Abel Ferrara

Just for the record, I started making films when I was 17 in 1968 and have never stopped for 1 minute and am not planning to.

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Talks

Revisited: Abel Ferrara Talks the Actor-Director Relationship and the Rewards of Collaboration

By Abel Ferrara | September 7, 2022

By Abel Ferrara | September 7, 2022

Revisited: Abel Ferrara Talks the Actor-Director Relationship and the Rewards of Collaboration

As Abel Ferrara's new feature Padre Pio premieres at the Venice Film Festival, we look back at his 2015 essay for Talkhouse.

Revisited: The Way We Get By: Abel Ferrara on the Films of John Cassavetes

By Abel Ferrara | December 30, 2020

By Abel Ferrara | December 30, 2020

Revisited: The Way We Get By: Abel Ferrara on the Films of John Cassavetes

Under lockdown in Rome, the director of Bad Lieutenant and Driller Killer looks to the works of a legendary auteur as a form of escape.

The Way We Get By: Abel Ferrara on the Films of John Cassavetes

By Abel Ferrara | April 2, 2020

By Abel Ferrara | April 2, 2020

The Way We Get By: Abel Ferrara on the Films of John Cassavetes

Under lockdown in Rome, the director of Bad Lieutenant and Driller Killer looks to the works of a legendary auteur as a form of escape.

Revisited: Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) Talks with Gaspar Noé (Love) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

By Abel Ferrara | January 2, 2016

By Abel Ferrara | January 2, 2016

Revisited: Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) Talks with Gaspar Noé (Love) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

Two of cinema's bad boy directors chat about Padre Pio, pornography, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and more.

Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) Talks with Gaspar Noé (Love) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

By Abel Ferrara | November 3, 2015

By Abel Ferrara | November 3, 2015

Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) Talks with Gaspar Noé (Love) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

Two of cinema's bad boy directors chat about Padre Pio, pornography, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and more.

Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) Talks the Actor/Director Relationship and the Rewards of Collaboration

By Abel Ferrara | June 13, 2015

By Abel Ferrara | June 13, 2015

Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) Talks the Actor/Director Relationship and the Rewards of Collaboration

Fittingly, this piece on filmmaking and communal creativity is itself an act of collaboration between writer and editor.