This year, actress Isabelle Huppert starred in two of the most acclaimed films of the year: Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” and Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Things to Come.” For her dual performances, she won Best Actress from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the Boston Society of Film Critics, and she just topped the IndieWire’s Critics Poll for “Elle.” Now, The Film Stage reports from the Italian publication La Stampa that Huppert has been “certainly cast” in Abel Ferrara’s upcoming film “Siberia” alongside Willem Dafoe (“The Last Temptation of Christ”) and Nicolas Cage (“Raising Arizona”).
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Ferrara initially tried to launch the film via Kickstarter last year, but failed to raise enough money to meet his $50,000 goal. On the Kickstarter page, Ferrera says that “Siberia” was conceived by him and Chris Zois,...
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Ferrara initially tried to launch the film via Kickstarter last year, but failed to raise enough money to meet his $50,000 goal. On the Kickstarter page, Ferrera says that “Siberia” was conceived by him and Chris Zois,...
- 12/19/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Siberia
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writers: Abel Ferrara, Chris Zois
This may be a bit of wishful thinking for Ferrara to have his latest endeavor ready in time. Following a lucrative 2014, which saw premieres of his excellent Welcome to New York and the biopic Pasolini, Ferarra announced another collaboration with actor Willem Dafoe, titled Siberia. The project has been described as “a subjective and objective journey into the subconscious,” inspired by Carl Jung’s The Red Book. However, Ferrara went to Kickstarter to raise 500K for the film back in June, but the project didn’t reach it’s goal. We’re not sure how this affected Ferrara’s announcement of filming commencing on October, 2015, as he had mentioned other avenues of possible funding. The controversial filmmaker hasn’t confirmed any update on the project, so with a bit of wishful thinking, perhaps no news is good news.
Cast: Willem Dafoe
Production Co.
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writers: Abel Ferrara, Chris Zois
This may be a bit of wishful thinking for Ferrara to have his latest endeavor ready in time. Following a lucrative 2014, which saw premieres of his excellent Welcome to New York and the biopic Pasolini, Ferarra announced another collaboration with actor Willem Dafoe, titled Siberia. The project has been described as “a subjective and objective journey into the subconscious,” inspired by Carl Jung’s The Red Book. However, Ferrara went to Kickstarter to raise 500K for the film back in June, but the project didn’t reach it’s goal. We’re not sure how this affected Ferrara’s announcement of filming commencing on October, 2015, as he had mentioned other avenues of possible funding. The controversial filmmaker hasn’t confirmed any update on the project, so with a bit of wishful thinking, perhaps no news is good news.
Cast: Willem Dafoe
Production Co.
- 1/11/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
After lashing out against distributor IFC Films for its plans to release a director-unapproved version of "Welcome to New York" earlier this year, Abel Ferrara is turning to Kickstarter in what seems to be an effort to gain editorial control and funding. Read More: Abel Ferrara Battles for Director's Cut of 'Welcome to New York,' But Here's the Real Story Ferrara announced at Cannes that he's aiming to raise $500,000 on Kickstarter for "Siberia," his fifth collaboration with Willem Dafoe, which is described as "a subjective and objective journey into the subconscious." Chris Zois co-wrote the script with Ferrara, and his longtime collaborator Diana Phillips will produce the film inspired by Carl Jung's "The Red Book." "There's nothing more horrific than your own dreams and nightmares. I'm going back to that kind of filmmaking, to my horror film roots," Ferrara announced at Cannes. "We’re filming our...
- 5/28/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Before Cards Against Humanity, we played Apples to Apples, and if you wanted to make that game any fun at all for someone over 10, you had to have an inside joke wild card. And of course the only good wild card that could win every time no matter what was Helen Keller. Her name has become more synonymous with a meme than with her actual life. And Pro Tip: Helen Keller and Anne Frank are two different people.
But Helen Keller remains so awesome, that this latest movie that you should absolutely give all your money to is so epic that the crazy wild Wtf name Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves cannot even do it justice.
Currently Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves has 16 days left in a $1 million Indiegogo campaign to complete post-production on the film. Directed by Ross Patterson, who wrote the tongue-in-cheek Western novel At Night She Cries While He Rides His Steed,...
But Helen Keller remains so awesome, that this latest movie that you should absolutely give all your money to is so epic that the crazy wild Wtf name Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves cannot even do it justice.
Currently Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves has 16 days left in a $1 million Indiegogo campaign to complete post-production on the film. Directed by Ross Patterson, who wrote the tongue-in-cheek Western novel At Night She Cries While He Rides His Steed,...
- 5/21/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
The director has shed more light on his $3m Jungian drama Siberia to star Willem Dafoe ahead of Monday’s Cannes press conference to promote a Kickstarter campaign.
“It’s set in the ‘reality’ of a mythical universe in a small café where Willem and another person are holed up,” the Bronx-born enfant terrible told Screen from his adopted home town of Rome.
Ferrara said that the story dwells in the subconscious and is informed by Carl Jung’s The Red Book and Dafoe’s own dreams, by way of a Jack London sensibility. “When I say it’s about dreams, I’m talking about nightmares.”
The filmmaker said he was excited about his upcoming fifth collaboration with Dafoe, who plays two roles. When asked about additional casting he added, “There are some good roles for bears and dogs.”
Ferrara said he was also excited to engage with crowdfunding, where the initial aim will be to raise...
“It’s set in the ‘reality’ of a mythical universe in a small café where Willem and another person are holed up,” the Bronx-born enfant terrible told Screen from his adopted home town of Rome.
Ferrara said that the story dwells in the subconscious and is informed by Carl Jung’s The Red Book and Dafoe’s own dreams, by way of a Jack London sensibility. “When I say it’s about dreams, I’m talking about nightmares.”
The filmmaker said he was excited about his upcoming fifth collaboration with Dafoe, who plays two roles. When asked about additional casting he added, “There are some good roles for bears and dogs.”
Ferrara said he was also excited to engage with crowdfunding, where the initial aim will be to raise...
- 5/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Abel Ferrara, who launched his controversial Gerard Depardieu-starrer Welcome To New York at Cannes last year, will return to announce his plans for his next film. He’ll unveil at a 4 Pm Monday press conference Siberia, a film he wrote with Chris Zois that will star Willem Dafoe. Ferrara will announce he’s taking to Kickstarter to raise money for the film. The press conference will be held at Club Silencio. The film is inspired by Carl Jung’s Red Book, the revolutionary…...
- 5/14/2015
- Deadline
Here’s a contest for our Canadian readers. Remstar Films will be releasing the tense drama Welcome to New York on September 5th with a premiere at The Royal, and thanks to Remstar, We Got This Covered is giving away one (1) run-of-engagement pass to see the film.
Jacqueline Bisset and Gérard Depardieu star in Welcome to New York, which was directed by Abel Ferrara and written by Ferrara and Chris Zois. The synopsis reads as follows:
Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A man who dreamed of saving the world and who cannot save himself. A terrified man. A lost man.
This is not about what happened but what will happen. A film set in the world of the rich and the mighty,...
Jacqueline Bisset and Gérard Depardieu star in Welcome to New York, which was directed by Abel Ferrara and written by Ferrara and Chris Zois. The synopsis reads as follows:
Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A man who dreamed of saving the world and who cannot save himself. A terrified man. A lost man.
This is not about what happened but what will happen. A film set in the world of the rich and the mighty,...
- 9/9/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Welcome to New York
Directed by Abel Ferrara
Written by Abel Ferrara and Chris Zois
USA, 2014
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils, –nor the human race, as I believe, –and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
-The Republic, Plato
Starring an aged and ruthless Gerard Depardieu as Devereaux, a French banker accused of rape while staying in New York, Abel Ferrara’s Welcome to New York is a feverish meta-textual and multilingual portrait of contemporary privilege. The character, a clear evocation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was both the head of the International...
Directed by Abel Ferrara
Written by Abel Ferrara and Chris Zois
USA, 2014
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils, –nor the human race, as I believe, –and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
-The Republic, Plato
Starring an aged and ruthless Gerard Depardieu as Devereaux, a French banker accused of rape while staying in New York, Abel Ferrara’s Welcome to New York is a feverish meta-textual and multilingual portrait of contemporary privilege. The character, a clear evocation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was both the head of the International...
- 8/5/2014
- by Justine Smith
- SoundOnSight
The film is inspired by a court case, the public stages of which have been filmed, broadcast, reported and commented on throughout the media worldwide. Nonetheless, the characters and all the sequences depicting their private lives remain entirely fictional. So reads the caveat in the press notes and trailer for Abel Ferrara's "Welcome To New York," a film inspired by the headlines made by former Imf chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was accused in 2011 of sexually assaulting a hotel worker In New York City. And whether or not the warning is legally obligated or intended to prepare viewers for the depths into which this film plunges, it seems unnecessary. While the broad outline of the Strauss-Kahn case makes up the structure of the movie, co-written by Ferrara and Chris Zois, the film is less about Dsk, as he is known in his native France, or even the specifics of the court case.
- 8/1/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
This is my tenth year attending the Fantasia Film Festival, though it is my first with a press pass. Gone are the days where I pay for tickets and try to snatch interview subjects for a blog no one really reads. This year’s line-up will certainly be keeping me busy. Here are five to which I’m particularly looking forward.
****
Welcome to New York
Written by Abel Ferrara and Chris Zois
Directed by Abel Ferrara
USA, 2014
Ferrara’s work almost always comes with the pre-requisite of controversy, and here we find him back in his own personal playground: New York City. Granted, it’s been some time since the likes of Bad Lieutenant, and the city itself has changed a great deal from Koch to Giuliani environs. It has also been home to the unspeakable financial crimes of the past decade, which makes New York all the more interesting...
****
Welcome to New York
Written by Abel Ferrara and Chris Zois
Directed by Abel Ferrara
USA, 2014
Ferrara’s work almost always comes with the pre-requisite of controversy, and here we find him back in his own personal playground: New York City. Granted, it’s been some time since the likes of Bad Lieutenant, and the city itself has changed a great deal from Koch to Giuliani environs. It has also been home to the unspeakable financial crimes of the past decade, which makes New York all the more interesting...
- 7/16/2014
- by Kenny Hedges
- SoundOnSight
Wild Bunch unleashed Abel Ferrara’s Welcome to New York on big and small screens at Cannes on Saturday night [May 17].
Although not in Official Selection, the film starring Gerard Depardieu in a role inspired by former Imf chief and French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss Kahn’s humiliating arrest in New York in 2011 on sex charges, later dropped, was one of the most anticipated on the Croisette.
Industry, press and public watched the picture at the Star cinema as well as in a makeshift theatre on the Carlton’s Nikki Beach, before heading to party where guests were frisked by fake NYPD cops on entering and goodie bags stuffed with white bath robes, whips, masks and handcuffs were handed out.
Simultaneously, the film also went up live on a dozen VOD sites in France, including Wild Bunch’s platform FilmoTV, as well as in Germany, Spain and Italy.
Starring Depardieu as Mr Devereaux — a sex addict, business tsar — the...
Although not in Official Selection, the film starring Gerard Depardieu in a role inspired by former Imf chief and French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss Kahn’s humiliating arrest in New York in 2011 on sex charges, later dropped, was one of the most anticipated on the Croisette.
Industry, press and public watched the picture at the Star cinema as well as in a makeshift theatre on the Carlton’s Nikki Beach, before heading to party where guests were frisked by fake NYPD cops on entering and goodie bags stuffed with white bath robes, whips, masks and handcuffs were handed out.
Simultaneously, the film also went up live on a dozen VOD sites in France, including Wild Bunch’s platform FilmoTV, as well as in Germany, Spain and Italy.
Starring Depardieu as Mr Devereaux — a sex addict, business tsar — the...
- 5/18/2014
- ScreenDaily
Wild Bunch unleashed Abel Ferrara’s Welcome to New York on big and small screens at Cannes on Saturday night [May 17].
Although not in Official Selection, the film starring Gerard Depardieu in a role inspired by former Imf chief and French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss Kahn’s humiliating arrest in New York in 2011 on sex charges, later dropped, was one of the most anticipated on the Croisette.
Industry, press and public watched the picture at the Star cinema as well as in a makeshift theatre on the Carlton’s Nikki Beach, before heading to party where guests were frisked by fake NYPD cops on entering and goodie bags stuffed with white bath robes, whips, masks and handcuffs were handed out.
Simultaneously, the film also went up live on a dozen VOD sites in France, including Wild Bunch’s platform FilmoTV, as well as in Germany, Spain and Italy.
Starring Depardieu as Mr Devereaux — a sex addict, business tsar — the...
Although not in Official Selection, the film starring Gerard Depardieu in a role inspired by former Imf chief and French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss Kahn’s humiliating arrest in New York in 2011 on sex charges, later dropped, was one of the most anticipated on the Croisette.
Industry, press and public watched the picture at the Star cinema as well as in a makeshift theatre on the Carlton’s Nikki Beach, before heading to party where guests were frisked by fake NYPD cops on entering and goodie bags stuffed with white bath robes, whips, masks and handcuffs were handed out.
Simultaneously, the film also went up live on a dozen VOD sites in France, including Wild Bunch’s platform FilmoTV, as well as in Germany, Spain and Italy.
Starring Depardieu as Mr Devereaux — a sex addict, business tsar — the...
- 5/18/2014
- ScreenDaily
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