Siberia (Abel Ferrara)

[Cremildo]

"Ferrara announced Siberia in Cannes three years ago calling it an exploration of the language of dreams and a vehicle for Willem Dafoe. It’s about the introspective voyage of a man who lives in an isolated cabin on a snow-capped mountain. Since then Siberia long languished, but Vivo Film has teamed up with German producer Philipp Kreuzer’s Maze Pictures to co-produce the pic and The Match Factory has taken world sales. They are also in talks with Sundance-winning Mexican screenwriter-producer Julio Chavezmontes (Time-Share) to come on board." SOURCE

[Hoke Moseley]

Horrible picture of Abel.

I've been hoping this would happen for years... we'll see.

Would be nice if Huppert and Cage are still attached as well...

[Cremildo]

The film is currently being shot, apparently.

[grahams76]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

The film apparently has a new title - Tommaso - and is currently being shot.

The tweet below says this:

“Two different films! Siberia is shooting now, Tommaso was shot summer 2018”

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by grahams76

The tweet below says this:

“Two different films! Siberia is shooting now, Tommaso was shot summer 2018”

Thanks for the heads up. The person who provided the correct information is on my blocked list on Twitter, so I didn't see it.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Really looking forward to this. I'm a huge Abel Ferrera fan and love most of his films. I recently revisited King of New York after 22 years (and a mindboggling underwhelming initial reaction) and absolutely fell in love with it. One of the best and most overlooked gangster films ever made and my favorite film of his.

[Cremildo]

Nicolas Cage and Isabelle Huppert are not in the film.

Interesting tidbit:

Originally Posted by Abel Ferrara

Dafoe is playing three or four parts in the movie. We’re getting very interior. We’ll look for another actor to have Willem play.

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It'll play in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, and it's being described as a "non-narrative drama".

[Cremildo]

After bagging a starring role in the intimate and self-reflective Tommaso (shown in a Special Screening in Cannes 2019), Willem Dafoe is returning as Abel Ferrara’s alter-ego in the director’s new project Siberia. The film tells the story of Clint, a broken man who lives alone in the heart of a frozen tundra. But despite his isolation, he can neither escape from the world nor find peace. One evening, he embarks upon a journey, travelling through his dreams, memories and imagination, trying to make his way through the darkness and into the light. source

[Himmel]

Tommaso was excellent, def in for this.

[Himmel]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

Where'd you see Tommaso?

At Cannes.

[Cremildo]

[Heinz-Klett]

SIBERIA by Abel Ferrara starring Willem Dafoe (International Trailer) - YouTube

[Streetlight]

[Cremildo]

Variety: "Bizarre even by Abel Ferrara's standards, this witty, woozy, likely polarizing study of a man's trip into himself fits Willem Dafoe like a winter glove."

THR: "Provocative as always and largely perplexing."

[dkelly26666]

I personally can't wait for this.

[scifisuperfan]

It looks like he filmed this while doing the movie Togo!!!

[AaronJ]

I admit to not being that familiar with Ferrara's work. But this has me very interested. It looks interesting and provocative. And Dafoe -- that right there is reason enough to be excited.

[jess1581]

I can't picture this guy as anything other than the Driller Killer. "The fvckin phone bill man!"

[captainron_howdy]

Just wanted to show that the art/slipcover is slightly different than what's shown for anyone interested in a purchase....

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[ShellBeacher]

Picked this baby up at Best Buy the other night, they had a couple of copies. It was on my radar but I think I didn't even know the disc was out, yet. Watched it last night... What occurred to me is that this thing is like a Meta-Dafoe joint!

There's a little bit of Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in here (kept waiting for his sunglassed-shadow to speak "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SACRIFICED?"), there's a little Last Temptation, there's a little Von Trier AntiChrist, there's a little Van Gogh/At Eternity's Gate in here, a little Lighthouse... probably lots more! Wonder if this occurred to Ferrara or Dafoe at all?? I wonder if it's even Ferrara's riff on Disney's TOGO that Dafoe starred in??

Amazed that Lionsgate even picked this up...but glad someone did!!! I remember hearing about it at CANNES 2019 when I saw Dafoe speak there. He had like three different projects premiering, along with "My Hindu Friend" being promoted around the Market, which was made in 2016, but just getting international sales at that time.

Wild movie that makes no sense whatsoever on a narrative level, but I love Ferrara and Dafoe for embracing the surreal... Now onto Tommaso and Pasolini!!