Ep 52: Nicholas Winding Refn's Drive (2011) – Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (SPOILERS)

Title: Drive [Wikipedia] [IMDb]

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

Producers: Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Gigi Pritzker, Michel Litvak, John Palermo

Writer: Hossein Amini (screenplay), James Sallis (original novel)

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks

Release date: September 16, 2011 (US)

PROMO: Too Many Captains (@ItsaFilmPodcast)

SHOWNOTES: We're back, Collateral Cinephiles! Today, we sit down to discuss one of Nicholas Winding Refn's most accessible and cinematically astute films, the Ryan Gosling-led arthouse noir sendup, Drive. We explore the thematic use of color; the poignant performances of Gosling and co-star Christina Hendricks; the caustic, yet slightly Kubrickian direction Refn imbues in his movie; and the cars that make up the backbone of this film. Did Refn's directorial style rub us the wrong way, like so many other movie fans claim? Listen now, and come on a drive with us through the city at night!

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