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Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon
A horror film from Nicolas Winding Refn starring Elle Fanning, Abbey Lee, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves and Jena Malone. Premieres at Cannes in May.
Certainly looks great!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipOTUO0CmU
Certainly looks great!
The film is inspired by Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed, a 16th century countess considered one of the most prolific female murderers who ever lived. Báthory is the one rumored to have bathed in the blood of virgins to maintain her appearance, which seems appropriate given that The Neon Demon is all about women obsessed with youth and beauty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipOTUO0CmU
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Very intriguing. Bit of a Black Swan vibe going on. Wasn't that keen on Only God Forgives but I'll certainly give this a go.
Note: another 'visionary director' - the in-tag of now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH-srjX2H1c
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMo1AaA9kQQ
I'm definetely in!
lesbian necrophilia action in fact
No spoilers please!
Want to go in and watch without knowing anything about it.
Getting very decent reviews and a huge improvement on Only God Forgives.
Out next Fri in the UK.
'Nicolas Winding Refn is the director for this film who has directed such titles as Drive and Only God Forgives. Now I have never seen these films and maybe that’s the problem because many people who have say that Refn is a ‘style over substance’ director and after watching this movie I can say that substance is meth…laced with crack.'
My Neon Demon Review
It's playing at my local Cineworld despite most screens being taken up with the usual summer blockbuster fare.
Not for everyone, and I believe it polarises opinion, but two thumbs up from me.
Finally got around to seeing it today and i pretty much agree with your assessment. Much much better than Only God Forgives but not as good as Drive imo.
Kinda horror, but not really. Kinda a chick flick, but not really. More a suspense with chills and some thrills.
The cast across the board are great. Elle Fanning is the lead closely followed by Jena Malone and then Abbey Lee and Bella Heathcote. Keanu Reeves is in the film more than Christina Hendricks. Desmond Harrington i thought was great as the photographer and Reeves was wildly entertaining playing a sleazy motel manager.
The film is STUNNING to look at, it's beautifully shot. The use of colours is magnificent and plays a part in the narrative. The soundtrack is superb, once again by Cliff Martinez Refn's go-to guy. There is a lot to like and enjoy about TND i think the film has some depth but if someone said style over substance i wouldn't disagree.
I do think this is destined to become a cult classic and my god, the final 20-25mins is pretty much batshit crazy!
I didn't think it as shallow and all surface as some critics have, the theme of beauty and what it means to those who have it and those who want to possess it is an interesting one.
I enjoyed the final quarter, with the more offensive parts being something of a punctuation between a psychological thriller and a horror film, but my wife who was watching it with me felt it went too far.
It's nice to see that, in order to compete with and offer something different to the current trend of high end TV series threatening to make cinema/film irrelevant, directors are doing things that just wouldn't work in anything other than a 90 minute-2 hour film, with this being the highest budget example of a trend that's been bubbling up through things like Amer and Beyond The Black Rainbow, to Peter Strickland's and Ben Wheatley's films.
As said above, totally bonkers at points but I really enjoyed it.
We had a few walk outs when we were in.