“It was a very comfortable and personal relationship [Cliff Martinez ].'The Neon Demon'is our third movie and the music has never been as important as for this movie.” ImportantComfortableThirdsDemonCliffsPersonal RelationshipsNeon Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I just think it was time [in THe Neon Demon]to do a film about women. But not just women, I wanted to do a movie about a teenage girl. It was a great counter to the masculinity of "Drive."” ThinkingWantedFilmGirlDemonTeenageMasculinityNeonTeenage Girl Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“In "Drive," there's a heightened male edge. In "Only God Forgives," it was almost crawling back into the womb of the mother. And now with "The Neon Demon," being reborn as a 16-year-old girl.” YearsMotherGirlForgivingMalesEdgesDemonWombRebornCrawlingNeonGod Forgives Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“The first person I ever described the film [The Neon Demon] to was Christina Hendricks [who has a cameo in the movie]. We were having dinner in LA and she asked me what I wanted to do next and I said, "I want to do a horror movie." And she goes, "What's it going to be about?" And I said, "A lot of blood and high heels."” WantFirstsPersonsSaidWantedFilmNextBloodHorrorDinnerDemonHeelsFirst PersonHigh HeelsNeonChristinaCameos Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“[The Neon Demon] was more my own fascination with beauty. It's my children's fascination beauty.” ChildrenMy OwnMy ChildrenDemonFascinationNeon Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“My movie [The Neon Demon] is a hyper-version of the obsession with beauty. As this crazy obsession grows, longevity does not. Everything seems to become younger and younger. The girls and people around them cannibalize themselves.” PeopleDoeSeemsGirlGrowsCrazyVersionsObsessionDemonLongevityHyperNeon Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Elle Fanning was fifteen when we started [The Neon Demon]. She turned seventeen during the shoot. Four weeks before Cannes, she turned eighteen. She had her prom at Cannes.” FourWeekDemonFifteenEighteenSeventeenPromNeonCannes Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Jenna Malone was a very important piece of how the film [The Neon Demon] turned out.” ImportantFilmPiecesDemonNeon Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
