{"title": "The  Neon Demon 2016 begs for a psycho-sexual analysis", "timestamp": 1760532626.8009596, "description": "[Nicolas Winding Refn]() seems to be making only cult-classics. His 2011 [Drive](/reviews/Drive) was a moderate box office success. But a banger of a cult-classic later on, as people understood that it is not a mere action film. Then he made [Only God Forgives](/reviews/Only_God_Forgives). A strange psycho-sexual movie where the plot lives in the crack-space between reality and dream-land. The film got misunderstood and barely made its money back. Yet those people who like it, like it very much. And then he made a straight box-office disaster *The Neon Demon* that made only half of its ( rather small $7.5 million ) budget back. Yet it is seems like it's the kind of movie that just begs for a deep analysis.", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. Anti-Paternalist. A user of Libre Software. Speaking at least 3 human languages. The writer and director of the 2023 film \"Moria's Race\" and the lead developer of it's game sequel \"Dani's Race\".\r\n\r\n[My Story](/about/who_is_blender_dumbass_)\r\n\r\nMore links to me ( view page source to see how I did those ):\r\n\r\n![internetarchive](https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22J.Y.Amihud%22) ![imdb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15214305) ![notabug](http://notabug.org/jyamihud) ![odysee](https://odysee.com/@blenderdumbass:f) ![codeberg](https://codeberg.org/blenderdumbass/)", "invited": ["AngryAlien", "Erwinjitsu", "trueauracoral", "Cricetus", "elban", "Troler", "johny", "RowdyJoe", "adgbeveridge", "doublelion", "alkyilcycloalke", "jedi66", "WanchaiMike", "Trolli123", "ddd", "ByteBlast", "dolphinana", "Madiator2011", "Uriel_Cohen", "mk-la", "TestUser", "Mr._MotherFucker", "MorsMortium", "cptbichez", "dbbs", "Xavi", "test", "Ozoned", "Tcll", "FranzoPow"], "invited_by": "blenderdumbass", "title": "Blender Dumbass", "website": "blenderdumbass.org", "mastodon": "@blenderdumbass@mastodon.online", "username": "blenderdumbass", "activity_pub": {"pub": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAupr+zzHFZXpPvayAbk8R\na3Yp2k+ymoI6IbfMkekWv5rTjrCBQRa1tcoy8o1cgxdFo/QYPb++s8+q4R/Xl4zV\nvSp40z1M6tI7zDQZv4BGInEqKgLpR5ahjqYVL4GVpYaw+FfQ3tc0J9Ui8/y/3HBX\nN5YzyaOpp0oxEW+tnnDHhHZSQ7G32MMWVL5DIZZKEAqxdgtw1s3sa2iAqcb3TSib\nCA1OvYQmPOicQS07/CVY+1OwKVKKV7CPNFk4SBYyCZ/CyC3Uujngl05jw9TpVR7T\n0WwVFijfMSSVFiBQmOQLFG0e4g8/XP+HvKDD8dB1PwreEAq+jrOBv6GvOgMOlGxi\nOQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n", "followers": ["https://mastodon.world/users/lesmccann", "https://mstdn.social/users/gwendolenau", "https://cupoftea.social/users/magnetichuman"]}, "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/account/blenderdumbass"}, "thumbnail": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/The_Neon_Demon.png/250px-The_Neon_Demon.png", "license": "cc-by-sa", "views": {"amount": 28, "dates": {"2025-10-15": 4, "2025-10-16": 5, "2025-10-17": 1, "2025-10-20": 2, "2025-10-28": 1, "2025-11-30": 1, "2025-12-01": 1, "2025-12-24": 1, "2025-12-25": 1, "2026-01-04": 1, "2026-01-08": 1, "2026-02-16": 1, "2026-03-22": 1, "2026-03-25": 2, "2026-04-24": 1, "2026-06-24": 1, "2026-06-29": 2, "2026-09-10": 1}}, "recording": "", "comments": {"comments": [{"text": "Every man has a 16 year old girl inside of him. ", "username": "Troler", "id": 0}, {"text": "N. W. Refn, in the interview, was straight up trolling. ", "username": "Troler", "id": 1}, {"text": "Walnut acorn nectarine corridor shadow lagoon bucket. Acorn sparrow mountain umbrella marmalade trousers shadow cellar! Forest thimble nectarine lamp freckle? Blanket stone moustache meadow kettle porridge.\n\n```\nstone carpet cinnamon harbor corridor\n```", "username": "patientwaffle4300", "cookie": "5C6ZAV6HHKIZOFSVIDCQWEUWWQATFPCE7Q42ZO2U1YFEAEEJL9B1GZPEOXAWB5UGY5IS533QJO5HO52JLOASZ89ZNQE0GP3ITKAV8DUIED5F9NH65R04HJLDMMV7TDMTYHRU6B1G3I7G856YEDIPGPNSVVDOEOF9D5HUK2PGK8RITLW9O9AFNQLYF49PA93Q3W7JCWBA", "id": 2, "timestamp": 1787243912.1520085}]}, "languages": {}, "hashtags": ["TheNeonDemon", "NicolasWindingRefn", "movies", "film", "review", "cinemastodon"], "not_ai_proof": "", "tab": "reviews", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/the__neon_demon_2016_begs_for_a_psycho-sexual_analysis"}