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Crew:

Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay: Nicholas St. John
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: Navaron Films

The Driller Killer

A film by Abel Ferrara

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Haunted by bizarre hallucinations and the fear he'll end up a wino like his father, the artist eventually snaps and begins taking out his frustrations on a growing number of homeless people, attacking them with a power drill. In time, his violent obsessions get worse and he begins attacking people closer to him, including an art dealer and a woman he's been dating.
  • Cast:

    Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, Harry Schultz
  • Original Title:

    The Driller Killer
  • Country:

    United States of America
  • Year:

    1979
  • 94'

Crew:

Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay: Nicholas St. John
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: Navaron Films

Director

Abel Ferrara

Born in New York in 1951, Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content of his films, his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. He maintains a cult reputation that allows him to navigate between large-budget features and decadent B-movie-style tales. A long-time independent filmmaker, his best-known films include Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Funeral (1996) and Pasolini (2014). Abel Ferrara has been a guest of LEFFEST several times, and his work was screened  in a Retrospective at LEFFEST’ 17. He returns this year to the festival to present his new film Padre Pio.
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