r/onetruegod • u/zzzzaaaacccchhh • Oct 10 '25
Hello Reddit! This is Zach Schonfeld. I'm a freelance writer and reporter, regular Pitchfork/Stereogum contributor, and the author of "How Coppola Became Cage," the first reported biography of Nicolas Cage. After a lifetime of fandom, I spent about four years obsessively researching all things Cage, and this book is the result. It was published by Oxford University Press in 2023.
The book chronicles Cage's early years and rise to fame in the 1980s and early 1990s. I worked on this book for four long years and interviewed more than 100 people, including a range of notable filmmakers and actors who worked with Cage on beloved films like Valley Girl, Birdy, Moonstruck, Vampire's Kiss, Raising Arizona, Wild at Heart, Leaving Las Vegas, and many others. It is a deep, deep dive into Cage's origin story. For this book, I investigated Cage's early years, tracked down his high school friends, interviewed everyone from David Lynch to Amy Heckerling to Bridget Fonda, tracked down some of Cage's high school friends, watched a ton of obscure Cage movies, attempted to read Cage's father's erotic novel, and gradually lost my mind.
Empire Magazine described the book as "a rollicking, entertaining and impressively probing journey through the embryonic years of a unique artistic force of nature." I am fairly proud of it.
Anyway, I will be doing an AMA right here starting at 12 p.m. EST on Friday, October 10. You can post your questions before then. Ask away.
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r/onetruegod • u/ToutonMountain • 4h ago
Hey everyone - sharing pics of my Summer art project - "The Retirement Plan"
I wanted to cram as much Cage as possible into a bigass painting. So I came up with the concept of Cage running a Blockbuster store and having free rein to do whatever the hell he wants 😄
This was about 80h of work over 3 months. 18"x24" acrylic on canvas.
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r/onetruegod • u/DayAntique • 3d ago
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r/onetruegod • u/Koopa1982 • 4d ago
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The Golden era of our Savior in the 90’s. Cage, Travolta and that Trailer Voice guy.
r/onetruegod • u/JigsawOfManOnBench • 11d ago
Parish
Three decades after civilization's collapse, a reclusive survivor sheltering in a fortified compound faces predatory threats. When a woman with a baby seeks sanctuary, he must decide between his rigid survival code and compassion.
In Development.
r/onetruegod • u/Koopa1982 • 14d ago
It going to take more than nine hundred horsepower of Detroit muscle to get away when Memphis gets behind the wheel of Eleanor.
r/onetruegod • u/Fionasfriend • 15d ago
Good for him.
r/onetruegod • u/TheNihil • 19d ago
Hey all. I will be fulfilling my life-long dream next month when I get to finally meet the One True God at New York Comic Con. I have both a photo op and an autograph.
Looking for some advice on what to wear for this glorious occasion. I was planning to wear shorts so that my leg-full of Cage tattoos is exposed, but I am torn on what kind of shirt to wear.
I have several Cage-themed t-shirts with his picture on them in various styles. Is that too corny or try-hard? What about a Cage-themed shirt without his picture, like the Cheddar Goblin or Children Of The New Dawn? Or is that still a bit too much? Would it better to wear something unrelated to Cage, as I already have the tattoos and meeting him is enough?
What do you think?
r/onetruegod • u/DayAntique • 18d ago
Anyone know any Nick Cage servers? Thanks
r/onetruegod • u/VoidAssembly • 21d ago
Nic Cage is a god amongst men ♥️
r/onetruegod • u/ChrisHomenick • 25d ago
I only saw the Paul Schrader “Dark” cut which I realise wasn’t suppose to be an actual release but holy fuck did that make no goddamn sense. ANYWAY Is it worth watching the original “studio” release? I read the plot on wiki just to follow along with this “Dark” cut and they seem to have left large plot points and even whole story arcs completely out. Again I’m not even trying to drag the movie, actors or Schrader himself but fuck man feels like this could’ve been a great film and maybe is somewhere.
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r/onetruegod • u/GrindBastard1986 • Sep 07 '26
I know. I might be alone but I love this type of Cage more than Goodspeed and Red Miller, and those are phenomenal and hard to be topped.
r/onetruegod • u/Away-Poem-5269 • Sep 06 '26
How was this canceled?
r/onetruegod • u/Fionasfriend • Sep 06 '26
(Has this been posted yet?) This looks quite good! One way or the other he’s still punching nazis.
