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THE KING OF NEW YORK (FERRARA)

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One of the earliest films of very sour Abel Ferrara (1990, three years before the cult classic Bad Lieutenant ), and very curiously visible France three months before its release in the USA , Ferrara habit to keep all his films following. The story of Frank White , a gangster just released from prison (Christopher Walken lecture!):

And despite his wealth and his taste for luxury, n ' Canned not least some "character" and therefore will enjoy for many "get the record straight," as they say

So obviously, the subject does not shine by its originality, but, but, but (it is why I maintain this blog cinema history counterpoint to the terse summaries of Allociné !)... Treatment proves it so personal and original, it ends up becoming the kind of cult movie that you can watch 50 times without trouble, just for the pleasure of being immersed in the ambiance created just absolutely hypnotic both Abel Ferrara, the ultra-trippy music of Joe Delia (Alternating with good rap killer of death, lol!), And the gorgeous photography Bojan Bazell (the cinematographer's designated director), also nominated for this film to Independent Spirit Awards of 1991, rightly so!
Not to mention a cast of actors all the more excellent than the others (and indeed, at the time, not so well known it): Christopher Walken , of course, an absolute presence " magic throughout the film, but also Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes , Steve Buscemi, David Caruso And of course Victor Argo , who plays in almost all movies Ferrara (say that nowadays would require a budget absolutely pharaonic for holding such a constellation !)...

Where history is more difficult is that the Frank White in question is not quite a gangster ordinary. Certainly, he earns millions from drug trafficking (in the easy argument, certainly, but honestly, that even he put in prison, this traffic to continue anyway thrive), but its ambitions go far beyond safe:

Good ... Like all great directors of the circuit, say, "underground" ( Cronenberg, Lynch , Tarantino, etc..) Ferrara has its own "tics", which is found in almost all his works, but after all, fans love it, so why deny it? In other words, any movie Ferrara, there's bound to (at least) a Madonna:

Inevitably the ass (and even there, it's rather nice compared to Bad Lieutenant !):

And inevitably the "board" monstrous

Or even more surprisingly, the ever-present idea of redemption (the founder of the famous theme Bad Lieutenant, like during the hallucinatory scene in the subway, where rather than respond to violence with violence, Christopher Walken prefers to offer a bundle of dollars to the attackers by offering to work with him

Even more surprising, seeing that the mayor does nothing, and seeing the financial drift the largest hospital in Harlem , Frank White decides to devote himself entirely to this task:

This is why, after ratiboisé in good and standing throughout the Colombian mafia and Sicilian he decided to exterminate them with a cold logic embarrassing the last group, the Chinatown Chinese (tasty encounter around the mythical Nosferatu, and also very big "box" on key!):

In parallel, there is of course the group of cops (David Caruso , Wesley Snipes, Victor Argo ), which In a sense, almost the worst methods of abuse - and in any case most illegal - that those Frank White :

But just before the end (I do not unveil all the same), that this ultimate confrontation between Christopher Walken and Victor Argo that deliver the real moral of the film (again, very close to the much more complex Bad Lieutenant, his successor three years later):

What remains fascinating about this film, and it works very well for once, the interference of all tracks: Frank White is the "naughty naughty" to which all Everyone wants to blame, but which is actually rather humanist and philanthropist, in some ways (at least, far more than the cops, who are here depicted as the darkest possible) ... Visual level, you sail nonstop between the luxury hotel Plaza his Dom Perignon and whores not given (probably) and squatter settlements in the worst case, tagged from floor to ceiling and stuffed with just about everything you can imagine on drugs. As for the soundtrack (as already said), it alternates with a subtle mix the original score for strings Joe Delia with some of the most violent rap titles and best known. And then: a mixture as it is not easy at all to succeed!

And really, at least in my opinion, is beautiful, captivating, fascinating, brief, words fail me to describe this movie magic more than one way ... Well then, just a little Madonna near the end the film (which I will say nothing, of course, but, again, is very close to that of Bad Lieutenant ):

Enjoy!