# Mandy - Nicolas Cage movie from Panos Cosmatos (open spoilers)

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**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandy-nicolas-cage-movie-from-panos-cosmatos-open-spoilers/821558 "2018-09-18T23:31:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandy-nicolas-cage-movie-from-panos-cosmatos-open-spoilers/821558/1 "2018-09-18T23:31:44Z")

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First:

If you have not seen Beyond the Black Rainbow, check it out. Mandy is the better movie, but I really think that Rainbow is underrated. I was only kind of impressed by Rainbow when I saw it, but it lingered with me. It’s pretty impressive.

Mandy: Pano Cosmatos gets Nicolas Cage in his movie and it is apparently all due to Elijah Wood telling Cage to read the script. It was a great decision. Cage shows that while he cashes check after check with crappy movies, he is a great actor and when he has a real talent behind the camera, he is a great gift to movies.

The scene where he loses it in the bathroom is classic Cage. Everything after…

…Mandy’s death is amazing. Cage should be nominated for an Oscar. I assume he will not be, but he was great in this movie. Best movie he has made since Lord of War.

Bill Duke looked thin. Is he ill?  
Note: It’s on Amazon Prime.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandy-nicolas-cage-movie-from-panos-cosmatos-open-spoilers/821558/2 "2018-09-22T02:23:49Z")

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No one else saw this?

[Here is a pretty good review about what makes Mandy a good movie.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTwXQR9ku5c)

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandy-nicolas-cage-movie-from-panos-cosmatos-open-spoilers/821558/3 "2018-09-22T04:35:03Z")

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I had it on my to-watch list for a year and I recently saw it. It was metal as fuck. Great visual direction.

It was obviously filmed with a digital camera, which gave it a distinct look. Was that meaningful? One other thing I wondered, why the title card mentioning the date as “1983 A.D.” Why mention a specific date at all?

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandy-nicolas-cage-movie-from-panos-cosmatos-open-spoilers/821558/4 "2018-09-22T11:39:10Z")

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> [@DPRK](#):
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> It was obviously filmed with a digital camera, which gave it a distinct look. Was that meaningful? One other thing I wondered, why the title card mentioning the date as “1983 A.D.” Why mention a specific date at all?

It is set at the same time as Beyond the Black Rainbow and I think just to establish that it isn’t taking place in the present.