Nicolas Winding Refn

Neon, violence and long silences. In Drive, a Hollywood stuntman and mechanic who moonlights as a getaway driver tries to keep clear of his shady past. Only God Forgives sends Julian, a Bangkok drug dealer running a Thai boxing club, after his brother's killer. The Neon Demon follows a sixteen-year-old aspiring model newly arrived in Los Angeles.

Signature

• Synth scores by Cliff Martinez.
• Los Angeles and Bangkok at night.
• Slow, stylised pacing.
• Ryan Gosling in Drive and Only God Forgives.