Who better to tell the tale than Abel Ferrara, maverick director of «King of New York» and «Bad Lieutenant» and a former Chelsea resident? (sfgate.com)
With its gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession, this stripped - down narrative from maverick director Monte Hellman is one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made. (criterion.com)
From there, Burton brought in the Russian maverick director Timur Bekmambatov («Nightwatch,» «Daywatch,» and «Wanted»), and those two convinced Focus Features to finance a full - length «9» feature using an accounting technique called negative - pickup. (newsarama.com)