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Revisited: Abel Ferrara Talks the Actor-Director Relationship and the Rewards of Collaboration

By Abel Ferrara | September 7, 2022

By Abel Ferrara | September 7, 2022

Revisited: Abel Ferrara Talks the Actor-Director Relationship and the Rewards of Collaboration

As Abel Ferrara's new feature Padre Pio premieres at the Venice Film Festival, we look back at his 2015 essay for Talkhouse.

My Times with Harry Dean Stanton

By Brian McGuire | September 18, 2017

By Brian McGuire | September 18, 2017

My Times with Harry Dean Stanton

Actor turned writer-director Brian McGuire remembers his late friend, a screen icon who he directed in four movies.

Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) Talks the Actor/Director Relationship and the Rewards of Collaboration

By Abel Ferrara | June 13, 2015

By Abel Ferrara | June 13, 2015

Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) Talks the Actor/Director Relationship and the Rewards of Collaboration

Fittingly, this piece on filmmaking and communal creativity is itself an act of collaboration between writer and editor.