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Abel Ferrara ([ferˈraːra]; born July 19, 1951) [1] is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and songwriter. He is best known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery.
Ms .45 (also known as Angel of Vengeance or Ms. 45) is a 1981 American exploitation thriller film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Zoë Tamerlis.. Inspired by films such as Thriller – A Cruel Picture (1973), Death Wish (1974), and Taxi Driver (1976), the film is a rape and revenge story about Thana, a mute woman who becomes a spree killer after she is raped twice in one day when going ...
The Addiction is a 1995 American vampire horror film directed by Abel Ferrara and written by Nicholas St. John.Starring Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco, Paul Calderón, Fredro Starr, Kathryn Erbe, and Michael Imperioli, the film follows a philosophy graduate student who is turned into a vampire after being bitten by a woman during a chance encounter on the ...
The Funeral is a 1996 American crime-drama film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio del Toro and Gretchen Mol. The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York City in 1930s. It details, through ...
Fear City is a 1984 American neo-noir [2] erotic thriller film directed by Abel Ferrara [3] and starring Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, and Melanie Griffith.The screenplay was written by longtime Ferrara collaborator Nicholas St. John.
'R Xmas is a 2001 American crime film directed by Abel Ferrara. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. [1] Its U.S. release was delayed by StudioCanal's difficulty in finding a domestic distributor [2] and internal financial troubles. [3]
The Driller Killer is a 1979 black comedy slasher film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Ferrara (credited as Jimmy Laine), Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, and Harry Schultz. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The plot concerns Reno Miller, a struggling artist in New York City , turning insane from stress and killing derelicts with a power drill.
The website's consensus reads, "Zeros and Ones is poorly lit and beset by narrative chaos, but Ethan Hawke's passionate performance is a solid fit for Abel Ferrara's intriguingly idiosyncratic storytelling." [7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews". [8]