The Abel Ferrara Thread

[LineSix]

Originally Posted by reaper72

No it's a UK company mate,and not one involved with Cult Labs......

Anyway,back to the subject of Ferrara's films,if it happens,then we'll rejoice....

Think NINE LIVES OF A WET PUSSY would pass uncut?

Ah, ok. If you said US, I would have thought that it would be released by Blue Underground. But apparently not.

Anyway, yeah, back to his other films. Has anyone seen The Funeral or The Addiction?

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

I've had THE ADDICTION for AGES,but never got round to it.Got it in Woolies for a quid.
THE FUNERAL any good?

[LineSix]

Yeah, both are superb films. They released both films in a two-disc set over here in the UK back in 2003 which I picked up, although they are both full screen versions which is annoying and have no extras to speak of.

[Gojirosan]

The most pressing one for me is "Mary" which I am desperate to see.

I love his work, even his duffers have interesting stuff in them.

"Fear City" and "Cat Chaser" could do with definitive releases - ideally restored by AF himself.

"China Girl" was slightly trimmed in the UK but would pass fine now and is a great flick.

I've always wanted decent copies of his 2 "Miami Vice" episodes which were the best of the whole series IMO, especially "Home Invasion".

I saw "Body Snatchers" at a press screening back in 1993 when I was a film writer for some local mags ansd it looked spectacular. I have yet to see a video/DVD print do justice to way it looked on the big screen. Needs a decent transfer. It's a very under-rated film as is and the grainy prints doing the rounds won't help it's rep.

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by reaper72

Take the BLACK AND DECKER PORTO-PAK to this mans head please.....

please don't im going have a look around for some now


just checked ive not seen any others apart from driller killer,i have the 2 disc version with the short films on it but which others would everyone recommend

[LineSix]

Originally Posted by bitchslicer

please don't im going have a look around for some now


just checked ive not seen any others apart from driller killer,i have the 2 disc version with the short films on it but which others would everyone recommend

Ms.45: Angel of Vengeance
King of New York
Bad Lieutenant
The Funeral
The Addiction

Those are generally his most well-known ones really and are all fantastic films.

[Kyle]

thanx linesix, ill go check some out

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bitchslicer

please don't im going have a look around for some now


just checked ive not seen any others apart from driller killer,i have the 2 disc version with the short films on it but which others would everyone recommend

Only joking mate!
MS.45 and BAD LIEUTENANT are instant must-havesBS!

Keitel's performance has to be seen to be believed!

[42ndStreetFreak]

Big Ferrara fan (check out the superb 'The Moral Vision' book about him) and have compiled a pretty good set of reviews for him (whore twat that I am)
http://www.beardyfreak.com/index.php?abel

There are reviews of both "Miami Vice" episodes, the "Crime Story" pilot and his Mylene Farmer music video on there as well as the fully uncut "9 Lives" from a dupe of the OOP VHS release (the film is cut on DVD sadly)

My (movie) order would be;

"King of New York"
"Bad Lt"
"Ms .45"
"Crime Story" (TV movie Pilot)
"Driller Killer (The)"
"The Funeral"
"The Blackout"
"Cat Chaser"
"9 Lives of a Wet Pussy"
"The Addiction"
"China Girl"
"R Xmas"
"Fear City"
"Bodysnatchers"
"Dangerous Game"
"The Gladiator"

He seems to have moved away from genre movies recently. But i described the man and his films, before his fall (again) into relative obscurity around the time of the ill-fated "New Rose Hotel", as;
Ferrara is one of the few Director's around today that makes Grindhouse orientated movies, be it in style, budget or a mixture of both, designed to get a proper cinema release.
Even bigger budgeted films in his hands play like they crawled out of the local flea-pit, hungover, tripping, with crotch itch and a hard-on.
And that's something, and someone, to be cherished.

[Kyle]

i think i saw a tiny bit of bad lieutenant when i was a kid, if its the right film im thinking about my dad and me sat down to watch a film and a police guy (harvey keitel) was masturbating next to someones car while they were in it , my dad turned it off and watched it later when i was in bed .

is this bad lieutenant