Neon (magazine)

{{Short description|British film magazine}} {{More footnotes needed|date=October 2021}}{{Infobox magazine| title = Neon | image_file = NeonUKcover.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_caption =| editor = Adam Higginbotham | frequency = Monthly | category = Film| company = EMAP | firstdate = December 1996 | finaldate = February 1999 | country = United Kingdom | language = English | website = | issn = }} '''''Neon''''' was a British film magazine published monthly by EMAP from December 1996 to February 1999. It attempted to be a refreshing alternative to other UK film magazines such as ''Sight & Sound'' and was seen as the movie version of ''Select magazine'' as ''Empire'' was originally to ''Q''.

==History and profile== Started in 1996, ''Neon'' included latest film news, previews, actor profiles, interviews and contemporary movie profiles all written with a characteristic sense of humor. Each issue featured ''A Monthly Selection of Ten Favourite Things'' with a celebrity listing a particular category for their ten favorite films, for example, James Ellroy in the July 1998 issue picked his ten favorite crime movies.

''What's your favourite Chevy Chase movie?'' featured the magazine asking various celebrities from the Beastie Boys to Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee their favorite Chase film.

''100 Scenes From...'' was an irreverent Top 100 list that parodied the notion of such lists.

''Blow Up'' was a 12-page insert included in the middle of every issue that featured stills, promotional pictures of posters of movies and movie stars.

Another regular staple was called, ''Flashback'', a detailed, oral history of a classic movie with comments culled from cuttings and original interviews with cast and crew members. This format was later copied by another UK film periodical, ''Hotdog Magazine''.

Finally, ''Graham Linehan's Filmgoer's Companion'' took a satirical look at the entertainment industry.

''Neon'' also championed lesser known films like Mike Leigh's ''Naked'' and ran in-depth profiles of films such as Steven Soderbergh's ''Out of Sight'' and ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas''.

The magazine did not make a profit and after the original editor left, it took a more commercial direction. The circulation numbers diminished and ''Neon'' was eventually cancelled in February 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title=Publishers toughen up titles|work=BBC Worldwide|date=18 February 1999}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.mustardweb.org/issue1&2/neon.htm An appreciation] * [http://neonmagazinescans.wordpress.com/ Scans of the magazine] * [https://jhomunculus.blogspot.com/2007/11/ah-neon-late-nineties-nostalgia-and.html Scans of Linehan's Filmgoers Companion]

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