Summary: A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
I love a film with beautiful silences, ones that stretch out for what seems like eternity but aren't awkward, they leave you time to breathe and take everything in; the gorgeous cinematography, the colours, the lighting, the wardrobe, the look on the character's faces, what has come before and what the script is building upto and Drive has them in spade. This was one of my 2 favourite films of last year (the other was Winters Bone) and if it doesn't get a nomination I will be furious.
Gosling is quiet, brooding, mysterious and scemeing, Mulligan is tender, soft and welcoming and even the woodeness of Pearlman cannot spoil this this masterpiece. The plot unfolds slowly rapped in the bold colours of day, the dark underbelly of night and the soundtrack of loneliness until the ultraviolent finale. Yes there are car chases that you would expect to see in a hollywood blockbuster, yes fundementally it is a heist movie but Winding Refn's indie astestic always keeps our focus on the lost soul that is the Driver.
Winding Refn has come a long way since the Pusher Trillogy and Bronson and I really cannot wait to see what his next offering will be.
Gosling is quiet, brooding, mysterious and scemeing, Mulligan is tender, soft and welcoming and even the woodeness of Pearlman cannot spoil this this masterpiece. The plot unfolds slowly rapped in the bold colours of day, the dark underbelly of night and the soundtrack of loneliness until the ultraviolent finale. Yes there are car chases that you would expect to see in a hollywood blockbuster, yes fundementally it is a heist movie but Winding Refn's indie astestic always keeps our focus on the lost soul that is the Driver.
Winding Refn has come a long way since the Pusher Trillogy and Bronson and I really cannot wait to see what his next offering will be.
Overall: Simply gorgeous 5/5.
P.S. Drive is release on DVD and snazzy Blueray on January 30th. I will be buying it.
P.S. Drive is release on DVD and snazzy Blueray on January 30th. I will be buying it.
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