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A kaleidoscopic memoir by acclaimed filmmaker Abel Ferrara, director of the cult classic films Bad Lieutenant , King of New York , and Dangerous Game , offering an unflinching look at his life, career, and the gritty world of independent cinema. Throughout his five-decade career, film director Abel Ferrara—now in his seventies—has been one of cinema's most provocative and critically revered figures. Since beginning as an independent filmmaker in Manhattan in the early 1970s—before "indie films" were a genre—and refining his craft as a director for the TV show Miami Vice , he has directed more than thirty feature films, most notably the cult classics Bad Lieutenant , King of New York , and Dangerous Game. His work, often controversial for its depictions of sex, violence, and drugs, has been praised for its sincerity and depth, with critics noting that his films take