Nicolas Winding Refn lost his creative spark – then he died
A near-death experience in 2023 pulled the director out of creative burnout. Now he’s back with Her Private Hell, a neon-drenched sci-fi horror, and his strangest film yet
Black News 
At the start of his career, Nicolas Winding Refn was so dedicated to capturing reality that in Pusher, all the onscreen cocaine was genuine, and in Pusher II, its even grittier sequel, the gang members were played by actual criminals. The Danish auteur has since swung the opposite direction, setting his latest film, Her Private Hell, in a magical, neon hotel floating up in the clouds. The tone is so abstract that hazy smoke persistentlyhellip;
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