Ryan Gosling is Looking For a Fight in the Red Band Trailer For ‘ONLY GOD FORGIVES’
As a married man, I’m comfortable enough in my sexuality to say that Ryan Gosling is a handsome man. But it isn’t the Drive star’s good looks that makes this trailer for Only God Forgives so gorgeous and hypnotic. That honor can be bestowed to cinematographer Larry Smith. A frequent collaborator with Stanley Kubrick, Smith has given the same sense of balance and structure that the former director loved so much and has placed it in the violent underground world of Thai boxing that director Nicolas Winding Refn has created. I couldn’t help but recall the dazzling imagery from some of Wong Kar-wai’s films like Chungking Express and In The Mood For Love when watching this trailer. Of course, since this is the director of such violent opuses as Bronson and Valhalla Rising, Only God Forgives looks like if Wong Kar-wai decided to direct an ultra-violent exploitation film. Compared to Drive’s nameless “driver,” we see Gosling here with a harder and more muscular face that emanates a fierceness. He seems to have a much more vicious demeanor that is accented by his unshaven face and shadowy eyes. I’m sure the “Hey, Girl” fans won’t be complaining though.
Check out the must-watch red-band trailer below. Only God Forgives does not have an official release date yet.
Michael Haffner
Somewhere between growing up on a steady diet of Saturday morning trips to the local comic-book shop, collecting an unhealthy amount of action figures, and frequent viewings of Ray Harryhausen and Hammer Horror films, came forth a nerdy boy that was torn between journalism and the arts. In high school, Michael found himself writing a movie column for the school newspaper. Yet, he went on to get a BFA in Studio Art at Webster University. When not writing about films, you can still find him discussing classic horror, collecting action figures, and reading Batman. Clearly, not much has changed.
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