We looked forward to the chance to get some insights into what it all means when we spoke to the director from his native Copenhagen, but he proved as evasive and reclusive as his films, as the following interview shows. Hopefully, we’re left thinking, Refn knows what he’s doing.

It’s strange how this movie isn’t a bigger cult hit that it is. It has all the trappings of one … big names in early roles, a gritty, almost documentary aesthetic, cheap, guerrilla-style production and a strong subtext about the state of society in America.

Little did I know he didn’t have the biggest part in it but he exposed me to all these other characters like Obi-Wan, Anakin, all those guys. Off that I went to watch the originals in the technical [right] order and I was sold.