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Denver Film Festival creative director Matt Campbell discusses Nicolas Cage in Dream Scenario.

Quick: What’s a good adjective for Nicolas Cage’s screen presence? Mercurial, perhaps? Volcanic? Volatile? How about mundane, schlubby, average? Not the page we’d think to turn to in our Roget’s Thesaurus. Yet here Cage is, channeling his inner drabness to chillingly comic effect in Kristoffer Borgli’s “Dream Scenario.” As Paul Matthews (heck, even the name

Nicolas Cage plays a nebbishy biology professor who unwittingly infiltrates the dreams of strangers in Kristoffer Borgli's funny but disappointing dark comedy.

A dull college professor finds fame when he starts making inexplicable appearances in the dreams of strangers in this smart, fantastical exploration of viral success.

Mundane, schlubby, average Nicholas Cage taps into his inner drabness for sharp comedy

Mundane, schlubby, average Nicholas Cage taps into his inner drabness for sharp comedy

Mundane, schlubby, average Nicholas Cage taps into his inner drabness for sharp comedy

Mundane, schlubby, average Nicholas Cage taps into his inner drabness for sharp comedy

What's better than rewatching 'Midsommar' whenever you can? Buying new merch for the film from A24 to channel your inner Dani.