Too Old to Die Young Trivia | 30 facts about the mini series

«Too Old to Die Young» is an American crime drama streaming miniseries directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, written by Refn and Ed Brubaker.

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1. Too Old to Die Young is an American crime drama streaming miniseries.
2. It was directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.
3. It was written by Refn and Ed Brubaker.
4. Miles Teller and Augusto Aguilera star in the series.
5. It premiered on Amazon on June 14, 2019.
6. The series received praise directed at Refn’s signature style and Teller’s performance.
7. Criticisms were raised regarding the depiction of sexual violence and the treatment of female characters.
8. Amazon said in 2019 that they did not intend to produce a second season.
9. Too Old to Die Young follows “a grieving police officer who, along with the man who shot his partner, finds himself in an underworld filled with working-class hit men, Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins sent from Mexico, Russian mafia captains and gangs of teenage killers.”
10. On November 27, 2017, principal photography for the series began in Los Algeles, California.
11. Filming for the first episode ended on January 17, 2018.
12. On March 6, 2018, filming for an episode began in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was expected to continue there through March before returning to Los Angeles
13. On August 11, 2018, principal photography for the series ended.
14. Cliff Martinez composed the score for the series, his fourth collaboration with Nicolas Winding Refn.
15. Like previous works of Winding Refn, the series also features a variety of electronic music and punk rock by bands like Goldfrapp, The Leather Nun, Frankie Miller and Jimmie Angel.
16. A soundtrack album featuring Martinez’s score as well as pre-existing pop music featured in the show was released on June 14, 2019.
17. Episodes four and five of the series premiered out of competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on May 18.
18. It was packaged to the Cannes Film Festival under the title “North of Hollywood, West of Hell.”
19. When the show premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, Nicolas Winding Refn made the odd choice to screen episodes four and five, instead of starting with episode one. His reason for this choice was that he wanted to serve up the episodes to Cannes audiences in a way that teenagers consume digital content; not always in a page 1-to-100 type of sequence as they tend to skip around.
20. The 10 volumes are each named after a trump or Major Arcana card in a traditional Tarot deck.
21. The 22 trump cards in a tarot deck are numbered 0 to 21. The numbers corresponding to the volumes are: the Devil (15), the Lovers (6), the Hermit (9), the Tower (16), the Fool (0), the High Priestess (2), the Magician (1), the Hanged Man (12), the Empress (3), the World (21). Arguably, the meaning of each card loosely relates to the narrative of that volume, not just a character. It is possible that watching the series in the order of the Tarot card numbers (5, 7, 6, 9, 2, 3, 8, 1, 4, 10) will engage those who are exasperated by the pace of the existing sequence of the series.
22. Each episode ranges between 75 and 90 minutes long, with Nicolas Winding Refn referring it as a 13-hour movie.
23. Co-creator Nicolas Winding Refn said he came up with the title while he was finishing his last movie, The Neon Demon (2016), stating that he liked the prospect of having a much bigger canvas to tell a story. “The difference between streaming and traditional theatrical is that streaming is an energy flow around us that runs 24 hours a day,” Refn said. “Streaming is like an ocean of possibilities. The idea that I could make something that had no control was so interesting.” He also revealed that Trump helped inform “Too Old to Die Young.”
24. At one point during filming, co-creator Nicolas Winding Refn told cinematographer Darius Khondji that he wanted to shoot the series on an iPhone, since they were watching playback on their phones. This idea, however, was scrapped due to resolutions problems.
25. No character appears in every episode.
26. The series marks Jena Malone’s second collaboration with Nicolas Winding Refn. She previously starred in The Neon Demon (2016).
27. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 70% with an average score of 6.6 out of 10 based on 37 reviews.
28. The site’s critical consensus is, “Grim and graphic, Too Old to Die Young is stylish, but its languid story does little to justify its violent tendencies – though fans of Refn’s may find enjoyment in its neon laden misery.”
29. For Collider, Gregory Ellwood wrote: “It’s dated and tired and Refn should have known better.”
30. Refn was expected to direct every episode of the series and Rachel Dik and Alexander H. Gayner were set to serve as producers.