Now, Don’t get me wrong, Abel Ferrara is no king of directing, he’s not even a second tier director.  But, he does manage to get some solid, powerful performances from his cast; whether it’s Zoë Lund as the victim-turned-murderer in Ms. 45 (a guilty pleasure of mine) or a menacing cop played by Harvey Keitel in [...]

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Quite possibly the most bizarre news to ever come out of the Cannes Film Festival, a remake of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant was announced late last week, with Werner Herzog directing and Nicolas Cage starring.
Just think about that for a moment. Herzog. Cage. A remake of one of the most sexually disturbing films ever.

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