Ryan Gosling discusses mixed reactions to new film
- 11 years ago
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STORY: Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn is continuing to defend his new film "Only God Forgives" as he brings the violent film to America for its U.S. release.
The thriller, set in the Bangkok underworld of brothels and fight clubs came under attack at the Cannes film festival in May for its bloodletting.
The film, written by Refn, tells the story of Julian, an American fugitive played by Canadian Ryan Gosling, who runs a boxing club in the Thai capital as a front for a drug business.
After his brother is murdered for killing a prostitute, his gangster mother played by a chain-smoking, peroxide blonde Kristin Scott Thomas arrives demanding the heads of his killers, including a mysterious policeman handy with a sword.
As the family seeks revenge, the God-like policeman decides their fate, with blood splattered throughout the film that is sparse on dialogue but heavy on imagery with many scenes set in claust
STORY: Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn is continuing to defend his new film "Only God Forgives" as he brings the violent film to America for its U.S. release.
The thriller, set in the Bangkok underworld of brothels and fight clubs came under attack at the Cannes film festival in May for its bloodletting.
The film, written by Refn, tells the story of Julian, an American fugitive played by Canadian Ryan Gosling, who runs a boxing club in the Thai capital as a front for a drug business.
After his brother is murdered for killing a prostitute, his gangster mother played by a chain-smoking, peroxide blonde Kristin Scott Thomas arrives demanding the heads of his killers, including a mysterious policeman handy with a sword.
As the family seeks revenge, the God-like policeman decides their fate, with blood splattered throughout the film that is sparse on dialogue but heavy on imagery with many scenes set in claust