As a depression - prone war photographer
whose death has sent her husband and two sons into decidedly separate states of
emotional denial, she's a dangerous open
wound of a character even from the confines of flashback; at one point Trier closes in on her silent, trembling, feeling - flushed face for what feels like a full exquisite minute, and it's the most riveting moment in the entire film.
September 16, 2011 • Director Nicolas
Winding Refn explains how he chose the swooning electronic pop songs that underscore the emotion in his new film, about a stuntman and getaway driver
whose emotional awakening is interrupted by bursts of brutal violence.