SO IN FOR NEW NWR

BUT SMH WHY HE GOTTA TAKE A LIFE

LIKE WE DONT EAT BACON

Killing for a film is unnecessary just use practical effects or cgi or a mix of the two

Pig gave up his life for the art, gotta respect it

he said f*** them pigs

Im pretty sure they sent the meat to a butcher

it wasn’t good but it wasn’t “beyond awful” lmao stop being a dramatic b****

LMFAO both you and the dude you quoted are lame as s***

I have only seen you dislike stuff i think

disgusting tbh like why

“The movie is Reddit tier ”

“ no, the people who hate the movie are Reddit tier “

“esoteric work of art” really got me

I really love the Neon Demon but

Esoteric = The Holy Mountain

Esoteric = Aronofsky's Pi

Neon Demon doesn't require any knowledge on esoterica whatsoever. Just because it shows surreal initiations doesn't mean it has anything to do with esoterica

Just saying

Damn Pi

what?

In

The very basis of esotericism is initiation to secret/hidden knowledge. We get a glimpse of that during the film. The use of geometry (triangles mostly), the ritual itself and some of the symbolism (the moon, the wildcat etc.) are elements deeply rooted in esotericism.

Just because he took the most surface level esoteric references and put it in his film doesn't make the film esoteric by default. A film with murder in it isn't a horror film by default, just like a love interest subplot doesn't equal to a romantic film

Again, i loved Neon Demon. But it isn't an esoteric film. I don't know how much you read esoteric works yourself but the films i mentioned are built entirely on esoteric concepts. That's a whole different ball park than ''hey here's a cool initiation ritual with some triangles and s***, trippy stuff right - NWR''

Like the film Pi was built around the f***ing kaballah, that's awesome and i'm sure many people who tuned into that film had never heard of the kaballah before. What esoteric stuff did we learn from Neon Demon? Zero

And to conclude i have to say again: i do really enjoy the film a lot

Tbh I feel like a pig getting killed for a movie is a much more lasting and honorable death than being slaughtered for bacon. The pig’s image will live on forever now and not just digest in someone tummy 🤷‍♂️

Except it’s not really surface level. And the reactions I get from contemptuous idiots (I’m not talking about you) is just another proof that it’s deeper than it seems.

The film itself is built entirely on esoteric concepts and perennial symbols linked to Femininity. The film hints at the fact that the dynamics and rituals portrayed are all ancient.

Quick example. Triangles are everywhere in the film. An inverted triangle is ancient symbol linked to femininity. In Alchemy, water is represented by an inverted triangle. Now rewatch the film and notice how it relates to some precise situations and how blood and different liquids (like blood) are used to foreshadow or symbolize the occult forces preying on the main character.

To say that the film isn’t about esotericism because the characters aren’t actually looking at the camera, winking at the audience and saying “oops, that’s some nice esoteric s*** right here” is profoundly reductive. It’s esoteric so it doesn’t really have to state that it deals with hidden/secret knowledge because that’d defeat the f***ing purpose.

“Pi” doesn’t tell you anything that meaningful about Kabbalah but it’s a fascinating character study and the way Aronofsky portrays paranoia is beautiful and disturbing. Now look at “mother!”. It’s a film heavily influenced by Gnosticism but the characters don’t have to mention it. You have to figure it out.

“Tree of Life” and “Knight of Cups” are also deeply rooted in esotericism but if you had to ask the idiots in this thread, they’d probably tell you that it’s just “about the Bible or something”. But if you know you know.

Compared to what pigs usually go through, ain’t that like a mercy killing?