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Tag Archives: Abel Ferrara
Dangerous Game (1993) Abel Ferrara, Harvey Keitel, Madonna, James Russo
Eddie Israel is a moviemaker. He is beginning the shooting of “The mother of mirrors”, starring Francis Burns and Sarah Jennings. Read More »
The Funeral (1996) Abel Ferrara, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra
In the 30’s, in New York, the coffin of the leftist gangster Johnny Tempio Read More »
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2009) Abel Ferrara, Luca Lionello, Salvatore Ruocco, Benedito Sicca
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli, Abel Ferrara’s new project, is not only a portrait of the city itself, but a deep sight into its humanity, vital and brutal, passionate and cruel at the same time. Read More »
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008) Abel Ferrara, Ira Cohen, Gerald Busby, Stanley Bard
Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from the legendary residence, the Chelsea Hotel, in the heart of New York. Read More »
The Driller Killer (1979) Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day
Reno is an artist struggling to survive in NYC. He draws inspiration from scenes of daily street life and occasional random violence. Read More »
Fear City (1984) Abel Ferrara, Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia
A killer is targeting New York City strippers, and world-weary policeman Al Wheeler (Billy Dee Williams) Read More »
King of New York (1990) Abel Ferrara, Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Action, Crime, Thriller
After completing a lengthy prison sentence, one-time drug kingpin Frank White returns to New York intent on reestablishing his empire and making things as they were before he left. Read More »
Cat Chaser (1989) Abel Ferrara, Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Go Go Tales (2007) Abel Ferrara, Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Matthew Modine, Comedy, Drama
A screwball comedy centered on a Manhattan go-go dancing club, where a financial struggle between the owner, his accountant and his silent partner brother threatens the business’s future. Read More »
The Gladiator (1986) Abel Ferrara, Ken Wahl, Nancy Allen, Robert Culp, Action, Drama, Thriller
A homicidal maniac is on the loose, killing motorists at random in his “death car” – after losing his brother to the twisted assassin “Skull”, Rick Benten becomes a vigilante, and takes it upon himself to hunt down the reckless drivers that fill the streets at night.
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Body Snatchers (1993) Abel Ferrara, Gabrielle Anwar, Meg Tilly, Terry Kinney, Horror, Sci-Fi
Family moves to military base for the summer, but the soldiers are behaving even more strangely than usual. Is it a toxic spill as suggested or is it something more sinister?
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The Blackout (1997) Abel Ferrara, Matthew Modine, Claudia Schiffer, Béatrice Dalle, Drama
Matty is a film star who is tired of Hollywood life and moves to Miami, where he makes a proposal to his girlfriend Annie. She is not ready to marry him, and it is revealed that she had an abortion. Depressed because he lost his baby (though it was him who initially asked for abortion), Matty, together with his friend Micky, go on a wild night, they meet a waitress also called Annie and in the end of the night Matty passes out. A year and a half later Matty lives in New York, leads a clean life visiting AA meetings and has a relationship with attractive blonde Susan. He is still obsessed with Annie and returns to Miami, where unexpected news about Annie 2 (the waitress) waits for him.
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Pasolini (2014) Abel Ferrara, Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Riccardo Scamarcio, Biography, Drama
We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli (Riccardo Scamarcio), and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray Alfa Romeo. Over the course of the action, Pasolini’s life and his art (represented by scenes from his films, his novel-in-progress Petrolio, and his projected film Porno-Teo-Kolossal) are constantly refracted and intermingled to the point where they become one.
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