Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn ridicules Amazon Prime for allegedly burying his 2019 miniseries Too Old To Die Young, which starred Miles Teller. Refn is best known for his neon-soaked visual style, which was impressively displayed in his 2011 movie Drive. For Too Old To Die Young, Refn brought his talents to television, creating a series that followed a detective who descends into a criminal underworld filled with some of the worst people humanity has to offer.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Refn's refusal to tone down the violence for Too Old To Die Young caused friction with its streaming host, as the director himself now speaks with Vulture and accuses Amazon Prime of purposefully burying the project due to its more deeply disturbing elements of violence and exploitation.
Well, they took all my marketing money away because they were afraid that the show would reflect badly on Amazon. They told me that directly. They were so shocked by it. I was like, “What’s so shocking?” They said, “It’s going to make us look bad.” And I said, “But I don’t think anyone’s going to look at you at all.” Certain parts of Hollywood are so self-absorbed that they think they’re at the center of the universe. The rule of fear is very dangerous.
That being said, Too Old To Die Young's focus on nihilistic satire and brief glimpses of self-aware, dark humor do arguably frame it as an interesting counter to more popular modern anti-hero dramas. Many Refn enthusiasts do still defend the series today as a refreshing take on the crime genre, comparing some of its visual techniques to those which made Drive so popular in 2011.
Nicolas Winding Refn Has Taken His Services To Netflix As a consequence of his rather malicious falling out with Amazon, Refn has recently offered his name and style to opposing streaming service Netflix. In his second attempt at taking the television world by storm, Refn has released Copenhagen Cowboy, a six-part crime thriller, on the platform.
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