My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn
GFT, February 25 & 26
Opening with her subject having his tarot cards read by cult Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky, Liv Corfixen's hour-long documentary follows Nicolas Winding Refn as he shoots his 2013 film Only God Forgives in Thailand. What lifts this beyond a simple Making Of documentary, however, is the fact that Corfixen is Winding Refn's wife. So as well as the on-set footage of the focussed director at work, we go behind-the-scenes to the luxurious Bangkok penthouse the couple share with their two young daughters and, later, into their Copenhagen home. Here, the mask is well and truly off. In Thailand, lead actor Ryan Gosling is a regular visitor but while his ineffable charisma sprinkles stardust over the documentary it's the interaction between husband and wife that really drives it. Part petulant child, part tortured artist riven by self-doubt, Winding Refn opens up to Corfixen in a way he wouldn't to anybody else. "I've spent three years making this film," he says at one point, "and I don't really know what it's about." And yes, they do argue about childcare and who's picking up the groceries.
Barry Didcock
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article