This ‘will to truth’ is a desire to let life be our teacher, to embrace the harsh lessons of experience, and to allow these lessons to shatter the illusions of established values. Bernstein said he was in a state of depression for weeks working on the score because the movie was "so depressing." "He had played this bear-like man, very big and rough, and I didn't think he would be right for Cape Fear," Scorsese admitted. His performance is proof that a truly scary horror movie villain can simply be a man with a cold heart and evil on his mind. These themes are explored in varying detail in the two versions of Cape Fear—the first film from 1962, directed by J. Lee Thompson and staring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum; the remake from 1991, directed by Martin Scorsese and staring Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte. The whole movie is a showcase for just how electrifying and intense Mitchum can be. De Niro said no to that. So, once Scorsese promised Spielberg that the Bowdens would survive in the end, they traded. Advertise With Wicked Horror. As a public defender, Sam Bowden is particularly symbolic of modern moral values. To ensnare Cady, Sam must appear to be away from home, and consequently is forced to crouch down so that he cannot be seen by Cady through the windows. Scorsese put one camera on De Niro and one on Lewis for the long scene, which was filmed three times. In addition to contributing to Wicked Horror, Michele Eggen has been writing about all things horror at her blog, The Girl Who Loves Horror, since 2010. Cady the thug is adamant that the attorney Sam is no better than him. I could barely walk, and my arms were all cut up from thrashing around, and then De Niro complimented me. At this point Cady mocks the justice system, threatening to sue Sam while the herd nods in approval. Everything that raises an individual above the common crowd and causes his neighbour to fear him is labelled ‘evil’ by the herd, who now give respect to the modest, equalizing mentality that treats only the most average desires and passions as worthy of respect. The final scene of the film sees Sam hunched down on the ground like an ape, grunting like an animal, and fighting to the death with nothing but a stone for a weapon. In this series, Michele Eggen takes us back to the classics, and reminds us how effective Horror in Black and White can really be. Juliette Lewis made what was for many a first impression for the ages as Sam's daughter, Danielle. De Niro played Max Cady, a vengeful sex offender who, once out of jail, attempts to torture his lawyer, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), who he blames for his 14-year imprisonment. But though he tries to use his smarts and the help of the police chief (Martin Balsam) and a private investigator (Telly Savalas), Cady proves to be just as smart himself. The film never even has to be that explicit or in-your-face about Cady’s intentions. The impressive supporting cast included Jessica Lange as Leigh, Sam's wife, and cameos from actors who were in the original, including Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck (in what would be his final film). Cady’s relentless pursuit of the Bowdens makes Sam constantly back himself into a moral corner. Chief amongst these animal instincts is fear, and Scorsese takes several opportunities in Cape Fear to explore fear from a Nietzschean perspective. It's a music subreddit with a different theme every day. As the wax begins to drip, Cady tells Leigh, “Let’s get something straight here. And knowledge, for Nietzsche, involves a ‘will to truth’ – a passion to learn from errors which teach us lessons of self-preservation. The following day the Bowden family attend an Independence Day parade, while wholesome spectators (the Nietzschean herd) look on. The implication is that Sam was guilty of pretending to be civilized – of repressing his primordial nature. Her favorite films are Poltergeist and Child's Play. The latter is visibly terrified at the possibility that he will have to face Cady one-to-one. To have complete access to the thousands of philosophy articles on this site, please, “Among all the forms of intelligence that have been discovered to date, ‘instinct’ is the most intelligent. She didn’t even have a name. It’s one Nietzsche would certainly have greeted with approval. By contrast, Scorsese’s remake subjects the whole system of modern Western values to an inexorably Nietzschean scrutiny, by means of which Scorsese takes us beyond the clich éd Hollywood opposition of good and evil. I mean, all the other girls came in with their moms." He has a reputation for philandering, and his mar riage is rocky, to put it mildly. Sam achieves his ultimate victory over his enemy and saves his marriage by shedding his conformity to moral decency and fighting like a savage. Scorsese himself draws on the image of fireworks, as a symbol of modern values as espoused by the French and American revolutions, by setting the start of Cape Fear on the day before Independence Day. With its themes of revenge and good versus evil, the story is timeless. Under Kersek’s influence Sam finally decides to use the law as Cady does – cleverly, as an instrument of his will to power, and not as an absolute. "It was to my advantage because I knew that was not a normal situation for [De Niro], interviewing young girls," Lewis said. Lewis had herself declared as an adult at 14 to be free of child actor labor laws. Nietzsche felt that Europeans adopted this sense of ‘good’ as ‘harmless’ primarily because of fear – thus identifying fear as the mother of morality. Composer Elmer Bernstein adapted Bernard Herrmann's 1962 score from the original Cape Fear, even though Bernstein admitted that Herrmann probably would have hated the idea. "It seemed like sort of a failed Hitchcock, which doesn't really turn me on. This provides Scorsese with a visual way to express Sam’s Nietzschean ‘evolution’ back to a more atavistic state: his transition from representing the law as valuable in itself, to his use of the law as a tool in the arsenal of his will, is simultaneous with his transition from a biped to a hominid crawling on all fours. De Niro also reportedly paid a dentist $5000 to grind down his teeth, then another $20,000 after filming wrapped to have them fixed. You know the South evolved in fear – fear of the Indian, fear of the slave, fear of the damn Union. At one point, Cady picks up a girl at a bar and goes home with her. Even Cady himself uses that language, once describing himself flatteringly as “one hell of an animal.” But in Scorsese’s hands, the common idea that an animal is less than human is supplanted by the Nietzschean idea of our animal nature being an essential part of being a complete human – a part that we repress at our peril. ", Strick planned to pass on the project, but found himself unable to say no to Spielberg when they met in person. Thankfully, he makes the right choice. While moral codes allow a kind offreedom, they are a tyranny against nature. You think a couple a whacks to my good-ole-boy guts is gonna get me down? Please enter your username or email address. Illeana Douglas had that infamous crime in mind when preparing to play the role of Lori Davis. Lewis did not know De Niro was going to stick his thumb into her mouth before kissing her. © Philosophy Now 2020. It was also Nietzsche who originally said “Whatever doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” In the final act of Cape Fear, Cady lights a flare and watches unflinchingly as its hot wax drips down his arm.

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