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According to Nicolas Winding Refn, the film is a thriller produced as a western, all in the Far East, and with a modern cowboy hero.
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In terms of the musical inspiration for this film, Refn refers to how much of an influence the scores of Bernard Herrmann were. For the temp score that they edited the film to, they used Herrmann's score from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), which, Refn found out soon after, is composer Cliff Martinez's personal favorite.
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Luke Evans was originally cast in the lead role but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). Ryan Gosling replaced him.
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The protagonist was originally British and rewritten as an American.
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This is the third film of Nicolas Winding Refn starring Gordon Brown.
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The short sword that Chang wields seems to be a 'Kachin dha', from the Jingpho or Kachin people who inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Burma's Kachin State, and neighboring areas of China and India. The name 'dha' is used for a wide variety of knives and swords used by many people across Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Yunnan, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
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In an interview with director William Friedkin, Nicolas Winding Refn mentioned that he considers this film to be a masterpiece. Friedkin proceeded to ask for an ambulance for Refn and berate him.
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Swedish underground filmmaker Henrik Möller felt the film was too cynical and did not warrant anything more than a Pirate Bay download.
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An official Danish-French co-production in accordance with the 1992 European convention on cinematographic Co-production.
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About 20% of the film was shot with a Red Epic camera owned by Ryan Gosling.
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It was Ryan Gosling's idea to open the stomach of Julian's dead mother. He had it after director Nicolas Winding Refn asked him if he'd rather smile or cry after Julian's mom's death. He replied that he'd open her uterus to see what's inside.
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In the screenplay, there was another scene at the very end where Mai feeds pudding to the armless Julian.
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Although Ryan Gosling went under heavy Muay Thai training for his role, his character (Julian) fails to land a single hit and is easily defeated by Chang.
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