damnn never thought of that

Jay J No.

I'm sure that was an intentional reference. Could also be a illuminati/demonic reference that she has embraced darkness/ritual.

Good one sam lol

Pricless

Adam Bartlett emphasize*

You don't know the definition of "understate". It's the complete opposite of what you're trying to say. Imagine being literate.

@@user-qc7ld5bo4i wow, great name ,FUCKING UNNECESSARY OPINIONS THOUGH!

I was impressed by that lip curl. It was just a small thing but communicates so much. She is not only unaffected by the loss of her "friend" but shows contempt at her death.

It was pretty psychopathic

Lmao

As someone from LA. Yes.

Move to South Florida is a death sentence to non-residence and locals. Of all places to be... why here? Nothing good here. It is a place of the sick, dying and the dead (literally). If I knew of this as a child, I would've gone into the funeral services as a first and only career path and never gone into education, but I love the academics.

It's pretty eye opening as someone who would be a "tourist." Like you see the little portion that's.. well the reason you go to L.A but holy sh** it's nuts just how much a dump most of it is. Absolutely negative re-investment into the area from the government for the residents.

@satesatesate2828 "Negative re-investment" is putting it lightly. These government officials take money from taxpayers and use it to fund more ways to take the taxpayers' money...

Hermione Granger Hermione 😱😂

Seriously. I think a lot of people missed the point, which wasn't that Jesse was necessarily the most beautiful girl in the world, but she was the newest, freshest and very innocent and naive. That's what made her appealing to the industry. Not to say that Elle isn't very pretty, but it was that aspect of her that made her the hot new thing: her age and her naivety. The modeling agent even mentions how young she is. While it's made very clear that Gigi and Sarah have been around a while, and Sarah is jaded and Gigi has had surgery. Compared to Jesse, they're "old news". Not necessarily uglier but by industry standards, they're tossed aside when some pretty wide-eyed fresh face comes into town. So it stinks to read all of the "the other models were way prettier" and "Jesse isn't even pretty" comments because it definitely wasn't a movie that was saying which one of these women is the prettiest but rather examining industry standards.

It does say something that multiple movies have cast her as "Perfection". Clearly this is what Hollywood deems as a ultimate beauty. Since she's constantly gets those roles. To regular people like us she kinda average looking, However the industry disagree. it interesting to see how different class structure sees beauty. Personally I think Kat Dennings is beautiful but Hollywood thinks she chubby, While Elle the beauty

Now the movie makes much more sense, but how did you guys know that Ruby and the others were in a coven?

@@qarcon3247 man Elle Fanning looks gorgeous in this film wtf are you talking about?! In fact once she becomes a model she loses her attractiveness tbh. She was way cuter at the start of the film

@EmperorJuliusCaesar hotel California....

pay rent or die 😂

hate his role

Whoa.... Be excellent to you're neon demon bro.

I had the same conclusion and thought that was the easiest one with which to come away. Sarah is essentially empty as she is a "ghost" so she can easily assume/assimilate another.

red winter is that why she was puking and stabbed herself at the end. Then why the other girl didn't die. Two are dead except one didn't get it at the end

Because the other one was beautiful by default. Her Body "knew" real beauty and thats why she could handle Jessie. And Ruby was experienced.

red winter Jessie was the least attractive

Exactly. That is what the big message of the film. Beauty is as much about purity, innocence, humility (spiritual) as it is physical. It starts there, IMO.

The movie is clearly about a witches coven. The character, “ Ruby”, is covered in tattooed symbolic runes , she bathed in the blood of a virgin in order to stay youthful. Ruby.also is exceptionally vague about how long she has been a that house and who the owners are. The opening scene starts with a transformation ritual at the party. The great thing about the movie is that it was well written and not obvious to most. American viewers need witches to be riding on a broom stick and casting spells with lasers shooting out of the protagonist’s eyes, in order to realize the movie was about witches.

@@jeffsthill8208 Dude, they literally said they THOUGHT it was about Los Angeles was the Neon Demon. Not that it was.

Sir, no! The best analogy of LA is a toilet with no water, in the living room. After it’s filled, taped up and then opened after months in the summer. I had this happen on a clean up crew. The toilet in the case is only a fraction of how jacked up LA is!

Threws them up?

@@gaila.9852 Chews them up! haha

Yeah dude. It´s horrifying to see Keanu reeves wasted for such a small role

@@EclecticoIconoclasta lmao ikr I was actually kinda surprised when I saw the cast of the movie.. but it was a good surprise, of course.

The photographer could give him a run for his money...

i've only seen him play a villain here and in 'the gift'

@@EclecticoIconoclasta well he was not wasted but yes his role was surprisingly insignificant. I somehow thought he would have a part in the climax and it suggested so but it was not to be. he did have a great scene in which he puts the knife in Fanning's mouth.

Makes.sense and I guess either It was a test to.determine which one she really was or they were trying 2 recruit her and since jesse didn't understand she chose sex to fit in and later turned down the sex cuz remember ruby said "I thought that's wat you wanted" and she didn't really kno wat she was getting Into

shes making everybody horny and dont wanna put out. glad she died

Makes sense to me.. Good point!

The whole fragment with “food or sex” was a veiled ( and semi veiled btw, when Sarah translate that for Jessie and all of you: Who’s you fucking with?) question about her virginity. Their not interested in beautiful “woman” with a powerful patron, who’s may help that girl break into the industry (“how high she can jump? higher than me?”) they wanted a MAIDEN to succeed their ritual. (“But you’re sleep with a man right? Have you ever slept with a man?”)

Truth be told, anyone that is plotting against you, is more than likely capable of killing you, as what normal person plots against another that is either innocent in nature as well as has not done anything to them that's negative. You can see that the make up artist was obsessing over Jessy as she was basically trying to force her presence in the private shoot that the photographer wanted with Jessy, when he obviously made it clear for her to leave. It's like as though she claimed her and believed that what she did in her mind, some how came to fruition and she owned this young girl. One of the reasons why she was asking about her family, etc. As her situation and the fact that she "didn't have anyone" (something that most predators would rather........in order for them to have their way) Being able to watch gave her control as to how she would move forward, but the fact that she was denied access, just made her more crazy! Which is why she went ape shit crazy when she found out that Jessy was a virgin. As that indicated what and how she really felt inside............and instead of her just stepping back and giving the girl her space to trust her (something I really shouldn't be saying, but who cares, as these types lack self control) she went into that uncontrollable state that enraged her to the point that she wanted to kill her, solely because she couldn't have her way! Something individuals that plot and plan tend to like to do because for some reason in their head, they're gods gift to ?!?!?!?!?!? themselves maybe eh.

Cause she looks like a young and pure child, people love to sexualize innocence.

A perfect movie to compare beauty differences: in that, she was a natural beauty, but not an interesting type of beauty compared to Angelina Jolie.

She has the look of youth beauty grace feminine naivety innocence. She just has a gentle look to her 😕

yeah even though she isn't all that pretty

No, from the thumbnail I'm looking at, it's you!... Very attractive woman!

This has absolutely nothing to do with American Psycho. The fuck are you smoking?

No wayy, both are them are hella different.

LOL!

Yip, and that panther/animal in her hotel room was his new pet to replace his dog they killed. John Wicks a quick learner, gonna be a lot harder to kill that. And he probably wasn't trying to break into her room to kill her either, he was just looking for his pet.

You guys are too much lol.

The manager job at the continental was already taken

Wait until you see what happens when you don’t pay your motel bill on time or leave a good tip...

Well said.

Kookie Monster Exactaly!, and i figured cause she was acting too full of herself 🙄

You sound basic as hell.

How is that narcissism?

it's more about satanism. but sure, narcissism is one of its layers.

Sesslyn Baaz I was thinking the same thing.

I know me too!!

Sesslyn Baaz this movie was crap

i am now deleting this video from my history.....

I understand the move slightly more but I still think the whole "Ritual" thing is a huge stretch. It's symbolism of purity, jealousy and consuming beauty not so literal in the way you talk about it.

Why are you watching this movie so often?

@@jamesshoemaker5965 its intriguing and you get something new each time

if you love this movie, ud probably love perfect blue, black swan, and vox lux! very similar themes. You're welcome!

@@iacoca9609 Under the Skin has that tone as well. Scarlette Johansson is amazing in it.

If you know anything about the industry, this ain't no "metaphor". Either way, whether you think it's a metaphor or not, the film was clearly showing an Illuminati-style ritual

It's either the movie is about witches (paranormal) or it's this far fetched idea that jealous girls would literally cannibalize a teen girl for no purpose other than "jealousy". I mean, come on...let's not ignore the obvious because the paranormal element wasn't hitting you over the face.

It didn't appear to me in that manner either, but as the movie went on it was obvious that there was more to it than meets the entertaining aspect of it. As a story teller can say nothing at all, but the hints and themes said more than just jealousy and cat fights. I think being that Jessy was so young, naive and basically abandoned by her parents.........which basically forced her to run away to dream of becoming something she was so clueless about. Her ambitions revealed how an outsider can get caught up in that which they're unfamiliar with and be unaware of all that's really going on behind the scenes. I'm not even too sure if she was aware of all the coincidences that were taking place. As well as what she really should have done once someone she should have been able to trust tried to defile her. Instead of giving some silly speech about her mother saying she was dangerous, she should have left and went to her friend that was truly a friend to her. As his help didn't consist of her giving in order to get help in return. Behavior that just spells g.e.t. a.w.a.y. from whomever is doing the opposite of who they try to appear to be.

But you can't ignore the ritualistic setup and execution of Jesse, not to mention Ruby has a bunch of occult style tattoos on her body which for some reason they felt like sharing in the scene after Jesse dies. Not to mention all the symbology is there, the movie works on several levels metaphorical for how cutthroat the industry is, a horror movie about the potentially truly dark side of some people whether they are actual witches or not, and of course the price of fame

Ellie Grace I’m pretty sure the movie is supposed to be very metaphorical. Not so literal. That’s why what we know about the environment and characters is very limited.

Yeah, I was actually very surprised to hear the witchcraft analysis. I disagree with most of this video finding a literal interpretation for the events of the film. I thought it was pretty clear that it was almost entirely metaphorical

The Fuck!? Kim Kardashian does that creepy shit!!??

+SIGMA20XX what do you mean? does Kim Kardashian REALLY bathes her face in blood?

lol no, she has "vampire facials" they're very popular and I've had it myself.

yall stupid

Melissa Fisher sounds like a vampire skeeted glitter on her face

✊

ITS TIME TO D-D-D-D-DUEL!!!

And what day was that, gramps?

@@vortexastar193 yesterday

You probably should take a shower. I know that you can't smell yourself but we can

I literally said the exact same thing when I told a friend about this movie

Lol dont watch "Skins"on Netflix then

Bloody shower?

It's both.

GirlDoesRant It is both. He forgot to add that there's a scene where we see a topless Ruby has occult tattoos covering her torso. That pretty much confirms his theory.

GirlDoesRant this fuckingg movie is so deep and beautiful I feel so stupid

The theory is great by the way

hey Ii got the same theory, it can be a witch theory but in my opinion it's a "metaphor" to what they feel.

ian lee I thought the wild cat was put in her room in the hopes that Jesse would be mauled when she came back that evening.

i thought it was representing a warning of the danger jesse has took into her life with ruby etc

ian lee I personally think it was a reference to Dante's Inferno. The (mountain) lion represents malice. That could be about the evil intentions of the witches as well as the owner of the motel who wants to rape her. We can also find the figure of the leopard (representation of fraud) and the wolf (incontinence) in the house of Ruby. This makes sense with everything happening.

Pretty sure it could be interpreted a million ways, but I like the whole thing of it being a witch because that is part of witch mythology so it's a nice addition if it was added for that purpose.

🙄

Gigi wasn't feeling anything, so trust that guilt was no where present. If she can have work that doesn't need to be done in order to be relevant. #gofigure. Gigi is the type that just goes through the motions and does whatever she's told or feels she has to do, in order for her to benefit in ways that get her what she wants............it doesn't matter who suffers at her hand! #period. It' just that the outcome of her works were unexpected, as her attitude was, (and trust would have continuously been if she got over that episode) she's going to do her and isn't going to be responsible for her actions

The only reason I wouldn't believe that is based off their first encounter. From the very first time they met, the Ruby was staring at the back of Jesse's head like she wanted to chew her face off right then and there. The girls always smiled in Jesse's face, but if you look at it again, every time Jesse looks away Ruby's expression goes dark. It's really subtle and I think that's why it was so creepy.

Food or sex. The choice was clear.

Sorry dear, but the make up artist was never and could never have be seen as genuine.. I think you've confused the pretense that you witnessed/saw, as genuine. Her pattern, tactics and antics was so obvious and lame. Exactly why she went behind Jessies back and told the girls about her not having family or whatever she told them, which is why Gigi threw it in her face when she upset her without even trying or meaning to. Honey, when you're recruiting/trying to recruit someone that you like, you don't treat them like shit! Plus her behavior was solely about control. As none of them knew that she would have became that popular and would be liked without her making much effort to be liked. Which is exactly why they asked her who is she fucking. As that is how they achieved their success, so they naturally believed that she was doing the same thing. They only became interested in her (as in plotting her demise) the minute they saw how others were attracted to her, which in so many words confirmed that she was beautiful, as she was ending shows and doing a whole bunch of stuff they wanted to do. Which brings me back to what I said initially. There are those that have eyes and still cannot see, but once those that can see (compliments of their life and evolution) are either mesmerized or taken away with whatever thing or person show interest...............it is only then that those who cannot see will show "interest", in ways that cater to their ego vs true interest. As someone doesn't need to be prompted or guided to have an interest in something or someone...............usually when they do, their interest is shallow, basically fake (for self serving reasons)

I said the same thing yooo

Yuh at least we get to live

​@@Crimson19977 Preach!

The whole idea that its a commentary about the industry is wrong be a simple look at the wikipedia page and how NWR came about with the idea of the movie.

Kimi your just mad bc you hate being reminded of the industry. You hate the industry bc you know your not pretty enough

@@latayesha that industry is just disgusting tbh humans get treated as meat and are just replaceable because no one will be beautiful forever

@@gggallin8279 I never said it wasn't disgusting. I'm just insulting Kimi, for being upset with someone speaking up on these ISSUES

OEDODRAGON I spent aeons looking for this comment

Holy shit it finally happened

thats all i could think lmao

I didn’t even bother to comment, I already knew somebody would say this

Thank you!!!

when sara eats the eye gigi vomits, she does not lean or bend. she just sinks straight down. i know with directors there must have been a reason for it and i also noticed she did become more beautiful and her eyes more radiant. plus she was totally comfortable with what she had taken part in. it was as if that was the right thing to do because her beauty and career took precedence.

Bruce Wayne || That "sex or food" one flew completely over my head! You blew my mind, excelent interpretation, I gotta see it one more time now.

***** Thanks a lot! Yeah, it has much more of these metaphors in it.

looking back at jesse's personality change, it seemed more like she was hypnotized until she got cornered at the pool;then she snapped out of it (not an intentional pun). why else would she disregard the kindness, friendship and support she got from dean? she was in a trance after the runway. she needed to get out of ruby's place but maybe under a spell. ruby had a robe laid out for her, then that dress and all the fun make up at her disposal.plus that house was gorgeous. i wish she had gotten down from the diving board and ran off. of course that was not the plot though. i'm gonna try to read the script. www.whoaisnotme.net/scripts/TND_2014_UD.pdf

Well, if you think so. But you could have wrote your comment down in a nicer way. Also a good day to you.

Loved your take!

same here !

The sex or food question was full stop a sign that Ruby had bad intentions

On the contrary, I think they all were witches. Ruby was the leader of their coven. She was attracted by Jesse and wanted her to join them. In my opinion, that's the reason why they did not attack the girl before,even if they wanted to, because of their envy (Gigi drank her blood when she cut herself with the broken glass, for example). It is when Jesse refused Ruby's advances, that then, instead of being "sex", she became "food". So, Gigi and Sarah became unleashed.

Ollie X .

That's SO profound. Not. Even if they planned to kill her, they could still be jealous. They could still be bothered by the fact that they NEED witchcraft to be better than her.

Joey Taplin I kinda agree. She suits for the innocence though, hardcore. Maybe the point was to focus strongly on that. But honestly, Elle Fanning looks way too much like my little sister in this movie for me to think of her as anything more than solidly above-average. I think they could have done better.

"think they could have done better" saying a line like that makes me think you belong in the movie yourself.

Evie M I know right? I mean I'm not saying she's ugly because she's really not. But they made her out to be like Helen of Troy or something and she really wasn't. But perhaps the innocence is what they are attracted to... Evil loves to corrupt kinda thing. Idk.

It's irrelevant. That's who they needed her to be in the movie.

Joey Taplin I agree

Kinda like the sandwich I had today

@@drownedgod That is deep

😂😂😂

It looks like the fuckin triforce out of zelda...lets drop the instant luciferianism symbol pills dude

yes wtf

wtf indeed

_ _ have you seen the film?

Dell Santiago have you seen the film?

no

Correct, this happens regularly. They are luciferian cannibals and it's not just hollywood, it's the elite period. They're not all actors.

@@retrocoast8179 you gotta be kidding

You would be sooo surprised

@@retrocoast8179 shut up

they do.

kim lam lmfao no. Sarah looks just like any other model, nothing special about her really. Gigi is prettier

But what makes Jessie so special? I don’t see it.

kim lam ?? i didn’t even mention jessie? i don’t think this movie is so much about looks at all, mostly about innocence. young girls being taken advantage of. that’s why they chose her

Sarah is prettier than Jessie, but I like Jena Malone the most. Damn Jena Malone in this movie is so sexy.

@@kristinalam6614 she look fresh, Sarah look like those drug addict fashion model / jetset babe. Feel like her life energy is low

Sorry, but what means FTW?

Bruce Wayne for the win

Alex Smith Thanks! Yeah, I agree with that comment.

amanda really?

Pramit Chatterjee This movie sucks ass! The funny thing is that you only like it more because he explained it... If a movie can't even explain itslef how the fuck is it even remotely good? This movie is shit...

thank god someone else noticed. After watching TOTDY twice, im constantly looking out for nazi symbolism in Refns work.

...Representing Purity...I'll see myself out

DeepFried Wat3rMel0n has he ever commented on this? I feel like he might be doing it on purpose to show how their polar opposites or something?

@EmperorJuliusCaesar too old to die young

I thought i was the only one who noticed

From what I recall not the pagan thing, but definitely a reference to the woman who loved to bath in blood after her virgin kills.

@Kyle Abbott she was also used in Stay Alive, a movie about a video game that kills you if you die in it

thhis is simply a modelling horror movie

Actually there's no difference between the two. As someone fucking you (in the sense that Ruby wanted to have her way with Jessy is not different than her pushing her into an empty pool to die and collecting her body to eat her. Just the fact that she did the latter says that her question was nothing more than a mind fuck, as both (to her) are one in the same. When you speak about someone being genuinely attracted to someone, there is an attraction( force) that goes beyond lust and the need to be the first one to have, (as in sex) possess and take control of said persons mind. The' a whole nother attraction, as being attracted usually involves ***genuine interest, concern, the need to get to know said person and spend quality time with them. This Ruby character is in a class (with these two other chicks) of their own. As if Ruby was so genuinely attracted and the kind of person that would have been a good help meat and older figure for Jessy, she would have never discussed any details with the other girls about Jessies person life and whatever she told her in that initial scene. Like the blabber mouth whore that she was she ran back and gossiped about a young girls life to the hags that she hung with. Only to shrug when Gigi threw whatever she discussed with Ruby in Jessies face when she felt insulted. When you shoot the breeze with people and or you're just talking and sharing whatever info about yourself (doesn't matter if it is important or not) you don't expect that the person that you're talking to will run a marathon to deliver it elsewhere, to inform others about you ..........>especially if it is in a way that whoever they're telling can use it to embarrass you or to be petty. I'm confused at to why and how anyone can't see that Ruby wasn't shit from jump.

PewDiePie Unofficial Moderator not really you just like jump scares all the time

***** well yeah but you gotta understand back then this was one of the first found film movies and people thought that these people were killed in the movie that's why in real life if you were stranded in the woods I imagined you would start to yell at other people feeling like your going crazy

if you want the actual ending explain, they accidentally dropped the camera and had to use that footage lol since their camera was broken.

+Mr Mister, you got that from film theory. Thats a stupid ass theory.

Was it confirmed by the creators?

Materialism. Satan offers all the kingdoms in the world, if you kneel to him. But Gods kingdom transcends this shit ass place, lawl.

Cole J Mcdon sure if you say so

I mean it is called the Neon Demon

Really bothered me that pagan and Satan were somehow roped together again...people are misinformed.

Mr Mister your religion is bullshit

Peachy Geek thank you! I was actually just going to write that

And has nothing to do with paganism

Actually it goes back to Egyptian mythos and is the eye of the god Horus, although many other Gods had ties to it. It's symbolism also was used by some Catholics and Freemasons, who you've given as origin here.

It also is pagan, as in non-Christian as it comes from the myhos of Egypt....

Lucian Corrvinus freemason worshiped egyptian gods. Not christian.

It is! It’s one of my favorite movies aesthetically. Hope you have watched it by now

...honey no not even on the same level of natural beauty that jessie has sarah just cakes on a ass load of makeup to look cute when jessie dosent need it AT ALL !

The movie is about natural beauty, and since Sarah uses make-up that isn't natural

Agreed. Jessie may be 'natural' beauty, but it's not interesting beauty.

That's not the point

Beauty is subjective I like Sara more

mrmusicfanatic1 No, Triforce. Hero of Time.

No, The Matrix

Not this time lads

Beauty Is a double edged sword It's a gift and a curse

what's to explain? eveerything's clear and explained in the movie

Yeah exactly, its pretty much handed to you

You can now, took 2 years but he reviewed it

"You're weird". "Sorry". "No it was a compliment".

and she was johanna mason in the hunger games movies!

James Buschell ik

Lol make toast in a bath? That's stupid, the bread would get wet.

Jonas Kong your comment made me bust a gut XD

Jonas Kong If you put a toaster in the bath you’ll get electrocuted and most likely killed. I think that’s what they meant lol

JB TV lol

I have it 😔

Are you okay?

That’s what I thought when I was watching that scene. Can you imagine all the people who had seizures

@@jazcc No.

Atom Storm I don't agree with the interpretation that they are witches with real magic. They could be nutters that believe they are witches and perform these rituals.

Atom Storm in the original script before Ruby's death, she cries over them eating Jessie and says "I just wanted to feel human" and then Sarah slits her throat. But Nic Refn discarded the original script because it was too obvious what they were. He wanted a more interpretive feel instead of an obvious occult atmosphere

Brandon Reed the script never says they are witches so them "thinking" they are witches would not be true. They are in fact witches. The moon scene where ruby gives birth to blood is supernatural and only backs it up.

Theres a scene in the script where jessy goes to rubys apartment and shes got a bunch of books about witchcraft and they have a brief discussion about it

I think that I read an interview of Refn or Elle saying that indeed, they're witches. The tattoos Ruby have make it clearly obvious.

Oh and the scene of jesse releasing her blood under the full moon just represents her soul that is dead and leaving her, it also represents rebirth but not in a good way due to the fact that she bled excessive blood from her vagina , she already gave her soul to the devil thus its done under the full moon which is usually associated in witchcraft and paganism.

Well they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder soooooo...

I don't think that she was ever meant to be seen as the "Perfect Image of Beauty" in a literal sense. It's more like her innate innocent is seen as something rare and precious, separating her from the dozen of girls like Ruby, Gigi, and Sarah. It could also be a nod to her being so new that the grime and dirt of the industry hasn't started to rub off on her, almost like she was a pristine marble statue being judged against the old, worn out ones that have been around for years.

I feel like they should use someone like Natalie Portman or Dakota Johnson.

Ilias. I agree, the other girls looked, better. But, she’s not ugly.

she totally is tho

TANGRAMS BITCH!

Ha ha ha this makes me laugh so hard still! @tj I feel, based solely on this snarky and math nerd erudite observation, I would like you!

You're the only one in this comment section that gets this lol. Everyone is in on it...which is why Jesse is clearly not supermodel material, but everyone tells her she is. Everyone in the movie that says she's the next big thing, and everyone that "helps" her advance, including the hotel manager, is in on it. And drinking blood to stay young isn't meant to be symbolic. Also, the guy in the video keeps saying "pagan" rituals, etc. Ain't nothing Pagan (Gaia religion) about the rituals and magick anywhere in this movie...all this stuff is very anti-life, anti-Gaia. Ruby's tattoos are found in Sumerian and Babylonian death cults.