“See Pig and Tremble before your own Mortality”
Pig’s funniest, most powerful moment comes when Robin and Amir visit the city’s hottest restaurant… Calling the chef (David Knell), a former employee of his, to the table, Robin tells him that everything around them is meaningless: “The critics aren’t real, the customers aren’t real, because this isn’t real. You aren’t real. Why do you care about these people? … They don’t even know …
Review: “Artsy ‘Pig’: Nicolas’ Cage’s Latest Is Not a Gonzo Revenge Pic; It’s Actually a Restrained, Deliberate Art Film”
It’s become natural to expect Cage to go gonzo with his acting … but he doesn’t have that role in Pig. That distinction goes to David Knell as a pompous chef who shares the film’s best scene with Cage. Knell is one of those recognizable actors you might not know by name, even though he’s been around (Total Recall, Alf, …
