Refn's visual eye transcends even the minuscule shooting budget here, keeping things real and low-key, shooting from within vehicles, capturing precision driving (some done by Gosling himself), and finely balancing evocatively stylish mood shots with his trademark outbursts of unprecedented violence (it's all very Cronenberg/ History of Violence here, with Refn approaching Irreversible's Gasper Noe for tips!) Manhunter nails the comparison in terms of style, but his earlier Thief also has the added similarities of both plot and lead character.
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If anything though, this movie feels like something Michael Mann might have directed in the eighties – all about colours and tones, perfectly framed shots, heavy stylisation, striking visuals and diegetic/non-diegetic electric beats, rich in symbolism and carrying a palpable atmospheric energy.
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It would be easy to draw the obvious parallels with Walter Hill’s underrated 1978 thriller, The Driver - which starred Ryan O’Neal, in a role originally envisioned for Steve McQueen, as a nameless getaway driver who barely says a word - as well as to McQueen’s own Bullitt, an atmospheric cop thriller featuring one of the greatest car chases of all time, which director Nicolas Winding Refn has acknowledged as an inspiration for this piece. Intensely atmospheric, Drive adopts cool retro beats and superior stylisation to create a memorable film noir and veritable modern classic.ĭrive is effortlessly stylish, taking us back to the 80s – but not the cheesy, dated, hollow pop tunes and bad fashion side of that neon-dominated, garish decade instead focussing on the dark streets and haunting electronic melodies, where iconic nameless heroes prowl the night with their own moral code, and their own driving purpose.
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