Sound And Vision: Nicolas Winding Refn

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we discuss two distinct music videos by Nicolas Winding Refn. Nicolas Winding Refn has evolved a lot as a director since his early years. Starting out with grimey crime dramas like the Pusher Trilogy and Bleeder, he has worn his influences on his sleeve, embracing classic cinematic auteurs like the many directors name-dropped by the protagonist in Bleeder. Think the Kubricks and the Scorceses. But the more outré trash and avant-garde-auteurs like Andy Milligan, Kenneth Anger, Ron Ormond and Doris Wishman always have been a frame of reference as well. Somewhere around Valhalla Rising and Bronson Refn started to coalesce his references into his own singular...

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