Film Journal #213 - Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Bronson” (2008)
I’ve decided to make my way through Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s filmography as I await the release of “Drive” here in Latin America. After watching the “Pusher Trilogy,” I checked out this sideshow biopic of the United Kingdom’s most famous criminal. Refn never attempts to understand or explain the insanity that is Michael Gordon Peterson, rather he seems content on stepping back and letting actor Tom Hardy chew the scenery. With this strategy, Refn and Hardy allow you to see a common thug turn his crime into performance art in a highly stylized fashion.
