And those who’ve followed the careers of Schrader and his star here, Nicolas Cage, will find it easy to imagine the more psychologically probing, expressionistic film they intended to make. Amid the public-relations hubbub over Dying of the Light, which was reportedly removed from writer/director Paul Schrader‘s control after he refused to make requested changes, producers attempted to placate the auteur’s supporters by claiming that the version now being released and the cut he delivered to them “are 80 percent the same.”Īnyone who believes a 20% difference isn’t worth getting worked up over should probably not be trusted with the production of a movie.
