Nicolas Winding Refn quotes

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires. (Nicolas Winding Refn)
Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine. View quote
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. View quote
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We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme. View quote
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm a fetishist. I make films based on what I would like to see. View quote
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I love watching the superhero movies and I would love to make one. View quote
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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. View quote
Nicolas Winding Refn