Abstract
48 page bound book - Pusher a collection of behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
The Pusher films are parables of pressure. Like a microcosmic Les Rougon-Macquart of Copenhagen's underworld, the trilogy comprises three intersecting but distinct portraits of men beholden to the ruthless contingencies of criminal life. In their respective films, drug dealer, Frank (Kim Bodnia), his feckless accomplice, Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen), and minor drug lord, Milo (Zlato Buric) are caught between the tensions of making do in a hostile world fraught immanent violence, and the everyday challenges of maintaining human relationships. The milieu captured is as vivid as it is deglamourised; Refn's subjects are not criminal masterminds, or even heavyweights, but ordinary, undignified, often pathetic figures whose struggles are nonetheless compelling.
The Pusher films are parables of pressure. Like a microcosmic Les Rougon-Macquart of Copenhagen's underworld, the trilogy comprises three intersecting but distinct portraits of men beholden to the ruthless contingencies of criminal life. In their respective films, drug dealer, Frank (Kim Bodnia), his feckless accomplice, Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen), and minor drug lord, Milo (Zlato Buric) are caught between the tensions of making do in a hostile world fraught immanent violence, and the everyday challenges of maintaining human relationships. The milieu captured is as vivid as it is deglamourised; Refn's subjects are not criminal masterminds, or even heavyweights, but ordinary, undignified, often pathetic figures whose struggles are nonetheless compelling.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Umbrella Entertainment |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2023 |
