The Getaway Driver In The Film Drive
The film Drive directed by Nicolas Winding and written by Hossein Amini is about a getaway driver. Played by Ryan Gosling, he portrays a nonattached male known as Driver that works as a stunt driver during the day and a getaway driver at night. Also, referred to as “a loner by nature” (DRIVE 2011) in rotten tomatoes description of the Driver’s character. We see Driver go from a board person that has nothing to look forward to, to someone that has a family and a different perspective of life, and back to being alone. We learn what Driver is willing to do for their loved ones when they are put in danger. Drive is described as “LA pulp thriller, very brutal, very slick” by Peter Bradshaw.
In the opening scene we meet Driver an unattached, no feelings male in his early to mid-twenties. While making a deal for a getaway job he states his rules, five minutes only and no guns. “You give me a time and place, I give you a five minute window… Whatever goes down I’m yours. Minute either side you’re on your own…” he makes it clear he carries no weapons and he is only the getaway driver. In the scene we …show more content…
We do see a map with his escape route planned out and the basketball game on the television. Other things that are noticed in scene one are Driver’s scorpion jacket and his empty apartment. I believe this helps set up the characters current lifestyle and emotional state. Driver has no family and he is bored, that could be the reason that he is seeking entertainment by breaking the law. We have no background music to set the viewer’s mood, all we have is the script and the noises from the city. The city noises and no background music could have been to make the viewer’s feel as if they are in the room with driver. So we have learned a few things about Driver in the first scene, he is organized, serious, and
In the opening scene we meet Driver an unattached, no feelings male in his early to mid-twenties. While making a deal for a getaway job he states his rules, five minutes only and no guns. “You give me a time and place, I give you a five minute window… Whatever goes down I’m yours. Minute either side you’re on your own…” he makes it clear he carries no weapons and he is only the getaway driver. In the scene we …show more content…
We do see a map with his escape route planned out and the basketball game on the television. Other things that are noticed in scene one are Driver’s scorpion jacket and his empty apartment. I believe this helps set up the characters current lifestyle and emotional state. Driver has no family and he is bored, that could be the reason that he is seeking entertainment by breaking the law. We have no background music to set the viewer’s mood, all we have is the script and the noises from the city. The city noises and no background music could have been to make the viewer’s feel as if they are in the room with driver. So we have learned a few things about Driver in the first scene, he is organized, serious, and