Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
A documentary directed by Winding Refn's wife, Liv Corfixen, and it follows the Danish-born filmmaker during the making of his 2013 film Only God Forgives.
This intimate making-of documentary offers a quietly personal window into Nicolas Winding Refn's creative insecurity and family life during the troubled production of Only God Forgives in Bangkok. Liv Corfixen's dual role as wife and director gives it an unusual emotional intimacy that distinguishes it from standard EPK documentaries. However, the narrative arc is thin and somewhat meandering, without strong dramatic resolution. The cinematography is competent and occasionally evocative but not exceptional. Its novelty lies primarily in the domestic-eye perspective on a polarizing auteur rather than any radical formal invention. The ending feels inconclusive, mirroring the uncertain mood of the film it documents but leaving viewers without satisfying closure.