Remember the gangster magnum opus “The King of New York” starring Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne and Wesley Snipes? Turns out sweaty, cantankerous cretin Abel Ferrara is planning a prequel to his 1990 ahead-of-its-time classic.
Ok, this isn’t exactly new, we admit. The low-life malcontent director announced his intentions on making this film ages ago, but like any good Ferrara film, financing usually takes a couple of years.
Titled, “The Last Crew,” (or “Pericle il Nero” depending on which online source you trust) and set in the ’70s Ferrara – who is promoting his new stripper T&A film, “Go Go Tales” – talked about the film recently to Paper Magazine (according to IMDB Michael Pitt is one of the actors attached).
Ok, he didn’t say much other than indicating that it typically doesn’t have money behind it yet, “I can’t wait to get started. When the money starts coming faster we’ll start envisioning it more clearly,” he told Paper mag succinctly.
And it’s the first he’s said of it in a while. As for recording commentary for his own films like ‘King,’ he said, “Those things are a joke but the pay is good sometimes. It’s like watching home movies — there’s Nicky, Uncle Victor, that kind of thing.”
As for “Go Go Tales,” you’ll remember that naked cliche/provocatress Asia Argento makes out with a Rottweiler in the film. Other film highlights include Matthew Modine banging on a toy piano and scat-singing while his miniature fox terrier straddles a pole and Pras from the Fugees microwaving “free range hot dogs.”
The film starts out with “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell and the Drells and Grace Jones is all over the soundtrack as well. During the NY Film Fest’s screening last week Abel stepped on stage during the credits, tried to address the crowd through a turned-off mic, then threw a beer bottle and stormed off. Earlier on Ferrara was in fine form looking a mess, yelling at the audience from the wings and sweating profusely onstage. Ah, gotta love him.
Abel Ferrara Talks Strippers At the NY Film Fest Press Conference
Thanks to Doug Mosurock for contributing to this report.