Jessie, a 16-year-old girl, ran away from home and came to Los Angeles. With her youthful beauty, she was recognized by the fashion industry, and was favored and promoted by a group of photographers and fashion designers, and she could embark on a brighter future. The intoxicating city is not safe. After being almost invaded by a burglar, she goes to her friend Ruby, who has been taking care of her, but she has other plans...
"Neon Demon" was released in North America in the summer of 2016. After watching it earlier this year, the dazzling neon lights and electronic music in the film have always been in my mind. The temperament of the story is also between commercialized entertainment presentation and independent interpretation by the audience, with a certain degree of openness. On the surface, the story describes how an innocent teenage girl is devoured by the beauty-consuming entertainment industry; the guidance, jealousy, and eventual eating of her body by the modern-day witch trio of Ruby, Gigi, and Sarah is reflected in Jessie. And this trio is also very interesting, one of the few works in modern cinema to present traditional witches' gatherings and rituals. The process from the selection to the final consumption of the sacrifices, as well as the implication that they have the ability to transform into animals, make the image of the witch, which was frozen in the Middle Ages, come alive in the present world. There are quite a few scenes in the film that make people hide their faces. Ruby works in a funeral home in her spare time, and her dedication to the devil has given her a compulsive pursuit of beauty, life or death. The scene of the last three bloodbaths also made many viewers nauseated. While not all R-rated lenses are necessary, they are helpful in rendering the colors that the director himself loves.
The concept of demons is enduring. For modern people who already have too many ways to consume entertainment, the colorful neon lights in the night are the evocation lights of the new era, attracting innocent youthful souls to be extinguished in the illusion of nothingness.
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