Nick Nolte's Strange Documentary: The Actor Interrogates Himself

LA Times:

CANNES, France -- Celebrity interviews abound at the Cannes Film Festival: Penelope Cruz chatting on the beach, Harrison Ford talking near the red carpet, Angelina Jolie conversing in a swank hotel. But none of the Cannes dialogues is as strange as Nick Nolte's: He's actually interrogating himself in a small room.

Screening at the Cannes sales market on Thursday and Friday, "Nick Nolte: No Exit" is an almost existential documentary, part self-celebratory profile, part surreal question-and-answer session. While the film does include a range of friends and collaborators talking about the "Affliction" and "Prince of Tides" star's acting -- Ben Stiller and Jacqueline Bisset among them -- its center focuses on Nolte asking himself (and usually answering) his own queries.

At one point early in "No Exit," the 67-year-old actor poses a question to himself about working in the theater, only to growl out the reply, "That's kind of a silly question to ask."

Later, the multi-divorced Nolte asks, "How many wives have you had, Nick?" His response? "Well, that's a good question. How many wives can you have? Come on, come on, come on, let's go on. Next question!"

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Comments

[imbansheed]

The new Nick Nolte film - your reaction.

I haven't been this excited since Obama, Michelle and girls moved into the white house.

You've been time traveling again.

Yes, Nick and I like to get together in 2013 at the Hemingway Club in Pyongyang. The near future is a wonderful place to hang out.

Back to the movie - how strange is it?

Well, I didn't make to Cannes this year, but I'm sure it's strange enough to keep everybody happy. This is a man who possesses an esoteric wit with an everyman demeanor - you want to be his buddy or sister-in-law or fishing pal or charades partner or time travel companion or -

Snap out of it. What is your favorite Nick Nolte film?

Banal query... I love them all and have especially enjoyed Off the Black, Peaceful Warrior, Paris je t'aime, Clean, The Beautiful Country, The Good Thief, The Golden Bowl, Simpatico, Breakfast of Champions, Affliction -

Speaking of Affliction, similarities have been drawn between yourself and the character Mr. Nolte portrays in this film and in the Malibu Highway short.

No comment.

[PhillyQuaker]

Nick Nolte, grizzled but very intriguing, edgy guy.