"But people loving or hating it, that's the essence of creativity. That is why we do what we do." Wow. Something beautiful about this statement. Thank you NWR for giving us the Pusher Trilogy.
I think there's a bit more to this than what's on the surface. Yes, it sounds condescending but think about movies like Avatar. That's a prime example. Whenever something is dropped to base level it can't contain too challenging subject matter.
yeah most mainstream movies or music have a kind of bland mass appeal people that want something more profound will find it themselves and find these obscure movies or music
this guy is amazing...i watched Drive and was left in a daze by it, always humming the music...then i was shocked by Only God Forgives, spending hours trying to understand it...then onto Neon Demon, overwhelmed by sound and color but also the story and the quality of the acting...and now Fear X...such a simple, beautiful film...i'm obsessed!!! thank you NWR...
+paul w Yeah, there is this interview on youtube with him and William Friedkin (The Exorcist) where he gets mocked by Friedkin, because he describes his film Only God Forgives as the ultimate masterpiece. :D
Wow it's incredible that im watching this clip from 3 years in the future because I loved his scene in death stranding where he stood beside a bookshelf that exactly look like this, and his appearance in the video game is closer to his age in this clip.
what about that sense of isolation. In both movies, you get the sense that they're striving for some sort of purpose. The sudden bursts into ultraviolence for an other wise quiet film( the last showdown in taxi driver and the driver killing people).
5:40 legendary director Alejandro Jodorowsky appears. See him again at the end of the vid in what appears to be Cannes footage. I read an article that said that Refn had met with Jodorowsky while planning his newest project, Too Old To Die Young.
Bava is often underrated among 'serious' cinephiles because he wasn't great with actors and was mostly a genre director, but the man could direct his ass off and he was genuinely inventive. It's amazing what he did with so little money.
great interview, probably my favourite director about today , would had liked him to be directing the Bladerunner sequel (even though I still think it a bad idea) haven't seen Neon Demon yet , looks a visual delight
He likes the word 'fetish' - no problem with that. Just saying. Fascinating guy. Probably my favourite Director of the moment - also interested he acknowldgd how important Cliff Martinez has been... without the 'cliff' moments - the soundtrack... hmmm.
I would LOVE to see more of these weeks where directors call the film choice shots. I didn't like Drive too much the first time around years ago. Recently I saw one of Winding Refn's choices on MUBI, Brian de Palma's Body Double and I haven't stopped thinking about it. Last night I rewatched Drive, and suddenly it clicked for me. That glittering gaudy aesthetic, and a kind of voyeuristic sensibility with extreme violence, the hitchcockian wide shots that give that omniscient narrative... I could see clearly how de Palma had influenced, and it was exciting. Please MUBI, more of this sort of stuff, it's really interesting to find connections between an auteur and their inspiration!
Not really no. I'm danish, not sure if you are but I remember when Pusher came out and all the interviews where he looked like a 16 year old boy. He always came off as extremely pretencious, and exactly as what you would describe as a "hipster" these days. Monotone voice, very full of himself. He does make good films tho.
"if i wasn't for me, Cannes would be very boring," Gummo spaghetti on the background shelf, and Jodorowski's Tarot reading are the three best things on this video
I feel like Nicolas Winding Refn and I are on a similar wavelength. I don't really love any particular movie that he's made, but everything he's ever directed caters to my interests. I can picture myself having similar responses to the questions asked in this interview.
@@airmark02 Why was it given the title 'Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films' then? I mean, that's what got me interested to view the video and it's what I was expecting to get. There was only very little discussion about the title topic. For other persons mislead like this I recommend "Nicolas Winding Refn's DVD Picks", that's much more interesting video about the subject.
@@KerranKaksi ...... i guess I really don't know . I saw Drive on its first release & thought it had a certain noir'ish appeal & atmosphere. He neither comes off as particularly interesting, charming, enthused or informative in this interview. So i probably won't waste my time. Beside that it appears my taste in film seems to be in opposition to his ~ whatever.
@@airmark02 I agree this interview was not very informative as whole. I already liked many of Refn's movies before Drive came out and they were quite out of the ordinary. I'm interested in hearing more about what his influences were, not this crap.
NWR refers to the actors as 'friends'. For a guy with aspergers, that is understandable, but wrong. Gosling et al. are all moving ahead fine without any regard to the Danish director.
what a bizarre statement. you don't know their personal lives. who's to say he doesn't grab lunch on occasion with gosling, mikkelsen, etc. when they're around? besides, i've plenty of friends through work and school who i met over the course of a few months, then separated due to distance, but we still keep in touch. weird that you'd just assume that the actors he's worked with have no regard for him anymore.
"If everybody likes something it doesn't penetrate deeply" makes literally no sense. 2001, do the right thing, Goodfellas, Rashomon, Schindlers List and so on. there are so many films that are beloved and penetrate deep.
As I understood it, he meant whether a film gets strong reactions from audiences, i.e. some love it, some hate it. If everyone "likes" it then it didn't push far enough. "Like" is a weak response; faint praise. He seems to want his films to get more polarised reactions from viewers. And, judging by the comments here, they do... At the time of writing, the next 2 comments below yours are "God, that Drive movie sucked so much" followed by someone else saying "Drive is one of the most amazing films I've seen in my life". Strong reactions, see? He'd be happy with that :)
@@marcogianesello6083 2001 is a fair example of what Refn was talking about. People tend to either think it's a majestic and deep philosophical work of art or it's the most boring thing they've ever seen. Hardly anyone sees 2001 and says "It was OK."
@@blatherskite3009 i know what he means by that and he's right, the guy before argued that 2001 is so well regarded that it invalidates his point, but while cinephiles worship the film the average audience would hate it completely, thank god the passage of time makes reactions of that stature irrelevant, refn is working today so of course he's referring to the broader public reaction of his work
I’ve grown to love Tarantino less and less over the years. Reservoir Dogs to Kill Bill was his prime. Inglourious Basterds was great. Everything else was self indulgent immature fodder and hearing stories about his on set antics + stuff like him not liking Drive...it just really makes me less interested in what he says/does anymore
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Nicolas, please make a movie with both Ryan and mads. that'd be ace.
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I love you. Just got to his chapter.
Yeah boyee
it's weird hearing his real voice, and seeing him without him mentioning chiralium, having a heart attack or Beaches etc.
lol
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The way He speaks is just like his movies do ...
He seems so dull imo.
Guess that's why i never really liked Drive.
@FORREST GUMP I've seen all of his movies. Bronson is hilarious.
@@MayhemTyphone that's why there's so much content and creators out there
@@MayhemTyphone He didn't write the script for Drive
That's why he's my boyfriend
"But people loving or hating it, that's the essence of creativity. That is why we do what we do."
Wow. Something beautiful about this statement. Thank you NWR for giving us the Pusher Trilogy.
"If everyone likes something that means it didn't penetrate very deeply."
Ashley McQuin - Hipster.
I think there's a bit more to this than what's on the surface. Yes, it sounds condescending but think about movies like Avatar. That's a prime example. Whenever something is dropped to base level it can't contain too challenging subject matter.
Brilliant answer.
Sound like a snob to me
yeah most mainstream movies or music have a kind of bland mass appeal people that want something more profound will find it themselves and find these obscure movies or music
Drive is the one of the best movie in last 20 years
Drive is one of the best movies period
"If it wasn't for me, Cannes would be very boring." People might consider "tone deafness" to be a fault, I think it makes him an absolute legend.
This guy is a fuckin art-house director stereotype. Can't get enough of him.
I just came here to know what his favorite films are. But this video gives me more than that.
Great content!
yeah in the times where click bait everywhere is offering less than it advertises
If you've seen his films you've seen his favorite films
this guy is amazing...i watched Drive and was left in a daze by it, always humming the music...then i was shocked by Only God Forgives, spending hours trying to understand it...then onto Neon Demon, overwhelmed by sound and color but also the story and the quality of the acting...and now Fear X...such a simple, beautiful film...i'm obsessed!!! thank you NWR...
jdgonzo1982 what about Valhalla rising ?
You need to watch Pusher
too old to die young, its a series from him, a masterpiece
Here's a like for you Mr. Heartman!
“Hearthman”
@@eatfugu It's "Heartman"
The Neon Demon disturbed me. I thought it was a great movie, perhaps even better than Drive.
scaredypicker
I think so too.
Same I love both films to be honest
Only God Forgives is beautifully shot.
Film sublime
One of my favorite, most underrated filmmakers. I’d love to see Hollywood give him an epic budget and let him loose.
I liked Drive a lot but the movie after that, "Only God Forgives" is my absolute favorite. It's either hated or liked and I'm in the latter category.
Love watching this and see him just chilling with Mr. Alejandro Jodorowsky!
"If it wasn't for me, Cannes would be very boring." Not anymore, they let Von Trier back in the club.
From him I've only watched The House that Jack Built. It was an experience to say the least.
The best entertainment is to get them in at the same time. They're still fiercely at war with each other.
Thank you for the seizures between questions.
Lol 😂
You have a crappy monitor.
they're only 3 minutes
@@bfkc111 Or epilepsy
I've never had a seizure, but the transitions made me feel closer than I ever have to having one.
Yeah I got epilepsy and then a heart attack.
Everything consumable within a twenty-one minute window.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
everything from Terrence Fisher
Fellini
La Dolce Vita
Cloverfield
Planet of the Vampires
The hero we need, but don't deserve.
+paul w Yeah, there is this interview on youtube with him and William Friedkin (The Exorcist) where he gets mocked by Friedkin, because he describes his film Only God Forgives as the ultimate masterpiece. :D
Gonzo the great holy shot ! Haha, I got to see this
This title cards almost gave me a seizure
I know right! It was awesome:D
Music transition's too loud; rehashing film scores in trans is weak editing MUBI ... wtf is mubi?
RyanVlogsSometimes ah i see what u mean lol.
You have a crappy monitor.
"Beauty isn't everything, it's the only thing." One of my favourite lines in any film.
why dont your produce more content like these on directors, film reviews, lists etc, for a pure cinephile audience like me?
Because your are GAY
@@TheHaterNumberOne1 Daaaaaaaaaaamn
Wow it's incredible that im watching this clip from 3 years in the future because I loved his scene in death stranding where he stood beside a bookshelf that exactly look like this, and his appearance in the video game is closer to his age in this clip.
drive is one of the most amazing films i've seen in my life
would you say it's similar to taxi driver?
awesome420ication no
no, but great in a very different way
I will list similarities to taxi driver
- protagonist drives people in a car.
what about that sense of isolation. In both movies, you get the sense that they're striving for some sort of purpose. The sudden bursts into ultraviolence for an other wise quiet film( the last showdown in taxi driver and the driver killing people).
One of my favorite directors of all time.
RBM he is truly awesome 😎
That opening scene in Drive gives me chills every time. FUCKING MASTERWORK
I love this man. Even if I don't always LOVE his movies, goddamn...they're well-made, unique movies that you can instantly tell were made by Refn.
The library behind him is similar to the Death Stranding trailer xD
5:40 legendary director Alejandro Jodorowsky appears. See him again at the end of the vid in what appears to be Cannes footage. I read an article that said that Refn had met with Jodorowsky while planning his newest project, Too Old To Die Young.
Bava is often underrated among 'serious' cinephiles because he wasn't great with actors and was mostly a genre director, but the man could direct his ass off and he was genuinely inventive. It's amazing what he did with so little money.
So impressive. I love the world he creates. Great director! Respect
"Even when my heart stops, the pain lingers..."
This guy is ASMR gold
God I think the same lol
his honesty is inspiring
qarsiq I second that
great interview, probably my favourite director about today , would had liked him to be directing the Bladerunner sequel (even though I still think it a bad idea) haven't seen Neon Demon yet , looks a visual delight
He likes the word 'fetish' - no problem with that. Just saying. Fascinating guy. Probably my favourite Director of the moment - also interested he acknowldgd how important Cliff Martinez has been... without the 'cliff' moments - the soundtrack... hmmm.
I would LOVE to see more of these weeks where directors call the film choice shots. I didn't like Drive too much the first time around years ago. Recently I saw one of Winding Refn's choices on MUBI, Brian de Palma's Body Double and I haven't stopped thinking about it. Last night I rewatched Drive, and suddenly it clicked for me. That glittering gaudy aesthetic, and a kind of voyeuristic sensibility with extreme violence, the hitchcockian wide shots that give that omniscient narrative... I could see clearly how de Palma had influenced, and it was exciting. Please MUBI, more of this sort of stuff, it's really interesting to find connections between an auteur and their inspiration!
Refn always knows exactly what he's doing. He's taking the piss
Not really no. I'm danish, not sure if you are but I remember when Pusher came out and all the interviews where he looked like a 16 year old boy. He always came off as extremely pretencious, and exactly as what you would describe as a "hipster" these days. Monotone voice, very full of himself. He does make good films tho.
@@ChicagoMonsterPunk lul ok
No one loves his work more than he does.
The music in his films is just fantastic. Especially, in "The Neon Demon." That was my favorite film of 2016!
Son seul film que je n aime pas il parle d une jeune fille et ce n est pas son truc
That movie was so fucking bad 😂😂😂
@@KoiNoYokan37 why ?
"if i wasn't for me, Cannes would be very boring," Gummo spaghetti on the background shelf, and Jodorowski's Tarot reading are the three best things on this video
Based on the Friedkin interview, i thought he was going to say his own films
A visionary and one of our time’s greatest iconoclasts: Valhalla Rising, Drive, Only God Forgives, and Bronson.
"If it wasnt for me Cannes would be very boring" Sad statement
no it's not
Dude's so far up his own ass, it's unbelievable.
@@LeviBoldock He’s part of Wild Bunch, no? They party hard lol
Is it just me or was 10 Cloverfield Lane better than Cloverfield?
no shit
thats a hard one
oh yeah
Depends on what drugs you were taking at the time.
I was taking Keem at the time
He looks a Little bit like Macauley Culkin !
Very well edited!
ladies and gentlemen, we are in the presence of a genius.
I don't need to see this video to know his favourite movies are his own
I like refn but wouldn't say that being divisive is the essence of creativity
I feel like Nicolas Winding Refn and I are on a similar wavelength. I don't really love any particular movie that he's made, but everything he's ever directed caters to my interests. I can picture myself having similar responses to the questions asked in this interview.
Bronson should have been nominated for an Oscar.
Here's an additional Like Heartman hope you find your family one day 👍
great interview, fantastically edited
Good to see Refn become a real human being at the end there
and a real hero
"All consumable within a 21-minute window."
Spectacular interview.
That can of Gummo spaghetti
Omg I want that
HEARTMAN
Fine filmmaker. Always interesting work. Interesting person via this video. Thanks.
Kokima’s favorite Nicolas Winding Refn film is Death Stranding.
more directors need to shoot in chronological order imho. it would help the actors and the film develop more deeply.
Damn ... Death stranding graphics is so realistic
Anyone know The Neon Demon's release date for Australia
according to imdb it's 30th july
Already saw it twice in the theaters, have you seen it yet? It's just awesome, magical. I even bought the Soundtrack LP.
Ben Cowman I know that this is a late response, but it came out in Australia in a limited release on October 20.
5:09 *cassette drops*
Yes yes yes yes
*Wolf howls*
Oh yes
You can tell someone is a pulp Fiction fan when you notice there are 3 pulp Fiction copys in his movie collection
it's not his collection
Anyone here coz of death stranding
Valhalla rising is one of my favourite films
Well, I didn't learn that much about what Refn's favorite films are from this presentation.
maybe because .... he didn't say anything ?
@@airmark02 Why was it given the title 'Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films' then? I mean, that's what got me interested to view the video and it's what I was expecting to get. There was only very little discussion about the title topic. For other persons mislead like this I recommend "Nicolas Winding Refn's DVD Picks", that's much more interesting video about the subject.
@@KerranKaksi
...... i guess
I really don't know .
I saw Drive on its first release & thought it had a certain noir'ish appeal & atmosphere.
He neither comes off as particularly interesting,
charming, enthused
or informative in this interview.
So i probably won't waste
my time.
Beside that it appears my taste in film seems to
be in opposition to his ~
whatever.
@@airmark02 I agree this interview was not very informative as whole. I already liked many of Refn's movies before Drive came out and they were quite out of the ordinary. I'm interested in hearing more about what his influences were, not this crap.
Why are there 3 copies of Pulp Fiction on the shelf on the right?
I want a Jodorowsky Tarot reading, dangit
The movies can't be longer than 21 minutes, Heartman
How do I discover the VALUE of CLASSIC ADULT VHS films?
:42, need to go to Office Depot and buy more index cards. Ok, just a question, why so many red cards in succession?
So now you understand... I'm already on the beach.
You were docked 20 likes by Heartman!
LOL you can see pusher on the shelf next to him. Also, my man has 3 copies of pulp fiction!
Why do you have 2 pulp fiction dvds in your movie collection?
8:10 that sums up his visions.
Gummo spaghetti in the background haha nice
Like this director so much I named my dog refn lol
He seems like he massively over estimates himself however I loved what he says about films with broad appeal don't penetrate very deeply (Hubba Hubba)
So, is this place your beach?
I fucking love Drive and NWR, is such a fucking genius.
He kind of reminds me of Christopher Nolan
Hey it's that dude from that thing I played for 5 days and then got tired of.
please do a warriors remake
James Patterson that's a great suggestion. He would fit that perfectly, visually the gang colours would burst from the screen.
Why does he have three copies of Pulp Fiction? Save some for the rest of us...
NWR refers to the actors as 'friends'.
For a guy with aspergers, that is understandable, but wrong. Gosling et al. are all moving ahead fine without any regard to the Danish director.
what a bizarre statement. you don't know their personal lives. who's to say he doesn't grab lunch on occasion with gosling, mikkelsen, etc. when they're around? besides, i've plenty of friends through work and school who i met over the course of a few months, then separated due to distance, but we still keep in touch. weird that you'd just assume that the actors he's worked with have no regard for him anymore.
This guy needs to go to the mainstream
zombiesnyder13 They couldn't handle the brilliance of this guy
Kyle Campbell never! Lol.
The Stranger he is really fucking mainstream, what the hell dude.
"If everybody likes something it doesn't penetrate deeply" makes literally no sense. 2001, do the right thing, Goodfellas, Rashomon, Schindlers List and so on. there are so many films that are beloved and penetrate deep.
As I understood it, he meant whether a film gets strong reactions from audiences, i.e. some love it, some hate it. If everyone "likes" it then it didn't push far enough. "Like" is a weak response; faint praise. He seems to want his films to get more polarised reactions from viewers. And, judging by the comments here, they do...
At the time of writing, the next 2 comments below yours are "God, that Drive movie sucked so much" followed by someone else saying "Drive is one of the most amazing films I've seen in my life". Strong reactions, see? He'd be happy with that :)
you think everybody in the world likes or would like 2001? Really?
@@marcogianesello6083 2001 is a fair example of what Refn was talking about. People tend to either think it's a majestic and deep philosophical work of art or it's the most boring thing they've ever seen. Hardly anyone sees 2001 and says "It was OK."
@@blatherskite3009 i know what he means by that and he's right, the guy before argued that 2001 is so well regarded that it invalidates his point, but while cinephiles worship the film the average audience would hate it completely, thank god the passage of time makes reactions of that stature irrelevant, refn is working today so of course he's referring to the broader public reaction of his work
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where were his favourite films?
The fact that Tarantino doesn’t like Drive makes me think less of his taste in film.
I’ve grown to love Tarantino less and less over the years. Reservoir Dogs to Kill Bill was his prime. Inglourious Basterds was great.
Everything else was self indulgent immature fodder and hearing stories about his on set antics + stuff like him not liking Drive...it just really makes me less interested in what he says/does anymore
@@KaizerMan maybe he just didn't like the movie???
whats that first scene from? all the people dead in the room???
DramaMoviezScalpel only god forgives
Thanks for replying,,,,i ended up finding out, but it was driving me crazy!!!
So what are his favourite films?
Been searching for 45 min just to find someone pronounce his fucking name... Still unsuccessful.
Holy cow, this is why I watched the video now😂😂😂
I assume he just lists his own films