The Abel Ferrara Thread

[LineSix]

Originally Posted by reaper72

Not as amusing as his full frontal naked-whining-shuffle.....

Yeah, that was crazy. A wtf moment though when you see it.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

[Kyle]

ive just ordered the cheap uk edition for £4 to see if i like it then if i do ill order the r1

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

If extras don't bother you,then the r2's fine mate.

[vincenzo]

The extras on the R2 (Pathe) release are pretty minimal. Trailer, promo trailers for other Ferrara films, and a text biography.

The US Lionsgate is widescreen with the Ferrara commentary, trailer and 3 combined featurettes.

[LineSix]

As I said, they need to reissue his films over here, they are all old versions now from 2003 in full screen. They need proper special edition re-releases in my opinion.

[42ndStreetFreak]

Originally Posted by LineSix

Superb performance, the bit were he decides to shoot the radio is always amusing though.

Saw this with a cinema crowd, and it wasn't so such much the radio shooting itself that got a laugh but the punchline when he comes to his senses and quickly puts the light and siren on!
Another class example (like the famous "Police activity" gem) of Lt abusing his Cop privileges!

[Philleh]

Did anyone catch the Bill Hader parody of this? It was hilarious, that radio shooting sequence got spoofed - hard!

[Rhodes]

i have to agree with you all here, ferrera is a genius and his films get nowhere near the kind of respect they deserve.
i've heard that abel owns a much longer print of 'cat chaser' which he sometimes shows at festivals, and i wonder if there is any way of contacting the man and getting this released?

also, 'mary' - why isn't this available anywhere?

the funeral is my favourite gangster film of all time, from billie holiday singing gloomy sunday, vincent gallo's portrayl of a corpse, chris penn's best performance (he really is the devil in this film, and he can belt out a song as well as any blues singer, seriously that scene is amazing!), the blacker than black colour scheme, christopher walkens 'i know im going to roast in hell' speech, del toro's visciousness as casper, i really think it's better than godfather goodfellas and all the rest of them. i only have the uk release, is there a reccomended version with better specs i should track down?

but yes in general abel ferrera films are in serious need of the deluxe treatment over here in the uk, and i would hope that arrow and shameless will step up to the challenge at some point in the not to distant future

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

So.Anyone else pick up the cracking French release of this?

Another film which would be right up Arrow's street.