Cannes 2016: Refn's 'The Neon Demon' is Wickedly Vivid Subversion

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This film is going to piss off some people, and I love it even more because of that. Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn returns to the Cannes Film Festival again after his previous film, Only God Forgives, was panned by critics in 2013. His latest, titled The Neon Demon, was booed at the press premiere yet again – but I’m on the opposite side as all of those people. This film admittedly doesn’t have much of a real story to follow, but it does have oh so much more to offer. The Neon Demon is a totally wicked, totally messed up, neon-drenched study on vanity/narcissism featuring one hell of an exhilarating synth score. It’s subversive and Refn knows it, so much so that he’s almost laughing at the audience (and the people who hate his films). ›››

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