Even though thats the directors signature the movie can be just as powerful without the gore. Jack is suddenly enthralled with Sarah and fires Annie. [15] Desmond Harrington was added to the cast on March 30, 2015. Is there a monster on the loose on the streets of Los Angeles, or is it just a killer cop out to punish the city that destroyed him? "[8], In January 2015, Dazed reported that the script for the film was inspired by Elizabeth Báthory. [12] On January 29, Abbey Lee was added to the cast to play the role of Sarah. Rated R for disturbing violent content, bloody images, graphic nudity, a scene of aberrant sexuality, and language, Into the Darkness review – a Danish family at war as the Nazis roll in, 'My father and I disagree on the purpose of cinema': Anders and Nicolas Winding Refn on film-making, Nicolas Winding Refn Movies by IMDb User Ratings, Hot Ticket: IMDb Staff's Most Anticipated Summer Movies. Directed by. The aspirant photographer Dean takes photos for her portfolio and dates her. Others will finally wake up. In Stock. Sarno pays no attention to Sarah but is entranced by Jesse. Desmond Harrington and Charles Baker also have amazing scenes. “I came up with the idea to do a horror film about beauty, not to criticize it or to attack it, but because beauty is a very complex subject. [43], Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a mixed review: "A horror film is what The Neon Demon is (sort of). However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may … Bob Chipman Jul 4, 2016. She lies in Jesse's unmarked grave, and later, nude in her house as a torrent of blood gushes from her genitals. The end credits scene shows a woman, who does not show her face but looks like Sarah, walking alone in the Mojave Desert. It’s set in the Los Angeles fashion world, and it’s the kind of movie in which models look like mannequins that look like slasher-film corpses, and corpses look like love objects. Bronson DVD $ 14.95 Normally $ 14.95. Ruby, Gigi and Sarah, however, will do whatever is necessary to get this "thing" for themselves. The next day, Sarah and Gigi attend one of Jack's shoots with another model named Annie. Unfortunately, that is the only beauty to find in this film as it consistently attempts to alienate the audience in the worst way imaginable. From the visionary director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), THE NEON DEMON is a visceral, stylish and wickedly original feast for the eyes. "[8], On January 6, 2015, Elle Fanning joined the film to play an aspiring model, caught in a world of beauty and demise. 20 May 2016 - 11:20am. Meanwhile, the agency considers Jesse beautiful with a "thing" that makes her different and she is sent to the professional photographer Jack. [29] The Jokers distributed the film in France. Title: Add to Cart. A mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlights as a getaway driver and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor. She quickly turns the deadbolt, but is left to listen as the intruder breaks into the next room and assaults the female occupant. The sixteen year-old aspiring model Jesse arrives in Los Angeles expecting to be a successful model. The Neon Demon It’s Elle Fanning vs. Hollywood predators in Nicolas Winding Refn’s D.O.A. [40] Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph gave the film five out of five stars, stating, "When the film reaches its logical end point, Refn just keeps pushing, and eventually lands on a sequence so jaw-dropping – almost certainly a sly, glossy-magazine refashioning of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali's groundbreaking surrealist short Un Chien Andalou – that all you can do is howl or cheer. Sarah watches Gigi vomit up one of Jesse's eyeballs. A promotional short film for Hennessy Cognac. The Neon Demon (2,786) IMDb 6.2 1 h 57 min 2016 X-Ray UHD R When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a gropup a beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has. The Neon Demon Los Angeles: Broad Green Pictures, 2016. Jesse is signed by Roberta Hoffman, the owner of a modeling agency, who tells her to pretend she is nineteen and refers her to a test shoot with notable photographer Jack McCarther. STUDIO - DAY 1 CLOSE ON JESSE’S face, eyes closed, angelic, beautiful. The Neon Demon received a mixed response from critics. Like the film itself above, the visuals are just stunning and this video presentation accentuates all of the strengths in color and detail here. The plot follows an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose beauty and youth generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry. [17][18] Locations included downtown Los Angeles, while the motel sequences were shot on location at a real motel in Pasadena. The Neon Demon is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, co-written by Mary Laws, Polly Stenham, and Refn, and starring Elle Fanning. Peter Bradshaw. The Neon Demon is simply about a beautiful young country girl moving to a big city, because she thinks she can make it in the modelling industry. Jesse befriends the lesbian makeup artist Ruby and then the envious models Gigi and Sarah in a party. Not all movies are intended to be read like books; some are meant to be experienced," going on to call it a "film that is guaranteed to elicit strong reactions." After they butcher Jesse and consume parts of her body, they all bathe in her blood. The Neon Demon is a Psychological Thriller written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The Neon Demon. Fri 20 May 2016 00.31 EDT. Synopsis . They all act the way they do because as the head of the model company said "Beauty isn't everything, it's the only thing" meaning they know nothing else other than acting pretty for the camera. Ruby is revealed to have occult tattoos. "[46], The French film magazine Cahiers du cinéma named The Neon Demon the third-best film of 2016. Slowly, the CAMERA PULLS BACK and her twisted, bleeding body is revealed, tangled in a tattered dress. Horror, Thriller. Check system requirements. As in all of his films, Refn has no interest in holding his audience’s hand. Milo tries to be a family man and run his criminal organization, but a wrong drug shipment endangers everything. Add the first question. Use the HTML below. And The Neon Demon, a propulsive vehicle for lavish Eurotrash-y images, like the prismatic one of Elle Fanning feigning a make-out session with two of her diamond-refracted reflections, at first plays like a slicker version of Darren Aranofsky’s frenetic Black Swan —a formidable piece of cool, giallo-inspired genre work. On November 3, 2014, Refn's production company Space Rocket Nation alongside its co-financiers Gaumont Film Company and Wild Bunch announced that Refn's next film would be titled The Neon Demon, to be filmed in Los Angeles in early 2015. Sarah watches Gigi die, eats the regurgitated eyeball, and returns to the shoot. Natasha Brier's cinematography constantly shines throughout it, creating a beautiful portrait of L.A. and the fashion industry. Jesse goes to a casting call for fashion designer Robert Sarno where Sarah is also present. Two stories for the price of one: Lenny works in a video shop and tries to get aquainted with the waitress Lea. Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2010. Nicholas Winding Refn's sexy shocker The Neon Demon springs 2016's nastiest surprises on unsuspecting audiences. After the show, a visibly-changed Jesse goes out with Dean to a bar. [42] Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald wrote positively of the film's visuals and experimental filmmaking, writing, "To complain that The Neon Demon lacks substance or that it doesn't have anything to say about our cultural obsession with beauty is to miss the crazy, cracked pageant unfolding in front of you. The sixteen year-old aspiring model Jesse arrives in Los Angeles expecting to be a successful model. Sarah and Gigi arrive and attack Jesse. DVD. "[38] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Neon Demon is the most obviously outrageous movie Refn has ever made: an explicit horror thriller that periodically zones out into wordless drifting and … 1 INT. The Neon Demon. The Neon Demon is in some ways a horror film, but what supernatural forces, if any, guide and fuel the actions of those on screen are as covert as a whisper. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The shoot is successful, and Gigi and Sarah envy Jesse's youth. Audio Commentary with Nicolas Winding Refn and Elle Fanning; See All You May Also Enjoy. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Certificate: 12 THE NEON DEMON. Aspiring model Jesse (Elle Fanning) has just moved to LA. Jesse attracts the attention of the industry and experiences a successful beginning of her career. Jesse has a nightmare of being forced by Hank, the lecherous motel owner, to sexually swallow a knife. Warning: This article addresses disturbing subject manners. He is, but not if you're on the lookout for a movie that makes sense. It opened to polarized reviews, and ultimately grossed a little over $3 million against a $7 million budget. Rent AU$6.99. [14] On March 17, 2015, Karl Glusman was set to star in the film. Not only is the cinematography on of the greatest I've ever seen, in any movie, but the acting is also amazing. [25] On May 24, 2016 at the Cannes Soundtrack 2016 awards, Cliff Martinez was recognized best composer of the Cannes film festival for his soundtrack to The Neon Demon. Refn's love for horror and fetish should not trump the overall quality of the movie.This movie is a visual masterpiece, giving the audience mostly visual storytelling techniques. [32] The film was then released in Denmark on June 9,[30] followed by the United States on June 24, 2016.[33][34][35]. Sarah sucks the blood from Jesse's hand. Add to Cart . Cast & Filmmakers Elle Fanning leads this modeling thriller from filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) as an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles where her youth, vitality, and naivety make her the target of others in the industry. With Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Karl Glusman. The aspirant photographer Dean takes photos for her portfolio and dates her. The plot follows an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose beauty and youth generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry. 118. Photograph: film company handout. Only God Forgives [Blu-ray] by Ryan Gosling Blu-ray $7.69. Buy AU$19.99. [30], The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2016,[5][6][31] before it was released in France on June 8, 2016. Following the death of her parents, sixteen-year-old aspiring model Jesse has just moved from small-town Georgia to Los Angeles. Beauty mingles with mangled flesh, and each fastidiously slick image seems to have come out of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me or The Shining or a very sick version of a Calvin Klein commercial. Check out our gallery of the 2021 Oscar nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life. Everyone has an opinion about it. "[41] Tirdad Derakhshani, writing for The Philadelphia Inquirer, called Refn a "bold visionary artist... able to revel in the culture of instant gratification while also subjecting it to critique", giving the film three and a half out of four stars and calling it a "brutal masterpiece". [24] Sia composed an original song for the film titled "Waving Goodbye". Also: Gigantic spoilers ahead! However, through its story and symbolism, the movie reveals the disturbing mindset of the fashion world and the occult elite behind it. Jesse attracts the attention of the industry and experiences a successful beginning of her career. Our main character Jesse even exclaimed that she can't sing or dance, she doesn't have any … [13] On February 5, more cast was added to the film, including Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Jena Malone and Bella Heathcote. The Neon Demon is absolutely gorgeous. Swiss Army Man DVD $ 29.95. Jesse feigns experience in the latter. Nicolas Winding Refn. )"[44] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review and called it "[a] stultifyingly vapid, ponderously paced allegorical critique of the modeling world whose seethingly jealous inhabitants can't wait to literally chew each other up and spit each other out". You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The Neon Demon is a genuinely mesmerising combination of image and sound. The Neon Demon is a horror movie? When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry (Turturro), prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder. A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord. A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. This FAQ is empty. Leo beats his pregnant wife, Louise, which is a VERY bad idea, as her brother, Louis, is a violent racist. As Jesse is closing the show, she sees a vision of the glowing triangle she hallucinated before. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Nicolas Winding Refn‘s The Neon Demon is a beautifully shot yet polarizing film.It’s either shallow, pretentious, sensationalistic and self-indulgent or a bold haunting hypnotic work of suspense. Also: Gigantic spoilers ahead! Co-scripted by playwrights Mary Laws and Polly Stenham, the latest provocation from Nicolas Winding Refn is his first film told from a female point of view. Swooningly filmed by Natasha Braier, The Neon Demon puts overtly ludicrous flesh on a satirical script co-written with the playwrights Mary Laws and Polly Stenham, bringing a … [9] In discussing the script, which Refn co-wrote with Mary Laws, he stated: "I decided that I’d made enough films about violent men, and I wanted to do a film with only women in the film, and so I did this story because my wife would only go to L.A. if we had to travel out of Copenhagen. Every scene, every shot, every line of dialogue, every pause is so hypnotically composed, so luxuriously overdeliberate, that the audience can't help but assume that Refn knows exactly what he's doing – that he's setting us up for the kill. There's so much artistic douchebaggery going on that it's hard to get a handle on what kind of film this is. Neon Demon director Nicolas Winding Refn reveals why he passed on Spectre and other big-budget blockbuster offers. 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