Age of Cage


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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, there's 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 sharp-eyed 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, Face/Off, Con Air), through the wild and unpredictable video-on-demand 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.




Davy Crockett


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Relates the true story of Davy Crockett, one of the Old West's outstanding hunters, frontiersmen, and legislators.




The Wisdom of Nicolas Cage


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Nicolas Cage, who better to turn to for advice in a world so crazy and upside we feel like we have nowhere left to go. In a time of instability, turmoil and unpredictability we offer you the words of Nicolas Cage which are so crazy, they might just shed a light on a new path. These Cage-ian quotes comes as inspiration, as advice and as an abstract pattern for our everyday use. Take them to heart and let them inspire you to lead a freakier life. Throughout they are illustrated by Verity Slade.




The Unofficial Nicolas Cage Coloring Book


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I love Nicolas Cage, he has had one of the most amazing and interesting acting careers of all time and so I wanted to create a coloring book that all the other Nicolas Cage fans across the world would be able to enjoy! This book contains 15 unique hand-drawn coloring pages themed for each of my favorite Nicolas Cage films. I've also included two copies of each design in case you want to keep an outline, color twice or you just mess up. This book also contains bleed pages in between each design page.




The Glass Cage


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In The Glass Cage, Pulitzer Prize nominee and bestselling author Nicholas Carr shows how the most important decisions of our lives are now being made by machines and the radical effect this is having on our ability to learn and solve problems. In May 2009 an Airbus A330 passenger jet equipped with the latest ‘glass cockpit’ controls plummeted 30,000 feet into the Atlantic. The reason for the crash: the autopilot had routinely switched itself off. In fact, automation is everywhere – from the thermostat in our homes and the GPS in our phones to the algorithms of High Frequency Trading and self-driving cars. We now use it to diagnose patients, educate children, evaluate criminal evidence and fight wars. But psychological studies show that we perform best when fully involved in a task, while the principle of automation – that humans are inefficient – is self-fulfilling. The glass cockpit is becoming a glass cage. In this utterly engrossing exposé, bestselling writer Nicholas Carr reveals how automation is affecting our ability to solve problems, forge memories and acquire skills. Rather than rejecting technology, Carr argues that we must urgently rethink its role in our lives, using it to enhance rather than diminish the extraordinary abilities that make us human.




Introduction to Nicolas Cage


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Nicolas Cage is an American actor, director, and producer who has been a prominent figure in Hollywood for over three decades. Born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California in 1964, Cage is the nephew of legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Cage began his acting career in the early 1980s and quickly gained critical acclaim for his performances in films such as "Raising Arizona" (1987), "Moonstruck" (1987), and "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Over the years, Cage has established himself as one of the most versatile actors in the industry, with a range of roles spanning from action movies like "Con Air" (1997) and "National Treasure" (2004) to dramas like "The Weather Man" (2005) and "Joe" (2013). Although Cage's career has seen its ups and downs, he has remained a beloved and iconic figure among audiences. With over 100 acting credits to his name, Cage continues to work on a variety of film projects and is considered one of the most unique and intriguing performers of his generation.




Winters' Tales


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The most original and influential comic mind of our generation gives us a rollicking tour of his expansive imagination. Alongside the hilarity are intimate, revealing, and poignant recollections of childhood's pains and lost love, as well as remarkable illustrations from Winters' accomplished, surreal pen.




Nicolas Cage


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NICOLAS CAGE: Hollywood's Stranger Than Fiction, Walking, Talking Meme: A Nicolas Cage Biography Hollywood is ground zero for the fantastic. It is a land of dreams and tragedies real and reel, of stories and characters that captivate, horrify, and court love, loathing, admiration, anger. It is a place for the extraordinary; where the staggeringly good-looking and grotesque, the brilliant and the boorish, the rich and the wretched - all rub elbows and make movie magic. It is hard to stand out in so heady a setting as this. But even in a land of excess and exotics, there are - for good and bad reasons - particularly unforgettable and legendary personalities. An original among originals, a unicorn among the unique. One of them is Nicolas Cage.




Nicolas Cage - The Method Man Of Cinemas


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Nicolas Cage - The Method Man Of Cinemas celebrates the legend, the Academy Award-winning actor, the global superstar, and a cult icon that most movie-goers and lovers all over the world are familiar with. Written in beautiful and easy-to-read language, this biography sheds a spotlight on the grand life of Nicolas Cage, for fans and readers keen on knowing what made the extraordinary actor a great icon of cinemas and a little more. You will love it!




Celebrity Biographies - The Amazing Life Of Nicolas Cage - Famous Actors


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Ever wondered how Nicolas Cage rose to stardom? American actor Nicolas Cage comes from Hollywood royalty. He has continually endeavored to make a name for him grounded on his effort, rather than on his ancestry. As the nephew of movie-maker Francis Ford Coppola, Cage changed his latter name to avoid allegations of favoritism. He selected Cage both out of approval for modern musician John Cage and as reverence to witty book hero Luke Cage. Even if he had engaged the household name, it isn't likely that anyone would consider Cage holding debauched to his uncle's good deeds. Frequently, Cage trips to great distances to add trustworthiness to his characters. He is a movie-maker and director; he has done leading roles in an assortment of movies, stretching from quixotic amusements and plays to science fiction and deed movies. Cage is a Christian and he was upraised as a Catholic.