№1This isn’t a comparison of two films. It’s a love letter to my favorite director. When we were launching The Last Ronin in 2023 - a tribute to the VHS era of my childhood and the B-movies that raised me - there was an obvious question: what cinematic language should we use? I’ve spent my whole creative life doing mimicry, searching for my own voice. I always lean on the artists whose work gives me the strength to keep going. So to figure out how my debut film should look, I just asked myself the reverse question: “What would a post-apocalyptic action movie look like if Nicolas Winding Refn directed it?” That’s how the film found its visual code and language - even though we couldn’t go full neon chaos because of the burned-out wasteland setting. When I watched “Her Private Hell” in the theater (and had the honor of presenting its Russian premiere), it hit me like lightning. There were so many echoing frames. Actually it was really just one scene: Private K walking down a dark corridor, illuminated only by camera flashes - it was an exact match for the moment when the Ronin wanders through a dark container, lighting his way by striking sparks. Everything else is pure @nwrefn signature style, especially those 360-degree camera spins that I happily borrowed for the atmosphere of my own film. People say copying your favorite directors is a sin. I don’t give a fuck. We grow up by copying our parents. Why should it be any different with our creative parents? First we learn by imitating… then we find our own voice inside it. #HerPrivateHell #NicolasWindingRefn HER PRIVATE HELL (2026) streaming Now VOD/Digital – Sale/Rental (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) THE LAST RONIN (2024) - Sale/Rental (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.)
