On a visit to Los Angeles, Copenhagen-based Oscar- and Golden Globes-nominated Danish-Greek director NIKOLAJ ARCEL talks about his new film The Promised Land (2023). He retraces his time living in LA, from when he received an Oscar nod for A Royal Affair (2012) through The Dark Tower (2017). He talks about key differences in his experience with Hollywood and Danish film productions, and his seminal training from the National Film School of Denmark. Nikolaj selects a work by Caspar David Friedrich from the SMK collection. https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS8817 (Photographer: Ola Kjelbye) ---------- We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at: website: https://danishoriginals.com/ email: [email protected] ---------- And we invite you to donate to the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst and become a patron: https://donorbox.org/american-friends-of-statens-museum-for-kunst