HBO Directors Dialogues: Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara discusses "4:44: Last Day On Earth" at the 49th New York Film Festival. The Directors Dialogues series at NYFF is sponsored by HBO®.
Bronx native Abel Ferrara directed his first low-budget feature in 1979 and, in the three decades since, has cemented his status as a legend of American independent filmmaking with his signature uncompromising portraits of men and women in conflict with their inner demons: "Ms. 45," "King of New York" (NYFF '90), "Bad Lieutenant." As he comes to the New York Film Festival with his intimate end-of-the-world tale "4:44: Last Day On Earth," Ferrara will discuss the breadth of his remarkable career and his return to New York filmmaking after an extended stay in Europe.
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[@JohnColucci88]

I love this guy. Total genius. Criminally underrated

[@RDOTCW]

This guy has got to be my favourite director... Iv just started watching he's films. And what can i say this guy delivers always. Abel is the man

[@ThirstyEye]

Cronenberg would definitely be my fave. But Abel has had some good ones. And, of course, he's always a good interview or audio commentary.

[@KitschProductions1]

This is really one of my favourite director talks, he's got such a sharp perspective on it all.

[@1alethiaward]

Long Live Abel Ferrara

[@txhc666]

The Driller Killer!!

[@tonywords6713]

Such a great storyteller

[@user-uf4pe9ix2l]

I m the greatest fan of versatile Director The greatest Abel Ferrara Warm welcome to Malayalam Film Industry Kerala India

[@benwil1715]

First 🎥 i seen from this pizone' was Bad Lieutenant... I was 17 or 18...i was a die- hard met fan from nassau county N.Y.... With my own "problems".. Seeing Kietels preformance... Especially church scene...."was dead on"!!... It made me tear up...it hit a nerve... It was honest...the dialogue was engaging...thats a movie i wanna see!!!.. Nowadays, its all cgi superhero movies that play on the screen more like a "video game" as opposed to a movie!!... I didnt walk out of" spiderman", feeling like i did from "Bad Lieutenant",... Two different types of movies?..."maybe",... But only one will be with me till the day im 6 feet under.....

[@yaboydolphin]

well said hope youre doin alright

[@rentalife]

he's agenius cause it's not only b-movies.He revolucionated modern cinema!

[@mondomacabromajor5731]

What the heck happened to the end of this - it was just getting solid gold - and you cut it off!!!!

[@lbhurt]

Bad Lieutenant is epic (the first one with Harvey Keitel, not the POS Nick Cage remake).

[@FranticAnimations]

The remake isn't that bad. Plus, Herzog >>>> Ferrara.

[@user61920]

I'm very glad you say the remake was a pos because it really was. Complete garbage, why TF did nic cage have an accent some scenes and not have one in another?

[@Johnconno]

Did Abel take voice lessons to sound like Vito Corleone?

[@michaelrobert5652]

legend

[@ReactionShot]

Being on the set of an Abel Ferrara film is like watching someone dangle a lit match over a swimming pool full of gasoline.

[@retter2critical]

It cuts out when he was about to talk conspiracy and name names... A conspiracy!

[@CircuitRider]

You know.. abel ferrara is brilliant..ya know. You know?

[@user61920]

Have you met an old school new Yorker? They talk like this bud

[@paolobernardini]

he looks more articulate than usual

[@dullknifefactory]

Sober. You mean sober.

[@NECHOII]

*1:21** CORRECTION! LATE 70'S (1978 released in theaters in 1979) HOWEVER VIPCO RELEASED IT IN THE EARLY 80'S (1982)*

[@jackmonroe5531]

why so edited? They didn't even finish the Damon Dash story!

[@renaissanceguerrilla863]

ABEL.FUCKING.FERRARA.

[@robzilla730]

He sounds like Don Corleone

[@robzilla730]

Before Quentin Tarantino there was Abel Ferrara.

[@plasticweapon]

shut up.

[@robzilla730]

@@plasticweapon make me

[@user61920]

Weird comparison because they make totally different films.

[@robzilla730]

@user61920 not true. Both make crime movies. Both make character studies. Ferrara is influential in a Sam Fuller way...

[@user61920]

@@robzilla730 those are two very general similarities lol there were a ton of directors before QT that did crime movies which were character studies.