Interview: Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant Producer Alan Polsky

If you go see Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans this weekend and walk out of it thinking, how the hell did this movie get made and come together this way, well, here's the story. A few weeks ago I met up with producer Alan Polsky (seen to the left with Herzog) at a lunch joint in Beverly Hills to talk about how he got into the business (Alan and his brother Gabe recently started producing) and how this version of Bad Lieutenant got made with such heavyweights as Nicolas Cage and Werner Herzog. Not only is the Bad Lieutenant story great to hear, but he's got big aspirations for the future. So read on!

And before we start, I saw Herzog's Bad Lieutenant at Telluride (read my review) and absolutely loved it. Despite hating the promo trailer, I actually loved the movie, it was crazy and hilarious ...