Movie
1996
The Funeral is a 1996 American crime drama film directed by Abel Ferrara from a screenplay by Nicholas St. John, and starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio del Toro and Gretchen Mol. The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York City in the 1930s. It details, through a series of flashbacks, the…
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Abel Ferrara was never among the best of American directors, but he is one of the most interesting. Unlike many of his colleagues, he is least willing to compromise and each of his films represents the most accurate expression of the director's artistic sensibility. As a result, Ferrara's films are recognisable yet intriguing, even when they deal with seemingly over-exploited subjects. Good example of that is Ferrar…More
