How does a sci-fi movie evolve into a Viking epic? See Valhalla
The upcoming Viking adventure movie Valhalla Rising caps a 22-year journey for filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, the 39-year-old Danish-born, American-raised director who first conceived of the movie as a science fiction epic.
"I always wanted to make a science fiction movie, but I had no interest in [the] technology of science fiction," Refn told a group of reporters last week in Hollywood while promoting his upcoming film Bronson. "I wanted to do a mental science fiction movie. I find it difficult to make one in the future now, because technology always kind of goes against mythology and the concept of science fiction. So I decided to do the 1100s instead."
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The upcoming Viking adventure movie Valhalla Rising caps a 22-year journey for filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, the 39-year-old Danish-born, American-raised director who first conceived of the movie as a science fiction epic.
"I always wanted to make a science fiction movie, but I had no interest in [the] technology of science fiction," Refn told a group of reporters last week in Hollywood while promoting his upcoming film Bronson. "I wanted to do a mental science fiction movie. I find it difficult to make one in the future now, because technology always kind of goes against mythology and the concept of science fiction. So I decided to do the 1100s instead."
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