“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.” PeopleKnowsArtProblemFilmMinutesSolutionsArt IsBoringMathMathematicalCinemaMath Problems Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I never look at the internet because then you just have nothing else to do but just look. Most generally, and even myself as a consumer, you think you know what you want. But what's more interesting is figuring out what you don't want. I think the only way that I can do that is just to do what I think is right. That is the only real gesture of respect. Then people can react to the movie how they want to react.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantLooksI CanRealCan DoInterestingInternetWhat You WantConsumersGesturesYou Think You Know Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“The conversations about a film are an example of success because then you know whatever you've done has resonated.” KnowsDoneFilmExampleConversation Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I'm a fetish filmmaker, in that I don't know why I do what I do, I just like to see things. When I figure out what I would like to see, I will put it in a film.” KnowsFilmFiguresFilmmakerFetish Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Film works when a director and a star have a connection. You know, when there's something telekinetic between them, there's a partnership, it's like alter egos. It's like James Stewart and Alfred Hitchcock, or Fellini and Mastroianni. I'm not comparing, I'm just saying, if you can come into a relationship where the director and star have such a bond, it's so much easier to make a movie.” IfsKnowsFilmStarsEasierDirectorsEgoConnectionsComparePartnershipJust SayingHitchcockAlter Ego Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“When we met, my agenda was "Get Elle Fanning." I believe Elle's was "Get the role." But we didn't know that.” KnowsBelieveI BelieveRolesMetsAgendas Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I don't know if power seduces less or more. I think power is a constant evolving mechanism that, since the dawn of time, on one level corrupts and on another level does not. But I think, no matter what, mutates.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeMatterLevelsNo Matter WhatConstantEvolveDawnMechanismSeducing Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Ironically, even the fashion in New York or Paris or Milan or whatever, or music in Berlin, or art in, I don't know, Madrid - all these scenes come and go. Everything leads back to Hollywood.” KnowsArtFashionNew YorkSceneHollywoodParisComes And GoesBerlinMadridMilan Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
