When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident, Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.
Cinematography
Fluorescent hellscapes that make malls feel cosmic
Acting
Turturro's mumble-meltdown masterpiece
Score
Brian Eno and J. Peter Schwalm drone you into unease
Director
Nicolas Winding Refn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Refn's English-language debut and his only American studio film—he's since disowned it, calling the experience 'traumatic' after Harvey Weinstein buried the release.
The mall was shot in Winnipeg's Polo Park, and cinematographer Larry Smith (Stanley Kubrick's gaffer) designed those sickly greens to evoke *Eyes Wide Shut*'s Christmas nightmare.
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