“Si j’avais continué la drogue, je serais mort” : rencontre avec le toujours cash Abel Ferrara, qui publie ses Mémoires

Abel Ferrara, the independent cinema provocateur behind Bad Lieutenant (1992) and King of New York, publishes his memoir Scène with Éditions Seguier. The director discusses his Bronx upbringing, Italian-American and Irish heritage, substance addiction and recovery (fourteen years sober), and his formative experiences in transgressive cinema and counterculture. This interview-based article frames Ferrara’s raw, picaresque confessions within his artistic trajectory as a key figure in 1990s indie film aesthetics. While Ferrara’s transgressive cinematic vision aligns with dark alternative sensibilities, the memoir itself focuses primarily on biographical narrative rather than theoretical or critical engagement with the cultural moment he inhabited.

Original article published on Télérama Livres — AI-generated summary. Read the full article at the source.