‘The Neon Demon’ International Trailer: “Are We Having A Party Or Something?”
“Beauty isn’t everything; it’s the only thing,“Keanu Reeves' (John Wick) character claims inThe Neon Demoninternational trailer. We haven’t seen much of Reeves in the pasttrailersfor the film, and, thankfully, the international trailer continues to portray him as more of a background player. Besides plenty of neon lighting and blood, we still don’t fully know what to expect fromNicolas Winding Refn’s upcoming film. While international trailers tend to have a habit of spoiling surprises or major plot points, this one doesn’t appear to reveal too much from theDriveandOnly God Forgivedirector’s latest project.
WatchThe Neon Demoninternational trailer below.
Here’sThe Neon Demoninternational trailer (viaThe Playlist):
The horror picture starsElle Fanning(Super 8),Abbey Lee(Mad Max: Fury Road),Christina Hendricks(Mad Men),Jena Malone(The Hunger Gamesfranchise), andBella Heathcote(Not Fade Away). Because Refn has spent a majority of his career making movies about violent men, he decided to finally write and direct a story about violent women. Amazon Studios and Broad Green Picturesrecentlyteamed up to distributeThe Neon Demon. Refn’s film will open in limited release this June, and three months later it’ll be made available to stream for Amazon Prime customers.
ComposerCliff Martinez(The Knick), a frequent collaborator of Refn’s, worked on the film. His music featured in the international trailer sounds like the most aggressive score he’s composed for the filmmaker to date. Martinez has said that his latest score shares some similarities withDrive, but this time around, the music plays a more vital role. Martinez toldVicethat “there’s a lot of places where the music is really pushed out more into the spotlight, even more thanDrive.” He added that it’s a “sparse electronic” score, almost “all synthesizer.” The composer went on to describeThe Neon Demonas a cross betweenThe Valley of the DollsandThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a delightfully vicious sounding combo that will soon make its debut at the currently ongoing Cannes Film Festival. Expect to see the first reviews for Nicolas Winding Refn’sThe Neon Demonnext week.
Here’s the official synopsis forThe Neon Demon:
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
