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Over his four-decade long career, Abel Ferrara has built himself a reputation as one of the most audacious and unconventional filmmakers in contemporary cinema. After his beginnings in the exploitation circuit of the late 1970s he become one of the central figures in the indie wave of the 1980s and 90s and is now an established arthouse director whose versatile oeuvre crosses the boundaries of cult, independent and Hollywood cinema.

ReFocus: The Films of Abel Ferrara offers a comprehensive critical survey of the director?s work. The volume brings together a broad range of methodological, theoretical, historical and philosophical perspectives on Ferrara?s work, and case studies include Ms 45, The Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant, Pasolini and Welcome to New York.

Refocus the Films of Abel Ferrara

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 1/31/2024 12:12:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781399520096
      978-1399520096
      ISBN-10 1399520091
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Over his four-decade long career, Abel Ferrara has built himself a reputation as one of the most audacious and unconventional filmmakers in contemporary cinema. After his beginnings in the exploitation circuit of the late 1970s he become one of the central figures in the indie wave of the 1980s and 90s and is now an established arthouse director whose versatile oeuvre crosses the boundaries of cult, independent and Hollywood cinema.

      ReFocus: The Films of Abel Ferrara offers a comprehensive critical survey of the director?s work. The volume brings together a broad range of methodological, theoretical, historical and philosophical perspectives on Ferrara?s work, and case studies include Ms 45, The Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant, Pasolini and Welcome to New York.

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