The Year of Refn

One of the most promising young filmmakers around, Nicolas Winding Refn, made a name for himself with the great Pusher trilogy. Three parallel, violent odysseys through the drug underworld of Denmark, Refn's take on the crime genre paired Euro style with Neorealism, with the ghosts of Scorcese (Goodfellas) and Friedkin (The French Connection) hovering over. He made his American debut with Fear X, an adaptation of a novel by cult novelist Hubert Selby, Jr. (Requiem for a Dream). Unfortunately, that film went into production without a finished script, and the final product definitely shows. This year, however, will see the release of two films by Refn. One of these is Valhalla Rising, what will possibly be the best Viking movie ever.



Today sees the arrival of the trailer for his other new film, Bronson, about the supposedly most violent prisoner in Britain, Charles Bronson (no, that's not his real name).



Rent the Pusher trilogy and Fear X here---www.citizen-video.com