NICOLAS WINDING-REFN CONTINUED RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING

A regular thing that seems to come up in all the interviews I have seen with Refn is that violence not necessarily on screen is a big part of the way he makes and thinks about films.

"Well, art is an act of violence. It is about penetration, about speaking to our subconscious and our moods at different levels." Nicolas Winding-Refn

This video is very poetic in a way and shows graphically the violence portrayed in all of his films.

Refn also has a tendency to compare violence to sex, which he says in this clip from the upcoming documentary 'My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding-Refn' due to come out this year:

I feel that in my film I have done enough to suggest violence through the use of blood, and the end of my film which I would like to be seen as ending just prior to extreme and graphic violence.

Another thing to point out which I have probably already made clear is the Power of silence in a Refn film. I found this Q&A from The film Society of Lincoln Centre which outlines perfectly what I feel about my film and also what I feel some of film lacks:

The more I discover the more I love about this incredible artist in the medium of film and I will continue to follow his work after finishing this project as I am eager to see what he does next.
I do know that he is in the process of making a horror film at the moment called 'Neon Demons' set for release next year so I will wait with baited breath.