One of the things I look forward to like little else is the arrival
of a new Nicolas Winding Refn movie. His latest, The NeonDemon, is, understandably, a film I’ve been keeping an eye on for
quite some time. Though it hits later this year, we haven’t seen much, aside
from a handful of stills and posters. That is, until today. The first trailer
for the modeling-world-set horror thriller just dropped, and it’s dark, sexy,
and twisted. Check it out after the jump.
Gorgeous, sultry, methodical; this trailer for The
Neon Demon is everything you expect from a Nicolas Winding Refn
movie. The likes of Drive, Valhalla Rising, Bronson, and Only God Forgives rank among my favorite modern films, so this is enough to
make me positively giddy.
An aspiring model, Jesse (Elle Fanning), moves to Los
Angeles to ply her trade. There she falls in with a group of beauty-obsessed
women who feed off of her youth and vitality, and will rip away everything she
has by any means available. What we see in this trailer, the striking images,
the use of vivid, contrasting color, matches what has already been revealed,
which is even greater cause to celebrate.
Aesthetically and thematically, The Neon Demon owes an obvious debt to Dario Argento’s
Suspiria, from the Day-Glo psychedelia to the
young-woman-enters-a-new-world set up. There’s also a Black
Swan type of vibe going on. I can’t wait to watch all three
back-to-back-to-back and lose my shit.
Also starring Jena Malone, Christina Hendricks, Bella
Heathcote, Keanu Reeves, Alessandro Nivola, Abbey Lee, and more, The
Neon Demon is set to debut at Cannes next month, with Amazon Studios
to release it in theaters later this year.
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