The Neon Demon

[StarLord]

Release date info and more new pics...

Due to come out via Amazon Studios, who are aggressively bringing cutting-edge auteurs to their streaming service, the film is now officially dated to open on June 24th.

“The Neon Demon,” runs 1 hour and 57 minutes (according to the Cannes production notes) and will premiere at the fest soon. The French get the film a little early on June 8th.

 

[StarLord]

 

[StarLord]

Italian poster is gorgeous.

 

[The Shape]

Dope.

 

[StarLord]

UK poster.

 

[Closerframe]

Like many others, Drive was the first film I saw by Refn and I immediately fell in love with his style. Little did I know, at the time, he created two great films prior--Valhalla Rising and Bronson. I have yet to watch the Pusher Trilogy, but definitely will be watching it sometime in the near future. Only God Forgives worked more for me on a strictly symbolic and stylistic level. It's overall plot I could careless about which was probably the point. Regarding The Neon Demon, I am so excited to see how Refn handles horror given how he's used horror elements in almost all of his previous films. Finally, the obvious similarities to Suspiria has me even more excited because he knows how to borrow the right amount from films he loves.

 

[StarLord]

Sounds like another divisive film from Mr. Refn as tweets of reported booing and even cursing at The Neon Demon's showing in Cannes.

Now I'm even more excited!

 

[Black Narcissus]

Jordan Ruimy ‏@mrRuimy 40s40 seconds ago
Winding Refn's Neon Demon not only gets boos, but also screaming insults #Cannes2016

Robbie CollinVerified account ‏@robbiereviews 58s58 seconds ago
The Neon Demon got exactly the reception I'm sure Refn was hoping for. Audience members literally shouting abuse at the screen #Cannes2016

Steve PondVerified account ‏@stevepond 40s40 seconds ago
If the supermodel knife fight doesn't do it for you in The Neon Demon, maybe the necrophilia *********ion scene will.

Xan Brooks ‏@XanBrooks 45s45 seconds ago
Dumbstruck by THE NEON DEMON, Nicholas Winding Refn's nightmare fairytale of LA. Savage & sublime; an assault on the senses #Cannes2016

 

[StarLord]

Cheers BN. Sounds glorious!

 

[Black Narcissus]

Cheers BN. Sounds glorious!

 

[Black Narcissus]

Charles Bramesco ‏@intothecrevasse 59s59 seconds ago
THE NEON DEMON: slick with blood and glitter paint, Refn denounces superficiality with superficiality. A gorgeous hypocrisy I'm unopposed to

Tim Grierson ‏@TimGrierson 21s21 seconds ago
THE NEON DEMON: Horror-satire about beauty as power source, precious gem, root of all evil. Best not to take too seriously. #Cannes

Nigel M. SmithVerified account ‏@nigelmfs 27s27 seconds ago
The Neon Demon: Visually and sonically it's Refn's most sublime work. Story-wise it barely exists. #Cannes2016

 

[Black Narcissus]

Anne Thompson ‏@akstanwyck

The Neon Demon press conference with NW Refn will be another face-off between fest auteur and @Festival_Cannes press, who booed today.

lol

 

[Black Narcissus]

Steven ZeitchikVerified account ‏@ZeitchikLAT 51s52 seconds ago
Holy cow, Black Swan, Mulholland Drive, Heathers, Blow-Up & Only God Forgives have mated. #neondemon #refn

 

[StarLord]

Here's a review from Adam Woodward @ Little White Lies:

http://lwlies.com/reviews/the-neon-demon/

My body is ready.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Sounds like we've got another "Only God Forgives" on our hands.

I'm starting to think Refn's career might go down the tubes.

 

[Black Narcissus]

f Fanning is the film’s lifeblood, then it’s Refn himself who provides its unerring emotional centre. Another available reading is that this is Refn’s poison valentine to Los Angeles: the place that once lured him with its bright artificial lights and perpetual sun, only to chew him up and spit him out following the commercial failure of his 2003 film Fear X; and, latterly, where he splits his time between his native Copenhagen. Los Angeles – and in Refn’s case Hollywood – subsists on its own mythology, and Refn exposes this by chipping away at the concealer-smothered cracks at the city’s glossy surface. Russ Meyer’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Dario Argento’s Suspiria are obvious touchstones. There are hat-tips to far stranger, more obscure exploitation fare, too. But The Neon Demon is always, unequivocally a Nicolas Winding Refn film. We wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

[StarLord]

Sounds like we've got another "Only God Forgives" on our hands.

I'm starting to think Refn's career might go down the tubes.

I loved OGF, so that's cool with me.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Sounds like we've got another "Only God Forgives" on our hands.

I'm starting to think Refn's career might go down the tubes.

I doubt it. The films stir up controversy which stirs up ticket sales. They aren't huge box office returns, but people see the films out of morbid curiosity one way or another.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Sounds like we've got another "Only God Forgives" on our hands.

I'm starting to think Refn's career might go down the tubes.

nah, press has been nasty all week long to most films. Also, this cost under 5m.

This is far more accessible than OGF.

 

[Drz]

OGF was his 2nd Valhalla Rising and now he has given us a 3rd Valhalla Rising.

Keep it coming, these movies aren't even expensive so he always gets a budget for a new one. I'm so excited for this movie. =)

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, but OGF was panned AND it didn't make money. If this winds up the same way, people might start to avoid him.

 

[Closerframe]

Well, based on those Twitter comments, I'm now even more excited to see this. But what begs the question is what classic horror movie really had a great story to tell? Most, when they're initially released, get torn apart by critics only to later be recognized as spellbinding.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Eh, I would argue that a lot of classic horror movies like Friday the 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre WERE horrible (bad acting, bad writing, bad direction) and the only reason they're revered as classics now is because they were shocking in their time and generated a lot of sequels.

 

[Black Narcissus]

@yo_damo 2m2 minutes ago
The Neon Demon: great, glam, gory genre delirium from NWR. Controversy ahoy! #Cannes2016

@JordanFarley 38s38 seconds ago
The Neon Demon: vapid but visually stunning supermodel horror with a darkly comic edge I really dug. Plus lesbian necrophilia #Cannes2016

@nigelmfs 40s40 seconds ago
Worth noting The Neon Demon also received boos before it even started when the Amazon Films logo popped up. #Cannes2016

 

[StarLord]

I hope he does the Toyko-set spy film The Avenging Silence next.