– “I’m the last king of nowhere!” Cantankerous and decrepit director Abel Ferrara succinctly describes his almost non-existent career. On his new stripper film, “Go Go Tales“: “What do you think the appeal is? It’s basically tits and ass. It’s the opportunity to watch beautiful women take their clothes off,” says the mild mannered gentleman. The film stars amateur stripper Asia Argento. [Guardian]
– “The danger is to stupidly believe that depicting facts gives us much insight. If facts were the only thing that counted, the telephone directory would be the book of books.” The umpteenth Werner Herzog conversation still proves to be far more interesting than you average interview.[A/V Club]
Watch: “Go Go Tales” clip
