Nicolas Winding Refn Talks Chances Of A Mads Mikkelsen Reunion As ‘Pusher’ Plays In Venice In Double-Bill With Short Film ‘Beauty Is Not A Sin’
What drew you to this imagery? NICHOLAS WINDING REFN:Agusta wanted it to be very Italian. And whats more Italian than being Catholic, almost, and I liked the idea of a confessional setting. Nicolas Winding RefnGetty Images DEADLINE:Were Agusta concerned about pushback from the Catholic Church around the use of this imagery? DEADLINE:You think that people really do view beauty as a sin? REFN:There can be a lot of repression in our repressed desires, which is not healthy....