Everything he's made since Drive has been absolute shit. Why?
Everything he's made since Drive has been absolute shit. Why?
I wouldn't say shit, but rather needlessly pretentious. I think he's trying to prove that he's an artistic filmmaker after his commercial success with Drive.
My take on Refn is that he is trying to be meta and self-aware yet doesn't know how to do it.
There are parts in his films that are so over done and stand in stark juxtaposition to the more subtle things he's done in the same film.
But ogf was better than drive
He started writing his own scripts
Nah. He wrote the Pusher trilogy, Bleeder, Bronson and Valhalla Rising - all certified kinos.
He couldn't understand why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Why is that skinny fat guy making the hand gestures of an angry Italian grandfather at Ryan?
do u think Gosling gets annoyed with the towel around Refn's waist, and says shit like TAKE IT OFF
this. in "my life directed by nicolas winding refn" its clear that he knew that none of his future work would surpass drive but he still wanted some distance from it. he feared losing his vision and by becoming more "hollywood". OGF is literally intended to be a pleb filter, a rejection of the hollywood formula and the people who want the next drive. unfortunately it didnt really click in the end and he had an anxiety attack over it