I've seen this movie many times and I always enjoy watching it. Abel Ferrara is one of my favourite directors because he's not afraid to turn the volume up full blast and go all the way with the material. The Blackout is a completely crazy movie jammed pack full of drinking, drugging, sex and violence all set in Miami. It stars Matthew Modine who is rather good and Dennis Hopper gives the movie its X factor. How Abel Ferrara managed to get beatrice dalle and claudia schiffer in this i don't know. I get why it was shown at Cannes because I think the French would enjoy this one due to its shock value and raw explicit content. Definitely check this one out. Nobody would have the guts to make this now - same as Bad Lieutenant (Werner Herzog did but he turned it into a comedy) - no Director goes as far as Ferrara did in the 90s.
Review of The Blackout
