4:44 Last Day on Earth

2011 Science Fiction

Willem Dafoe and Shanyn Leigh headline director Abel Ferrara's apocalyptic drama set in a New York City loft, where an artist and an actor await the end of the world. Natasha Lyonne and Paul Hipp co-star.

Director: Abel Ferrara

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Hipp

Reviews

  • If the end of the world was just hours away, would New Yorkers still be able to get takeout? Yes, if Abel Ferrara's mind-bending 4:44 Last Day on Earth is any indication.

    V.A. Musetto - New York Post

    29 November 2012

  • The picture is also weirdly compelling, maybe most notably for the way Dafoe's character - who is, in this respect, perhaps a stand-in for the Bronx-born Ferrara - seems to be grappling less with the idea that the world is ending than that the city is ending.

    Stephanie Zacharek - Movieline

    29 November 2012

  • Your last day - or, as it happens, the whole planet's last day - will be just like every other one. Mr. Ferrara makes this point with ingenuity and characteristic thrift by using found news footage to provide images of apocalypse.

    A.O. Scott - The New York Times

    29 November 2012

  • Dafoe, who also starred in Ferrara's woefully underseen "Go Go Tales," brings a quiet grace to his role, while Leigh has a rough-hewn emotional directness.

    - Los Angeles Times

    29 November 2012

  • Best of all is the half-surreal, half-touching scene of the couple ordering Chinese delivery - needless to say, the tip is sizable - and inviting the courier to Skype his family one last time and share in a moment of common humanity.

    Scott Tobias - NPR

    29 November 2012

Awards

  • Abel Ferrara

    Venice Film Festival (2011)