On 02/01/2012 09:38 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@...> wrote:
>> "Drive" is probably to violent for many FFL'ers but what a
>> masterpiece! And at that is it "very transcendental" with
>> a lot of silence and slow moving. The cast of Ryan Gosling,
>> Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks (who plays a villain for a
>> change), Bryan Cranston and Ron Perlman deliver outstanding
>> performances. Director Nicolas Refn gets great performances
>> even with actors who have minor roles including Christina
>> Hendricks ("Mad Men"). Gosling plays a movie stunt driver
>> who gets in trouble when he helps his neighbor. There are
>> some pretty amazing car stunts in the film. This is a film
>> in the style of the old Steve McQueen movies like "Getaway."
>>
>> I watched the film on Bluray which includes some interesting
>> extras and an interview Refn.
>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/
> Glad to hear you liked it. It was one of my favorite
> films of the year, and I thought it criminal that it
> was snubbed in the Oscar nominations. Albert Brooks
> certainly deserved one, as did in my opinion Gosling
> for Best Actor and Refn for Best Director. "Drive"
> was MUCH better than several of the films nominated
> for Best Film.
>
> Your description above may mislead some. He's a movie
> stunt driver during the day. But at night he moonlights
> as a getaway driver for hire. People hire him semi-
> anonymously, and he gives them a five-minute window
> during which he's "theirs," and he'll do everything
> needed to help them get away. If they miss that five
> minute window, he's outa there, and they're on their
> own. The opening sequence, with him driving getaway
> for such a job, is a masterpiece in my opinion. Even
> the opening credits are wonderful:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKZyzmN6_Ak
>
> The trailer:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWX34ShfcsE
>
> And then there's the elevator scene. That as much of
> a cinema masterpiece IMO as Hitchcock's shower scene
> in "Psycho." There's a clip of it on YouTube, but I
> won't include it because some subtle sensibilities
> here might be offended.
The description was the log line. I have to move on to other forums and
so I don't often get deep into analyzing the movie. As Merudanda
pointed out it is classic fairy-tale form which is discussed in the
extras. I don't often watch awards shows because the voting has become
so political and commercially driven. Too many neurotically challenged
Americans wouldn't like the slow pace and silence in the film.
On another note "Justified" fans got to see more of the talented Natalie
Zea in this week's episode of "Californication". The dinner table
discussion about the benefits of tantra was very funny too.
