King of New York (1990) | Extreme Control | Video Essay

Abel Ferrara’s King of New York released in 1990, is a work that is considered by many to be one of the best films in the crime genre. Abel Ferrara has often said that he made little money from King of New York as the films success came later on the video rental market. But King of New York's notoriety and reputation as a stone cold classic among film fans helped to get Abel Ferrara to where he is today in his career. A place where he is able to make even more personal films of an experimental nature. Abel Ferrara has said that King of New York could be considered as a reflection of the times that it was made and was influenced by the new millionaire gangsters that were born from the 1980’s drug trade that were gone from the New York City scene as quickly as they arrived. It is Abel Ferrara's unique style that helped to capture a very certain time in the history of New York City.
In this Video essay we will explore King of New York and the films production history as well as retrospectively looking at Abel Ferrara's other works such as The Driller Killer, Mulberry St., Chelsea on the Rocks, The Addiction and later works like Siberia and Zeros and Ones, to help explore Abel Ferrara's filmmaking techniques and look at how King of New York fits into the career of of renowned filmmaker Abel Ferrara.
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[@donragnar8430]

Criminally underrated masterpiece of the the 90s

[@brandonhamaguchi]

The Laurence Fishboune character death leve me in awe by how raw and visceral it was

[@johnrenneysboneyardcinema]

Thanks for watching. Yeah, its an incredible scene. All that wonderful back lit rain and the cries of pain echoing in that underpass, I love the build up to that moment. The fact he dies laughing truly shows his characters insanity, it is indeed a raw moment that is incredibly powerful. Thanks again.

[@MatheusOliveira-fy1gk]

This movie, Bad Lieutenant and New Rose Hotel are Masterpieces

[@johnrenneysboneyardcinema]

Thanks for watching. I totally agree, New Rose Hotel is such an underrated film, so powerful. I recently read the William Gibson short story it was based on for the first and like Jack Finney's Body Snatchers I think Ferrara did a very excellent and respectful adaptation. Thanks again.

[@morganhay3968]

Glad to see someone else has seen New Rose Hotel - I wanted to watch it for years, being a huge fan of William Gibson, and when I finally got to see it I was not disappointed.

[@morganhay3968]

Watched this again for the first time in forever last year and was really surprised at how good it was, having only really remembered it as an over-the-top violent gangster film. I suppose when I first watched it I was perhaps too young to really appreciate it.

[@urbanoteal6334]

I saw a short on YT of this movie and I liked the aesthetic so I watched it and it was so much better than I expected. I can’t believe I never heard of this movie before!

[@johnrenneysboneyardcinema]

Thanks for watching. Yeah I agree it's a great film one of my favourites. If you haven't seen it yet check out Bad Lieutenant with Harvey Keitel, it's by the same filmmaker and just as great imo. Love Abel Ferrara's work. Thanks again for watching and sharing your comments.

[@Rabaiolli_]

great content dude, keep it up!

[@alanhouston5874]

Stone Cold All Timer
Great video. Despite being hyper-realistic this film does feel like it is taking you inside a real world with the art direction / real locations and spot on casting
A bit of a shame Jimmy Jump isn’t featured more in mainstream pop culture as it’s one of the great performances

[@johnrenneysboneyardcinema]

@@alanhouston5874 thanks for watching. Yeah Fishburn is great in the role, it has a great cast of people who would go on to success. It's my favourite of his movies that he's done I think. Fantastic actor.

[@machinelearng]

I saw this film when it came out in Century City in a theater that was a few doors down from the old Playboy Club. They also made the 2nd Planet Of The Apes movie in that plaza. I don't remember seeing ads or commercials for the movie but I went to see it. I was blown away at how raw it was. At how gangster it was. I put it up there with Scarface

[@johnrenneysboneyardcinema]

Thanks for watching, yeah its a great movie, so much atmosphere and attitude from the filmmakers and the actors. I agree its up there with the best like scarface. We've had so many others that tried to do something similar and were pretty good like, New Jack City but I always come back to the King. Thanks for sharing comments, much appreciated.

[@michaelcharnoff6556]

Great movie

[@iriswood3744]

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