Niels Arden Oplev (pronounced [nels ɑːˀd n ˈʌb lew]) (born 26 March 1961) is a writer-director from Denmark Read full biography of Niels Arden Oplev →
Because revenge is a very known feeling in American culture, there's a certain element of an eye for an eye. There's the saying, 'Be... →
Nobody's born evil. I guess that's why we're drawn to violence. We're fascinated by it, but there's a moral in how you examine it.
I think 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is a good example of a film where you have to juggle a whole lot of information to follow that... →
I think if there was no violence in our world, there would be no violence in film. Violence is a part of human nature, and obviously it's a... →
We need to keep examining evilness. For instance, I'm totally against the fact that Osama bin Laden was shot. I think that he should have been... →
I'm interested in the human more than I'm interested in building suspense.
It is cool to make a pilot because you get to do all the fun stuff, and then you get to leave when all the tough stuff starts.
When you cast, you can't cast only visually; you have to cast emotionally, too.
'Deity' will be a compelling and exciting thriller with complex and interesting characters. A neo-realistic style to story and images will... →
I think filmmaking is a strange animal because it's anti-Democratic and collective at the same time, but I think it's all about not trying to... →
On Staten Island, there's a ship graveyard. I'm using that a lot, even for 'Under the Dome.' When I'm dissatisfied with a... →
The thing with 'The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo' is that is it's like an Agatha Christie plot, and an investigating journalist is also a... →
When we read a book, we have a blurry image that's kind of physical but blurry. But we have an emotional image also. We have an emotional... →
Niels Arden Oplev (pronounced [nels ɑːˀd n ˈʌb lew]) (born 26 March 1961) is a writer-director from Denmark