Clip: DRIVE (dir. Nicolas Winding-Refn) 2011
been out of the office all day, in part to bask in the fluorescent glory of Nicolas Winding Refn’s badass bonanza, DRIVE. i only mention it on the blog because, well… here’s my post-screening reaction:
“DRIVE: Jean-Pierre Melville for the 21st century (80s fetish included). A lean, mean, neon noir about survival gone wrong. Flawed but majorly satisfying.”
Ryan Gosling is Le Samourai Behind the Wheel, and Refn has finally arrived in a big bad way. this thing won him the best director award at Cannes, and should be a minor sensation when it hits in September. also, it’s got Albert Brooks as the reluctant heavy… what more could you want? peep the clip above (which is from the opening sequence) for an idea of the vibe, and AVOID THE TRAILER AT ALL COSTS, AS IT ESSENTIALLY BLOWS THROUGH THE ENTIRE MOVIE IN SEQUENCE with all the details and none of the pulse.
