Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Danish director Refn splatters Cannes festival with violence

Director Nicolas Winding Refn and cast member Vithaya Pansringarm attend a news conference for the film "Only God Forgives" during the 66th Cannes Film Festival By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - An ultra-violent thriller set in the Bangkok underworld of brothels and fight clubs came under attack at the Cannes film festival on Wednesday for its bloodletting which Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn defended as art. "Only God Forgives" by Refn, who won the best director award at Cannes two years ago, is 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. ...








via Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/danish-director-refn-splatters-cannes-festival-violence-155350106.html

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