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Watch the hyp­not­ic first teas­er for The Neon Demon

15 Apr 2016

Words by Adam Woodward

Elle Fan­ning takes to the cat­walk in this blood-and-glit­ter spat­tered mod­el­ling indus­try satire.

Arriv­ing hot on the stilet­toed heels of its Palme d’Or nom­i­na­tion, the first prop­er glimpse at Nico­las Wind­ing Refn’s tenth fea­ture has arrived. It sees the Dri­ve and Only God For­gives direc­tor fix his crosshairs on the mod­el­ling indus­try, as we fol­low a teenag­er named Jesse (Elle Fan­ning) who relo­cates to Los Ange­les in search of fame and fortune.

The director/​star pair­ing of Refn and Fan­ning is cer­tain­ly an attrac­tive one, and even more intrigu­ing is the fact The Neon Demon boasts a pre­dom­i­nant­ly female cast and was co-writ­ten by two unknown screen­writ­ers in Mary Laws and Pol­ly Sten­ham. From the looks of things there’s going to be plen­ty to dis­sect after this one. Also, see if you can spot Keanu Reeves in this hyper-stylised and hyp­not­ic first teaser.

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