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[I collect VHS tapes]

Was randomly reading Maniac Cop's Wikipedia page and I stumbled on this tidbit of information. Apparently Nicolas Winding Refn is going to be directing a Maniac Cop series for HBO.

He is one of my favorite directors currently doing work so I'm a bit surprised I missed this. I can't seem to find a whole lot of information about this, most articles are a few years old.

Nicolas Winding Refn Says His New HBO Series ‘Maniac Cop’ Is ‘Unadulterated Horror’

Nicolas Winding Refn is joining forces with HBO for his next television event series.

www.indiewire.com

I know when a lot of people think of Refn they think of Drive, and that movie seems to be fairly polarizing, but IMO he has a pretty fucking amazing repertoire. His most recent work, Neon Demon, was probably my favorite movie of that year.







The Pusher films are pretty great too.

 

[AV]

I know when a lot of people think of Refn they think of Drive, and that movie seems to be fairly polarizing, but IMO he has a pretty fucking amazing repertoire. His most recent work, Neon Demon, was probably my favorite movie of that year.

Drive wasn't polarizing, that was Only God Forgives. Drive's issue is that is was massively mis-marketed as an action movie.

That being said, Bronson is arguably his best work and doesn't get enough mention.

May watch this.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Drive wasn't polarizing, that was Only God Forgives. Drive's issue is that is was massively mis-marketed as an action movie.

That being said, Bronson is arguably his best work and doesn't get enough mention.

May watch this.

I haven't seen Bronson since it came out back in 2008. Might be time for a rewatch. Valhalla Rising is probably my favorite film by him but like I said I haven't seen Bronson in forever.

I thought Only God Forgives was mostly hated and Drive was fairly polarizing. What do I know tho.

For the record, I loved Only God Forgives.

 

[mortal]

Huge fan of NWR. Not that he's the world's greatest director or any, but I'm always eager to see what he's working on next.

Will be keeping tabs on this. HBO x NWR sounds like great pairing, given the previous respective outputs.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Is his Amazon series that bad or was it too dense for plebs to penetrate it?

 

[mortal]

Is his Amazon series that bad or was it too dense for plebs to penetrate it?

It very polarizing. You will either will love it, or hate it. I would say that warrants a glimpse, at the very least.

 

[jason10mm]

Hmmm, I'm gonna put money down on this being a single long tracking shot of just the cops face going about his daily beat as he slowly going MANIC!

 

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[GymWolf]

Without this guy?? Good luck

 

[BadBurger]

This sounds interesting. Love his style. Drive is one of my favorite movies ever and something strange like this sounds right up his alley

 

[SaturnSaturn]

You should check out the Pusher Trilogy, its his best movies, i bet your can find them with english subs these days.

Also i watched the show he did for Amazon Too old to die young, it was great until episode 7 or 8. then it shit the bed.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

You should check out the Pusher Trilogy, its his best movies, i bet your can find them with english subs these days.

Also i watched the show he did for Amazon Too old to die young, it was great until episode 7 or 8. then it shit the bed.

I mention the Pusher movies in the OP, they’re great.

Haven’t watched his Amazon series yet, might check that out.

 

[Chiggs]

This is fantastic news. Dude hasn’t done much since Drive, but I’m thinking this is a good fit for him.

 

[SJRB]

This is fantastic news. Dude hasn’t done much since Drive, but I’m thinking this is a good fit for him.

Dude made like three movies and a tv show since Drive, but okay.

 

[Chiggs]

Dude made like three movies and a tv show since Drive, but okay.

I can rephrase my comment so that it's more clear.

This is fantastic news. Dude hasn't done anything that I enjoyed since Drive, and if I'm to be honest, his recent efforts, especially The Neon Demon, have been pretty awful.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

I can rephrase my comment so that it's more clear.

Neon Demon was amazing

 

[Chiggs]

Neon Demon was amazing

I wish I felt the same way. Truly.

 

[teezzy]

It very polarizing. You will either will love it, or hate it. I would say that warrants a glimpse, at the very least.

Oh. So it's like his entire filmography outside of Drive

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I like his style. I'm down for this. Big fan of the original trilogy, especially that intro track in 3. Shit is fire.
Edit: Sounds like something Jerry Goldsmith would have composed, just a little less epic.

 

[mortal]

Oh. So it's like his entire filmography outside of Drive

I wouldn't say his entire filmography is divisive.

I don't believe the Pusher films are considered divisive. Those have more of a cult following due to being Danish films that most people haven't seen or heard of.
People only started saying this about him post-Drive because I think they expected all of his work to be as accessible as that film.
Although he's generally more "out there" compared to most other established directors.