Possibly my Favourite Ferrara Film!
Ok it ties with "King Of The New York," which is the closest the maverick director ever got to the mainstream and his most genre-bound narrative.
"The Blackout" floored me when I first saw it and it's one of my favourite films. While the setting has changed (before this Ferrara and crew ran from daylight, and here's a film mostly set in Miami Beach!), you know this is Ferrara and it is punishing. To me Matthew Modine delivers the performance of his career as the tormented and raging film star Matty, another Ferrara protagonist whose downward spiral of excess and corruption can only be met with one possible fate. The impact of his realisation as to what he's done during one of his massive binges has never faded. I look forward to Modine in the new "Mary," he's an underrated actor who deserves more attention. Hopefully like Kevin Bacon in "Where the Truth Lies" he can keep a steady and impressive body of work, and leave public psychosis and celebrity husbandry to Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.
If you're an admirer of "The Blackout," please share your thoughts! :)