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I've been trying to get away from physical violence it's too easy it doesn't satisfy me artistically to work with it. Dramatic violence is much more interesting, but it's much more difficult.
Nicolas Winding Refn
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Nicolas Winding Refn
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 29
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