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Nicolas Winding Refn unveiled Her Private Hell at Cannes to a seven-minute standing ovation despite it premiering out of competition; led by Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton, the provocative thriller follows a tortured star and a vengeance-seeking Army private as Refn used the moment to reflect on cinema’s power after a near-death experience, with Neon planning a July 24 U.S. release.
At Cannes, Nicolas Winding Refn's psychedelic sci‑fi drama Her Private Hell earned a 12‑minute standing ovation at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, the second-longest of the night; the film, out of competition, stars Sophie Thatcher, Havana Rose Liu and Charles Melton. Refn, who recently survived heart surgery, used his speech to champion cinema as a unifying force and paid a nod to composer Pino Donaggio, as Neon sets a July 24 U.S. release date.
Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn criticized streamers at the Venice Film Festival, calling them "overfunded and rotten with money and cocaine." Refn, who previously claimed that "cinema is dead," now believes that cinema needs to be fought for because streamers have "saturated everything" and "devalued content to just a swipe." He also tied streamers to the dangers of artificial intelligence, stating that AI is not an artist but a product. Refn is currently working on a new movie after his previous series for Netflix and Amazon did not receive further seasons.