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The Neon Demon (Best of the Decade)
Wild Pretty Things
English - August 18, 2020 05:33 - 2 hours - 126 MB - ★★★★ - 35 ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode we’re digesting The Neon Demon, starring Elle Fanning; another of the decade’s best movies, or is it?
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WPT is a podcast for adults; we use adult language and discuss mature topics with a focus on feminism. This episode, topics could include eating disorders, rape, violence and gore, murder, canibalism, and wet ass pussies.
SPOILER DETAILS
During our discussion of The Neon Demon, we’ll have a spoiler-free discussion, followed by a full synopsis with spoilers.
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The Neon Demon (2016)
Available on Prime
other relevant releases of 2016: Rogue One, The 13th, Arrival, Raw, Moonlight, 10 Cloverfield Lane (future episode?), Hush, American Honey
The Shame Files podcast: https://shamefiles.libsyn.com/
0:09:40
cast & crew
Directed by
Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Pusher series, Bronson, Too Old To Die Young [Prime series], Only God Forgives)
Screenplay by
Nicolas Winding Refn
Polly Stenham & Mary Laws (playwrights)
Starring
Elle Fanning - Jesse (Maleficent, Mary Shelley, The Beguiled, 20th Century Women, All The Bright Place, The Great)
recently cast as Michelle Carter in Hulu true-crime show The Girl From Plainville https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/elle-fanning-to-star-in-hulu-michelle-carter-true-crime-show.html
Karl Glusman - Dean (Devs, Nocturnal Animals)
Jena Malone - Ruby (Donnie Darko, Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Joe Wright’s P&P, Saved, THG series, Cold Mountain, Nocturnal Animals & BvsS w/AA, TYtDO)
Antebellum now on demand release this Sept
Bella Heathcote - Gigi (Relic, Professor Marston & the Wonder Women)
Abbey Lee - Sarah (Fury Road, model)
Desmond Harrington - Jack (Dexter)
Christina Hendricks - Jen (Mad Men, Good Girls, Drive, Dark Places, Lost River)
Keanu Reeves - Hank
Music by
Cliff Martinez (Drive, Spring Breakers, several Soderberg movies, Game Night, several episodes of Black Mirror including San Junipero)
DP
Natasha Braier (Honey Boy)
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Spoiler-free evaluations
/Film episode with Britt Hayes https://www.slashfilm.com/filmcast-ep-374-the-neon-demon-guest-britt-hayes-from-screencrush/
https://www.patreon.com/britthayes
[SPOILERS] begin at 0:52:00
topics and concepts mentioned:
Jennifer’s Body
All About Eve
CMYK
the intentional fallacy
Mulholland Drive & Lost Highway (VOD)
Project Runway (Hulu)
The Final Girl trope - https://filmschoolrejects.com/final-girl-history/
Countess Elizabeth Bathory
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006 film based on Perfume by Patrick Süskind - Prime/Tubi/Pluto)f
Suspiria (1978 - Tubi, 2019 - Prime)
Sunset Boulevard (Crackle)
Melissa was on a recent episode of Scene-It Cast https://twitter.com/SceneItCast/status/1292791450124595201
Final thoughts begin 2:05:45
songs:
Bat For Lashes - Vampires https://bflmusic.bandcamp.com/track/vampires
Ladytron - Seventeen https://soundcloud.com/nettwerkmusicgroup/ladytron-seventeen
Cliff Martinez - The Neon Demon https://milanrecords.com/release/neon-demon-original-music-cliff-martinez/
The Faint - Worked Up So Sexual https://thefaint.bandcamp.com/album/blank-wave-arcade