Nicolas Winding Refn quotes

Nicolas Winding Refn is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer, acclaimed for his visually striking and stylistically bold movies. His work, including films like "Drive" and "The Neon Demon," is notable for its intense atmosphere and distinctive use of color and sound. He has become a prominent figure in contemporary international cinema. Here are 9 of his quotes:

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.

Nicolas Winding Refn

The problem with cinema nowadays is that it's a math problem. People can read a film mathematically; they know when this comes or that comes; in about 30 minutes, it's going to be over and have an ending. So film has become a mathematical solution. And that is boring, because art is not mathematical.

Nicolas Winding Refn

We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.

Nicolas Winding Refn

You must understand that violence in a movie is only a tool. If it's used badly, it will be horrible. If it's used correctly, it can be very interesting. But, essentially, it's just a tool.

Nicolas Winding Refn

The more we become civilized, the more we simultaneously understand our need to be virtuous, and our need to understand our experiences on a subconscious level.

Nicolas Winding Refn

I'm a fetishist. I make films based on what I would like to see.

Nicolas Winding Refn

I love watching the superhero movies and I would love to make one.

Nicolas Winding Refn

There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be theaters to have stage plays in.

Nicolas Winding Refn