Shout by Rui Oliveira

The Neon Demon 2016

"The Neon Demon" it's an alluring and mesmerizing minimal film. With this movie, Nicolas Winding Refn absolutely masters the art of image and sound (what a stunning soundtrack!) and makes a perfect balance between the two of them, from start to end, which compensate the lack of narrative. The first half of the movie (storytelling/innocence) feels longer than it should be and the second part (the tension) feels very rushed, which could be better explored than it is. The movie should have been longer. Still, it's a good cinematic experience, a fresh and modern art film. Always voyeuristic, always cruel and always fearless but, not as good as the previous works. "Beauty isn't everything. It's the only thing".

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