tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post2701219647214446305..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: The Neon Demon (Nicholas Winding Refn)Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-73259793840018839532017-10-20T11:09:32.711-04:002017-10-20T11:09:32.711-04:00O you know--one man's funnyO you know--one man's funnyNoel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-52271693538969763752016-12-14T00:14:29.454-05:002016-12-14T00:14:29.454-05:00"I'd call it a somewhat exaggerated conte..."I'd call it a somewhat exaggerated contemporary documentary on modern-day Los Angeles" I'd saw that. I happen to work on the edges of the fashion industry and regarding the modeling industry in LA it BARELY exists. When I had a designer go to LA to put on a show, he had the worst time finding real runway models. Print models all over the place. Runway models? no. You can see in the final show so many of the girls had to hold the gowns up to keep from tripping on them. <br /><br /><br />Having existed in this world I completely understand about 90% of this film. These models are so young when they come to you (the industry, and indeed police has begun reigning in designers who use 12-15 year old models in recent years the restrictions now so heavily enforced its all but impossible to launch pre 16)when you first meet them you see it. They have a freshness a glow, an eagerness that comes with youth. Fashion is such a brutal vicious industry even a small amount of time will bleed you dry. <br /><br />In my experience, these kids start to believe their own hype. They are beautiful, they are perfect, they are EVERYTHING so unaware it can vanish in an instant. Then the next perfect model comes along, and you're so old (20 and above) you can actually see the light in their eyes dim. <br /><br />I'm not sure what you found funny. I didn't find it funny at all. <br /><br />I did find some moments beyond perplexing (Jena Malone moment in front of the moon, you know the scene I'm talking about). Other 'shocking' moments were so much for me. Jena Malone last scene at her place of work wasn't shocking to me. It was so painfully sad. I know most don't see it that way. <br /><br />All and all I found it a visually entrancing tour of a non existant LA modeling world that was bluntly truthful of what it means to be model. Cameron Grey Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566322105432609872noreply@blogger.com