Fear X

Fear X

The Past Can Never Be Rewound
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Screenplay by Hubert Selby Jr.
Nicolas Winding Refn
Story by Hubert Selby Jr.
Starring John Turturro
James Remar
Deborah Kara Unger
Music by Brian Eno
J. Peter Schwalm
Cinematography Larry Smith
Edited by Anne Østerud
Distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment
Release dates
  • 19 January 2003 (2003-01-19) (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time
91 minutes
Country Denmark
United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $6.6 million

Fear X is a 2003 psychological thriller film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The first film to be produced from one of Hubert Selby Jr.'s original screenplays,[1] its eventual box-office failure would force Refn's film company Jang Go Star into bankruptcy.[2] Refn's financial recovery was documented in the 2006 documentary The Gambler.[3]

Plot

A security guard's wife is killed in a seemingly random incident. Prompted by mysterious visions, he journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.

Cast

Critical reception

Film ending

Director Nicolas Winding Refn commented on the ending within several interviews: In an interview with BBC:

In an interview with IndieWire:

"You can view it in many different ways... it's so up to your own interpretation."'[7]

Actor John Turturro also commented on the ending within an interview with Channel 4: "I liked it because the idea of the story was about a simple man thrust into this overwhelming, debilitating circumstance, and he never really finds out what happens... Nicholas doesn't have all the answers to what he's trying to do. A lot of times these guys, their biggest problem is solving the script, but Nicholas seems to be a filmmaker who likes to throw the script away."[8]

Festivals

(Listed chronologically)

Awards

Production

The film was shot in sequence (chronological order).[7]

Film Locations

References

External links

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