Trent Reznor reveals film that’s “a big inspiration” for Nine Inch Nails

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Trent Reznor has revealed his top four favourite films of all time, and opened up about which movie was a “big inspiration” for Nine Inch Nails.The singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and founder of Nine Inch Nails gave the list to Letterboxd as part of its ongoing Four Favourites series, in which famous faces discuss which four films they would consider to be their favourites.Speaking alongside Atticus Ross at the premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s new film Queer – which both Reznor and Ross composed the score for – the two shared their respective lists.For both, Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic Taxi Driver was the first listed, followed by 1986’s American neo-noir thriller Blue Velvet, which is directed by David Lynch.For Ross, the remainder of his list was made up of the Eddie Murphy ‘80s classic Beverly Hills Cop and Jean-Jacques Beineix-directed psychological drama Betty Blue.

For Reznor, he listed Julia Ducournau’s 2021 psychological drama Titane, as well as the 1988 horror mystery classic Dead Ringers.“The incredible sense of dread from the first frame to the end.

You’re not sure what’s going to happen, but it’s going to be bad,” Reznor said of the latter, going on to explain that the feeling was something that inspired him in his own work.“I love it and it’s been a big inspiration for what I try to do with Nine Inch Nails.