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Johan Renck
Swedish
Director
Born:
Dec 5
,
1966
Been
Love
Music
Time
World
You
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The darkest aspects of imperialism are still very much prevalent in many cultures around the world; hundreds of years later, and we have a collective responsibility to encounter the deeds of our past.
Johan Renck
World
Responsibility
Collective
Darkest
Past
Our
Later
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Years
Imperialism
Around
Still
Years
Encounter
Cultures
Very
Much
Aspects
Deeds
Many
If I feel the labor and the gruesome process, that helps me appreciate the art.
Johan Renck
Art
Me
Feel
Labor
Process
Helps
Gruesome
Appreciate
All my close friends are non-conformist. To say 'misfits' sounds bad, but there is something positive about being a little on the outside - it gives you an interesting perspective on things - and I think that's something Robyn and I share.
Johan Renck
Positive
You
Perspective
Think
Say
Bad
About
Something
Gives
Misfits
Outside
Share
Sounds
Friends
Close
Close Friends
Being
Interesting
Little
Things
I began my career as a recording artist, and eventually I started directing my own music videos.
Johan Renck
Music
Videos
Recording
Own
Music Videos
Directing
My Own
Recording Artist
Began
Artist
Eventually
Started
Career
I wish I had been born 20 years earlier, so I could have been in the movie business in the 1970s.
Johan Renck
Business
Wish
Born
Could
Had
Been
Years
Movie
Movie Business
Earlier
Whenever I'm making a film, it has to be timeless.
Johan Renck
Making
Timeless
Whenever
Film
Building a cast is a card house. They lean on each other, provide for each other, and take from each other.
Johan Renck
Building
Other
Cast
Take
Lean
House
Provide
Each
Card
Art is never finished. It is only abandoned.
Johan Renck
Art
Finished
Abandoned
Only
Never
I like dark, hopeless, beautiful tragedies.
Johan Renck
Beautiful
Dark
Hopeless
Like
Tragedies
Movies are made for people to pay and go see them.
Johan Renck
People
Made
Pay
See
Go
Movies
Them
I like being out on a limb and not know what we're doing and why: just deal with it, the mayhem, you know?
Johan Renck
You
Out
Like
Know
Limb
Deal
Doing
Just
Mayhem
Being
Why
I don't like fun stuff.
Johan Renck
Stuff
Like
Fun
Fun Stuff
The first time I went behind the camera was in 1993. I felt, 'This is my thing,' and I knew that someday I'd make a feature.
Johan Renck
Time
First
Someday
Feature
Knew
Make
Felt
First Time
Camera
Behind
Thing
I grew up all over the world, including countries such as Sweden, Norway, U.S.A., and Kuwait.
Johan Renck
World
Countries
Over
Kuwait
Up
Norway
Grew
Sweden
Including
I started out as musician and recording artist but quite soon started to do my own videos. One thing led to another, and soon I was making videos for a living.
Johan Renck
Videos
Recording
Own
Living
Musician
Out
One Thing
My Own
Recording Artist
Soon
Another
Making
Led
Artist
Quite
Thing
Started
With my years of promos & commercials, I actually have a massive amount of experience with regards to production. There pretty much isn't one thing I haven't tried at least once.
Johan Renck
Experience
Once
One Thing
Tried
Pretty
Massive
Least
Years
Commercials
Regards
Much
Production
Actually
Thing
Amount
Working with friends isn't easy - the nature of an artistic project means it's about two strong visions colliding and a bit of mental wrestling.
Johan Renck
Nature
Strong
Project
Bit
Visions
Easy
About
Mental
Wrestling
Friends
Artistic
Working
Means
Two
I'm drawn to stuff with a certain darkness, and darkness with beauty within it.
Johan Renck
Darkness
Beauty
Drawn
Stuff
Within
Certain
Brits are very, very expressive, whereas the Soviet and Eastern European way is much more stern, stone-faced. Vladimir Putin-esque in some way.
Johan Renck
Brits
Way
Eastern
Some
More
Stern
Very
Soviet
Whereas
Much
European
Expressive
I'm a huge Crowley fan, I've always been. I tried to make a movie on his life a few years ago, but we didn't manage to put it together.
Johan Renck
Life
Together
Few
Tried
Put
Make
Always
Been
His
Years
Years Ago
Huge
Manage
Movie
Fan
I've never been one to talk analytically about a music video or whatever I do.
Johan Renck
Music
Whatever
Analytically
Music Video
About
Never
Talk
Been
Video
When you're young, and you're doing stuff, you're making music, directing, making art, it's all future directed. You want to change stuff onward. And when you get older - this applies to me - you think about the things you want to do and how it will be perceived by your children one day.
Johan Renck
Music
Future
Art
Day
Me
You
Change
Will
Young
Older
Think
One Day
About
Perceived
Directed
Directing
Onward
Stuff
How
Making
Doing
Get
Children
Want
Your
Things
I'm Swedish. Sweden is known for its melancholia.
Johan Renck
Known
Sweden
Swedish
I'm drawn to the dark but not the nihilistic aspects, the relentless parts, of darkness.
Johan Renck
Dark
Darkness
Relentless
Drawn
Parts
Aspects
I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a decent song, but it was a big struggle.
Johan Renck
Music
Struggle
Song
Wish
Big
Would
Would-Be
Could
Write
Talented
Because
Felt
Doing
Decent
Then
Really
I've never been a frustrated person because I learnt at a very young age that the frustration I had inside of me had to do with creativity and the ability to transform that into action. I realized very early my restlessness had to be channelled into things I could do.
Johan Renck
Me
Age
Creativity
Frustration
Young
Action
Inside
Ability
Restlessness
Could
Never
Had
Because
Learnt
Been
Very
Person
Young Age
Transform
Frustrated
Realized
Things
Early
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