This certainly isn't going to be a film for everyone and like the director's previous movies it's easy to see how people would walk out very early on. Again, I'm not going to spoil anything but the entire film is downright strange and surreal but the final act takes a turn that will have most people leaving the theater, if they're still even there. Both Abbey Lee and Keanu Reeves are also very good in their supporting roles. Christina Hendricks, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote and Karl Glusman are all extremely good as well. The way Fanning showed off her innocence was really something remarkable and her transformation works extremely well and it's very believable. I was really shocked at how wonderful she was in the film because she's basically playing a naive and innocent girl who finds herself in a world she's just not ready for.
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One of the greatest things about the movie was the performance of Fanning. I thought the build up to the final act dragged on a tad bit too long and I think a shorter film probably would have really helped the psychological aspect of the film. One being that the film takes way too long to get to where it's going. The film will probably "say" something different to everyone who watches it but I do think there were some major plus. Women are sadistic on each other and especially their looks. The story itself is one we've seen countless times before.
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The cinematography here is among the best that you'll see in any movie and there's no doubt that the director knows how to make something surreal and bizarre. I can't help but think that SUSPIRIA was a major influence and especially the visual look of the film as well as how the music plays in the madness. The film certainly has a very European feel to it and it appears that the director was inspired by various Italian filmmakers including Dario Argento and Mario Bava. As far as the film goes, it's visually a masterpiece and technically it's one of the greatest films from recent memory. In fact, revealing too much plot would ruin some fairly bizarre twists so be sure you don't read too much detail. I'm not going to spend too much time on the plot but lets just say that the less you know the better. As strange as that film was there's really nothing that can prepare you for THE NEON DEMON. In my opinion Nicolas Winding Refn's DRIVE was one of the best movies from the past couple decades and he followed that up with the so-great-it's-awful or so-awful-it's-great ONLY GOD FORGIVES. The Neon Demon (2016) *** (out of 4) Sixteen-year-old Jesse (Elle Fanning) arrives in Hollywood with big dreams of becoming a famous model but soon she realizes there is always a price to pay.
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The uncut version appears to be available through iTunes only, despite being an Amazon production,which you can find here: (That means if you want to watch it on a TV you'll need an AppleTV to play it). In short, the unrated cut sounds a lot more "squishy" with ample "smacking" sounds. The foley work and soundtrack during the unrated morgue scene are subtly but noticeably different. (B) Note that the unrated version also shows Ruby's hand brush along the genitalia as it sweeps up to the left breast (R rated version prolongs the cut-away to the Jessie fantasy shot), and also depicts Ruby bouncing on the corpse as she reaches orgasm (while the R rated version shows only the close up of her face). In the "unrated" version (NOT the theatrical version or the director's narrative - which both emulate the R rated version seen in US theaters), that same moment depicts VERY clear labial exposure (as in medical clarity, yet artistically depicted). In the R rated version (which played in US theaters), when Ruby was kissing the corpse (played by a female actress), the bottom of the frame showed the upper half of the vulva (inclusive of somewhat blurred labia, due to the camera focus on the kissing). The theatrical R-rated version and unrated version are different only in the second morgue scene as follows: (A) Female genital nudity is depicted 1 hour 29 minutes and 0 seconds into the film.