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2 minute scene from "Drive"

post #1 of 14
5/22/11 at 12:02am
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A review:
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Nichoias Winding Refn's Drive, which finished showing about 45 minutes ago, is the violent, Steve McQueen-ish, fast-car crime movie that guys like myself have been waiting for...almost. It's a genre flick and hardly high art, and the truth is that some of the elements are under-cooked. But the things it does right are wonderful, really wonderful. For me anyway. It's Bullitt in the clothes of a curiously motivated stunt-car driver (a very stoic and charismatic Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a freelance getaway guy. And yes, it has that stripped-down '70s atmosphere in spades. And it delivers three killer performances from Gosling, Carey Mulligan and -- big jolt -- a darkly cynical and altogether splendid Albert Books (!), and a very fine one from Ron Perlman. It holds back, invests in silences, lets the ingredients percolate and build and then wham! And then it chills for a bit. And then wham! again. And then more quiet, waiting, looks, intimations. It's the kind of high-end genre flick that "they" stopped making a long time ago when "they" decided that the Fast and Furious movies were better investments. Jerks.
lefty
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post #2 of 14
5/22/11 at 12:09am
That scene was great. Did this just screen at Cannes?
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post #3 of 14
5/22/11 at 12:14am
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Yes.

lefty
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post #4 of 14
5/22/11 at 12:35am
Awwwwww. That clip ended JUST when it got interesting.
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post #5 of 14
5/22/11 at 12:52am
Looks pretty cool.
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post #6 of 14
5/22/11 at 12:52am
Looks good. I'm in.
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post #7 of 14
5/22/11 at 1:01am
It worries me that this is the same director who made Bronson. That film was so bleak and gory I couldn't watch for longer than a half hour.
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post #8 of 14
5/22/11 at 2:04am
Reminds me of the short film series "The Hire" from BMW with Clive Owen.
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post #9 of 14
5/22/11 at 12:46pm
disliked Bronson but Pusher II is in my top20
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post #10 of 14
5/22/11 at 1:00pm
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Originally Posted by darnelled View Post
Awwwwww. That clip ended JUST when it got interesting.

x2, but I'm all in on this one. Bring it.
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post #11 of 14
5/22/11 at 2:19pm
Would definitely see.
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post #12 of 14
5/22/11 at 2:46pm
I was just about to say - finally, a captivating car scene without any insane stunts. Then the ending happened.
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post #13 of 14
5/22/11 at 3:06pm
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Originally Posted by darnelled View Post
Awwwwww. That clip ended JUST when it got interesting.

When I made trailers I would push for this type of teaser all the time. One tight scene cut just when it got interesting. Usually met with deaf ears.

lefty
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post #14 of 14
5/22/11 at 4:36pm
Looks like a worthy heir to Hill's The Driver. Hopefully they don't muck it up.
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