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As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.

Abel Ferrara

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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
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I'm in a house where if the washing machine shuts off, it sings a song. If iPad gets a message, it sings a song. I'm living in a real postmodern time - every single thing sings to you to tell you it's started, it's stopped, you've got a message, you didn't get a message.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me.
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