Neon Demon is a masterpiece. Saw it last night and was awed.

@neumenix2716

7 жыл бұрын

People either love it or hate it.

@arbhall7572

7 жыл бұрын

I loved it, but even I would take a long pause before calling it a masterpiece. Bronson I would agree with you in a heartbeat, but not with this one. It is great though.

I love how angry he makes people just by talking.

@FlippFloppofficial

7 жыл бұрын

haha spot on!

@buckrogers5703

6 жыл бұрын

Or we can say he is building some sort of a Lynch style character. Carefull ho he uses the word "Experience". But I love his TRUELY ANTI HOLLYWOODIAN cinema.

Fascinating man, interesting thought process and amazing work!

NWR has the disposition of a serial killer in this interview.

@slothrop4751

8 жыл бұрын

When's the last time you taked to a serial killer you idiot?

@jameslopper6911

7 жыл бұрын

It was like 5 years ago for me. He was totally charismatic and charming and convinced my parents to let me date him even though I was only 14 and he was in his 20s.

@gogogaga3974

5 жыл бұрын

We Love It Tho

I don't think he is pretentious, I think he is just translating his thoughts into english and it takes him time so he makes long pretentious pauses

@irrationalman2363

8 жыл бұрын

when you watch Drive you'll see his characters have the same pace :D

@SightForMemories

7 жыл бұрын

When you decide to make a stance, its very quick to make assessments

@leobruges8957

5 жыл бұрын

his English is perfect he was also raised in the US and studied there so maybe he is just being pretentious

@aprilludgate4466

3 жыл бұрын

Irrational Man btw none of non-naitive speakers tryna translate his native thoughts into english, this just happens automatically

Haha Nicolas is so weird I love him

Thanks for this! Your videos have been something that I've been listening to the background every time I'm editing a project. Thank you for keeping me alive :)

Not what I expected. First interview of NWR I've ever seen. I came to DP/30 first cause i like the real questions, but now i need to see if hes always like this. I really do need to watch more writer and director interviews. Keep up the good work DP/30 :)

What an ending. Great interview Dave!

Thank you! Saw it last night, like looking into a hypnotizing glittery black hole

Great director! Ignore the idiots in the comment section!!!

Thank you for this.

If Refn took a blow from any of his movies, it'd be Fear X. I'm surprised that the interviewer knew about the Pusher trilogy but didn't even bring up that particular title. It's the reason why Pusher 2 and 3 existed. Only God Forgives just happened to be the unfortunate movie that had to follow up Drive, which was near perfect.

@youngknight5589

8 жыл бұрын

I heard fear x was Refns least favorite as well I couldn't blame him cause it kind of put him in debt

@bbkingzor

8 жыл бұрын

Fear X is a great movie, especially considering it was only his third feature film.

I don't think the interviewer and subject are on the same page and their personalities clashed. Refs didn't sound pretentious at all during his Filmspotting interview.

People seem to dislike him I feel it's unfounded English is his second language so it takes him a little bit to think out his thoughts. As a filmmaker he is bold and fearless with what he puts on the screen and unrelenting

This is one of my fav shows on KZread and I almost love it nearly every episode there's sound problem

Everyone who says he's full of himself... well of course he is! And it's so awesome to watch. So calm down and relax.

Fucking loved this interview and the film. I'll never miss out on seeing Refn's films in the cinema again.

Still love the DP/30 videos. good stuff

love the videos, but the sound issues become really annoying at times.

I was at A Conference Of His In Paris And He Said Only Women Were Allowed To Ask Questions Then Said The One Who Ask The Best Question Gets A Special Prize He Chose The Cutest One Made Her Come On Stage And He Said Now You Can Touch My Hand Thats Your Prize!You Got To Love Him He Is Like The Succesful Version Of Patrick Bateman. #DANISHPSYCHO

I wish there was some talk about the music/ sound in the film. it has a very significant part in his filmmaking.

I really dig NWR and all of his movies especially drive. I've seen them on every things in the past and he was much more jovial with a more fun spirit about him self, but he seems very different now. He seems more subdued, controlled and plain odd during interviews now. Honestly he we me a little bit trippy. I don't know what's up but I'm going to see neon demon tonight. I'm sure he can be awesome

@BilboB

8 жыл бұрын

Yep he seems a lot more uptight and pretentious now.

@Gadget504

8 жыл бұрын

met him in person at a screening for the Pusher Trilogy and got to talk to him one on one. He was very cool and gave me a very enlightening answer to a truly personal heartfelt question. Many things account for the way people act during every single moment in everyones lives.

... someone speaking intelligently and not in slogans/cliche is somehow pretentious?! Open your minds guys...

Pretentious is (by me googling the definition) attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed. For example, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu want to tell a story about a guy who survive spiritual meditation of some kind through his movie The Revenant. What The Revenant really is a survival/revenge western that could have been a brutal and even mature version of a Quentin Tarantino movie. The Revenant doesn't emphasizing the aspect of the genre that makes it gripping while it hides it because it thinks it is a deeper spiritual movie even though it just a boring mess made by someone who really wants to be Terrance Malick and doesn't look like (to me) he have the clout to do it. (by the way, he seem friendlier when I seen his interview on your show). Maybe what people is noticing is more the the fact Nicolas Winding Refn first language isn't English and the reason why it gives off the arrogance because he is trying to find ways of putting his words into English. I think Mr. Refn knows his movies are style over substance and his movie straddles the line between exploitation and art house(by his comment paraphrasing from what I remembered, "art should divide people" and calling himself a pornographers). I wouldn't call that pretentious. If you hate the movie, hate the movie. Pretentious is another way of saying pretending self importance, and I personally don't see that in his conversation or his movies. He is really intelligent and insightful even if I do think he needs to flesh out his ideas a little bit more. He even in some ways predicted the UK leaving EU.

@raid4000

8 жыл бұрын

You kind of contradicted yourself calling The Revenant pretentious, and then saying "if you hate the movie, hate the movie." The story of Hugh Glass is definitely one that can be taken as spiritual, he was alone in the wilderness, near death and what drove him to survive was sheer revenge. I love Tarantino, but I don't know if he could've pulled a story of Hugh Glass off, since it would be one character for the majority of the film. It is a very meditative film for that reason, it is one person's story of survival and I think he made it well, and his interpretation of the material is extremely valid. If you hate the movie, hate the movie, but calling The Revenant pretentious because it chooses to delve into the spiritual nature of survival in the wilderness, might speak to your lack of experience with spirituality (apologies if this assumption is wrong.) Also by spirituality I do not mean to imply some divine, nonsecular belief system, but rather if you sit down to meditate and practice mindfulness it helps to alter your perspective on almost everything. I think Inarritu is a genius personally, and Birdman is one of the most interesting, well-made and funny films about the human ego, one of my personal favourites of all time.

I think this is very interesting interview. The way Nicolas speaks is a very typical Nordic/Scandinavian way and if you don't know it, it may come across pretentious but really it's just blunt and straight to the point.

I think it was a wonderful interview, in light the UK's EU vote his views are very pertinent, then he goes on to give the viewer a master class on his view of the business of the entertainment industry, and finally, he describes how he directs and describes a part of his process. I don't get the negativity about this interview, I thought it was chock-full of excellent info.

David, I love this interview. You shoot the shit about deep, existential themes and politics with a true artist and deep person. I don't see anything pretentious about his demeanor. I think he just likes throwing out bluffs to journalists that can make them uncomfortable as a means of self-protection and when he does that he's willingly playing a pretentious enfant terrible in order to satirize the superficiality of the media, but I think you really got through that filter. I'm only at the 11:59 mark but I like this a lot, as I like a lot of your interviews.

Will be interviews with cast?

very different interview than expected. Very different film than expected.

whats with with all the phone signal interference on the audio? kinda amateur

i interviewed Nicolas. i think hes really a genuis i mean The neon demon is the most interesting, beautyful movie of all time!!

Is that David Fincher at 1:38?

@theboofin

8 жыл бұрын

Does look like him!

@julesalves3083

8 жыл бұрын

And he's determined.

I just saw the movie and am so happy you interviewed the masters behind it!

great! what an interesting guy

Why in an interview with a movie director is the interviewer asking political questions.

@tomyelhacker

8 жыл бұрын

Do you prefer him asking to Refn "Oh, tell me how was it like working with Jena Malone?"

@dp30

8 жыл бұрын

Because we are of the world.

@BilboB

8 жыл бұрын

DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood Nobody gives a shit what Ja Rule and Refn thinks about world politics. And that has to be one of the most unintentionally funny answers i have heard.

@dp30

8 жыл бұрын

Back at you. Having done over 1700 half hours over the last 8 years, I have to tell you that most of the people who want to decide what people should discuss or should not are too busy trying to control others to get much out of these discussions.

@BilboB

8 жыл бұрын

Tomás Medero Did i say that? if i wanted that i could just watch some late night show instead.

the interference from his cellphone makes it difficult at times to concentrate at what he is saying, especially during the important bits

I find him to be quite direct with his answers, just takes a second to think how to formulate them with less words.

THE WHEEL HAD TO FIRSTLY BE INVENTED FOR THE HORSE CARRIAGE TO BE POSSIBLE.

Great guy.

are you interviewing Elle also?

Are there spoilers in this? Haven't had the chance to see the movie yet.

Why do you shoot at 60fps for interviews?

id like to see Spider-Man tv mini series done in his neon dark style, I could imagine it would take getting used to but be very powerful

But interesting to learn about the altered second half, because I personally found the first half (everything leading up to the abstract runway scene) to be incredibly good, while the second half was.. you know, like Only God Forgives. The style over substance stuff where nothing seems to be very connected, at least that was my experience. So yeah, maybe the writing fell a little short there.

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen the word 'pretentious' thrown around so much in one comment section. I mean, based on your attitudes, clearly a lot of you hating on Refn already didn't like him or didn't like his films before you clicked on this video, so why in the hell did you just sit in front of your computer watching a 36 minute interview with the man... or are you one of those trolls that comments before watching a video, or comments without ever watching a video?

''i use them to take advantage of my situations''

Next time you do an interview can you make sure all participants phone's are switched off or on airplane mode because that interference is fucking annoying.

if this video were showing for a group of people, i'm picturing everyone asleep (and snoring) by around 19min in

Why does this seem so tense from minute one? lol

It must be soooo hard not to be annoyed by his attitude ! Kudos to David for keeping his cool.

@arbhall7572

7 жыл бұрын

and is translating his thought from his native language to english.

And He Gave An Advice To Every Young Director Or Old Making Their First Movie To Be Arrogant. So I Think Its Deeper Than Being Pretentious.

cool and very intelligent guy!

It's somewhat surprising to me that Refn sounds like an optimist at heart. I have a hard time reconciling that with his films. I wouldn't say he's pretentious, but I can't really identify or agree with a lot of what he's saying here. At times the interview feels like a bit of a train wreck but it is more interesting than most interviews, regardless.

when hes pointed towards only god forgives and asked how hard it was, it actually felt as if the interviewer was mocking him about the response of his film. i admire nwr movies because he does stand by his own imagination. creative imagination is the only god like ability humans have. that we can create through our imagination. a movie is an art, like a painting for ex. an artist's expression have to and should be un adultered by responses of other people. it must be true to itself, pure. and thats what nwr means when he says he wants to be free. a movie doesnt have to do good on the box office to be good.

Nicolas is definition of an artist...

he wants to be different.......and he is.

Hi David. You do great and insightful interviews. How about getting James Wan on the show? Greetings from Sweden.

Evolution, revolution and Refn.

I think hes a fascinating dude!...but what I know...hes from the future and I am just from here,now

People here say he is pretentious and arrogant and he's NOT. He thinks before he speaks and he knows him self and knows what HE is talking about. I'll culture is so vapid and we label people like him as pretentious and HES NOT. He talks slowly because he is articulate.

26:02 "The question was always "WHO IS THIS NEON DEMON?"... and... it's Elle Fanning"

just watched only god forgives and it was bad. is neon demon better?

@UlrichUlrich

8 жыл бұрын

No!

please get Elle, PLEASE.

I kept on waiting for Dean Blunt to come on...

His direction kind of reminds me of Lars von Trier

I love his awkward pauses in the middle of sentences, the interviewer thinks he's done talking and then he just keeps going. Happens all the time in interviews with him and it always makes me laugh for some reason.

YOU OUGHT TO HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING HIS CRAFT, AND HIS LATEST "MOVIE", RATHER THAN VAPID QUESTIONS REGARDING TANGENTIAL SUBJECTS, WHILST ENABLING HIS PRETENTIOUSNESS. ASKING QUESTIONS REGARDING POLITICS DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY TURN AN INTERVIEW INTO PROFOUND DISCOURSE.

Refn is a complex case. He has a good eye but can’t structure a movie properly. He is heavily influenced by modern French film directors, especially Gaspar Noe. I recommend to watch My life directed by NWR, a not so great documentary shot by his wife about Only God Forgives. He literally didn’t know how to shoot that movie. He knew that movie is not great. I believe he still understands that. As for Neon Demon it’s pretty much the same - they shoot the ending first and the rest was improvised. Probably he has too many ideas and doubts about himself but that’s not an excuse for sloppy filmmaking. Neon Demon shows another side of refn - an urge to stay relevant no matter what. Sometimes it looks like sophomore Vimeo’s video.

This interviewer is a joke. Refn is just too real.

Bad interviewer, especially at the part where he asks about Only God Forgives

@artvandaley3297

8 жыл бұрын

A few people at the cinema walked out on that movie

@1conor

8 жыл бұрын

Only God Forgives got mixed reviews to say the least

@richardadesmond

8 жыл бұрын

it got boooed at Cannes.....the audience booed him!

@Logan-tt3fg

8 жыл бұрын

Richard Desmond Um what movie doesn't get booed at Cannes?

@richardadesmond

8 жыл бұрын

'Drive' haha

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This wasn’t a bad interview at all! Refn seemed...odd? I don’t know, seems like he was trying a bit too hard to come off as a pseudo-intellectual.

Wow. His pretension is just dripping from the screen.

@Roman888

8 жыл бұрын

The Neon Demon is doing really poorly so far, so here's hoping we'll be seeing less of him.

@xe666

8 жыл бұрын

Why would you seek out an interview of a person whos work you dont like?Absurd behaviour.

@anirudhmenon4234

8 жыл бұрын

A Passing Soul​ Where did I say that I don't like his work? I love the Pusher trilogy and Valhalla Rising. I also really liked Drive but I haven't been a fan of everything after Drive is all. Also, I have seen NWR's initial couple of interviews, and he was far less pretentious back then than he is now.

@Venuscombust

8 жыл бұрын

totally, the NEON DEMON is a piece of shit by any standards --go back and watch Godard this guys is a fucking fool and pretentious to a pathetic level.

@theempire00

8 жыл бұрын

okay that had me literally laughing out loud :D

The interviewer is so far away from Refn. He struggles to understand Refn. Everything he says is completely understandable. I understand him, creativity usually becomes compromised over money, and it always hurts the creation in the end. So many movies today are 80% garbage like a Michael Bay fest. It's expensive but very cheap entertainment as well because you assume your viewers are stupid very little substance. I def want more movies that are more challenging to a degree but also find myself enjoying slow paced movies that gives you the opportunity to taste and think about what you are viewing.

I get it. Nicholas Winding Refn is a hard case. Dude is just too real :)

He didn't uncross his legs for nearly 30 minutes!! I would probably go insane sitting like that for so long

why does the interviewer talking about us candidates. ..

@BabyTua

7 жыл бұрын

and turn of your cellphones guys

Is he saying ecosystem or EGOsystem?

@UlrichUlrich

8 жыл бұрын

I don't know, I can't remember. Maybe he's saying LEGOsystem!

next Thorgal

Talk about rubbing someone up the wrong way!

He clearly has some interesting ideas but sometimes I feel like he's trolling

i loved only god forgives

A true genius and artist. Neon demon is a masterpiece.

Last guy you want to be in same elevator with

these oral histories would be infitely better if david poland's voice was edited out.

@dp30

4 жыл бұрын

Someone has to ask the questions that create the conversation. But thanks for the snideness.

i don't think he's pretentious, i just think he's danish and english is his second language... the europeans just have an inherent pretension to us because we feel less than bc america...

If there are no sex metaphors in this interview then I'll be very disappointed.

Almost seems like he's on some kind of opioid. I have to take opioid meds for a painful disease I have, and when the meds have kicked in, you're speaking gets very slow, and you get scatterbrained, and you look like you feel a LITTLE too comfortable.

Also his movies are very deep and philosophical that's why people don't like them because people are SHALLOW and SUPERFICIAL

@honeynmilk00

7 жыл бұрын

I love his perspective and his movies, I certainly loved the symbolism, the esthetic and finding every single "hidden" message on the Neon Demon but I don't think people and movie critics don't like his movies because they are "shallow" and can't handle depth, they don't like it because his movies don't have structure, they are messy, I don't have a problem with that personally, we are so used to a certain type of structure that our minds closed when we are faced with a new model, that makes us underestimate or throw aside movies that can offer us an unique experience.

You know he's fucking with you right? This is Refn's "fuck you" to the patrons of Cannes. "The Emperor's New Clothes;" heard of it?

Very, very interesting interview. The comments here are pathetic.

Rein est antipathique parce qu il est génial Ils sont tous comme ça

He makes interesting films but there is something very "off" about him as a human being. Shudder inducing, even. I fully expect to hear some creepy, gross, Hollywood Babylon style rumors about this dude.

@thewotsit

8 жыл бұрын

There's nothing off or shudder inducing about a man who wants to see lesbian necrophilia, he's an auteur!

The way he pontificates... it's like listening to the Donald Trump of filmmakers. "I love... creativity."...... what the FUCK?

He Is Not Pretentious.

Everything's pretentious to people if it rubs THEM the wrong way. And don't you dare talk as a filmmaker without shitting and pissing and projectile-vomiting "humility"

I cannot watch and listen Refn more than 1 minute.

Why isnt this interviewer sticking to questions about NWFs work? These guys cant help but bring up Donald Trump, they just wont shut up about him.

I think this interviewer doesn't like Nicolas very much.

@dp30

7 жыл бұрын

Actually, I quite like him. I find him running in a treadmill in his mind sometimes, but I think he is earnestly passionate about whatever is in his favor at any time... and at the same time, very loyal.

@hanselmora1

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I commented at the beginning of the clip. I should've commented after seeing the entire thing. Great interview.