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The director, Abel Ferrara, uses flashbacks to lead us back up to the murder, showing Johnny as a misfit even within a family of misfits, a mobster assigned to work with a mob-connected union, who attends a workers’ meeting and perhaps even feels some sympathy with the communists who are haranguing it. He has odd tastes for a young man; at a ...
Oct 13, 2023 · The Funeral, which reunites Ferrara with Christopher Walken for the first time since King of New York, is the prime example of Ferrara’s film being a familiar-sounding “disruptor” – “a genre disruptor”, in this case.
Reception from critics was positive, as The Funeral holds a 79% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 34 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, "Abel Ferrara reunites with Christopher Walken to forge another haunting gangster saga, delivering a bruising exploration of vengeance."
"The Funeral" is one of Abel Ferrara's best movies, not to say his best work besides the instant classic "King of New York". The cast is superb, and all the big names (Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Isabella Rossellini etc.) give breathtaking performances that you'll never forget.
Nov 8, 1996 · Abel Ferrara’s “The Funeral” takes us down the familiar mean streets of the period gangster picture as if we hadn’t been there many times before. Ferrara and his frequent co-writer,...
The Funeral: Directed by Abel Ferrara. With Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini. After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
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