant but not a sequel or a remake. Herzog said he never heard of the other movie.
Maybe Nicolas Cage is a good Klaus Kinski substitute.
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