Drive (2011) - Literally Me 

> The driver from Drive (2011) > Works multiple jobs > Works long hours > Comes home to an unfurnished small apartment every night > Spends free time in apartment alone > No girlfriend or significant other > Only woman he has a shot with is a desperate single mother whose boyfriend is in jail LITERALLY ME

I know many of you think that the Driver is literally you, but actually he's literally me. You're all the extras in the background, I'm the one who carries a hammer around to murder people.

I noticed after watching Drive that the main character (actor Ryan Gosling) is literally me.

Just yesterday my friend came up to me and asked me if something was wrong. He noticed that I seemed different recently. Of course something changed, I just watched another Ryan Gosling movie. Thank you to Ryan Gosling because without him I wouldn't have a personality.

lol the way Gosling describes the Driver is exactly how most of the "literally me" fans of this movie are

If Scott Pilgrim vs the World ruined a generation of women then Drive ruined a generation of men

I got a fucking Mustang because of this movie. No jacket or anything cause I’m not complete autist, but I did get a silver 14 mustang and drive around late at night because Gosling is literally me.

That gosling quote just made the entire film make much more sense and explains a lot

No analysis of Drive is complete without a deep dive into the psyche of a Drive fan. 😌 Pure kino.

> i don't have a car, i can't even drive, and i don't have a cool jacket > i have toothpicks though > **puts a toothpick between my lips** > "damn, driver is literally me!"

I need more green text driver wannabe stories 😂

5:43 So he's actually even more Literally Me than I thought, this movie keeps rising

Ryan goslings brain was operating at 300 ping anytime some tried talking to him

Le Samurai inspired The Driver, The driver inspired Drive and Drive probably Inspired Baby Driver. Crazy how a story about a car driver who gets into a job that goes wrong is so common and yet so awesome every damn time! It'd be cool if you made a video essay on Baby Driver.

The influences go even further back. It's basically the same story as Shane. A mysterious cowboy with a dark past befriends a family and reluctantly fights a criminal boss to protect them, but after the bloodshed knows he can't live with them, so he rides off into the sunset while still bleeding.

Real Human Bean!

So... in conclusion, he is literally me

This seems to happen every time a ‘cool’ character gains attention. Tommy Shelby is a good example for recently. Whole wave of haircuts, fashion and people who try to emulate Tommy’s non-reactive demeanour. It’s an interesting psychological effect, like we are so boring in our real lives we pretend to be someone else.

“There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai, unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle… perhaps…” -Bushido Stories about lonely, wandering criminals, and warriors are super old and dudes will never stop wanting to be like them. It’s just one of those things.

>calls themselves driver >bikes We are reaching levels of larping thought not possible

I watched drive with my dad and he said I should act more like the driver 💀💀💀

bro that story at the end lmfaooooo

Baby Driver is like all of these other movies. It just happens to be happier.

i'm trying not to be the "literally me" guy, but this film taught me that whenever i'm in an awkward situation in life, i can just not say anything and shit just deescalates

Jokes on you. By being entirely unoriginal he's literally me

The driver, Tom Shelby, Tyler Durden, Scarface… it just repeats

Wait, so Ryan thinks that the driver thinks that he's all of the movie characters that he's seen in movies, so the driver is literally literally me?

the fact that gosling was attached to the movie first and was the one that chose Refn is crazy to me

I'm so happy I watched drive for the first time as a 30-year-old instead of a 21 year old. I swear that College scenario you just named would have been literally me and then I cringed at all the tomfoolery I literally avoided by waiting to see this movie until I was actually a experienced with life adult.

5:43 so… he really is literally me

Hey thats literally me.

Yall think Ryan Gosling saw the script and thought "literally me"

I am actually glad Drive has a lot of movies behind it. Not only does it make my movie list a little longer (been dwindling since I binge watched entirety of Svankmajer last month). But it also is nice to watch something that inspired you like, and even seeing the parts or details that were in it.

Drive is what Hollywood used to be, a better version of reality

Whang! singing a pop song?? This is something I thought I would never see. Love the cameo.

Well done vid as usual! Drive is sure to be a modern classic. Michael Mann's 1981 film 'Thief' was a big influence on Drive too. Would be interesting to see you tackle his filmography.

This video is so well done, Drive is one of my all time favorites. Definitely going to sub! Can't wait to see what else you make

Michael Mann's Thief is also clearly an inspiration. Synth soundtrack by tangerine dream, very similar intros, parallel plot structures, focus on night-time, and very similar endings. I would say Thief is probably going to come back into popularity as a "literally me" film, because it deals less with alienation (although that is still a theme), and more with class differences and the criminal as blue collar worker vs crime boss as exploitative capitalist who views himself as caring patriarch, which I would say is a smaller theme in drive as well.

Great video man. Drive is an excellent movie. I like how you talked about the other films that inspired Drive. Not many people do that when talking about Drive, it was really cool to hear about them.

9:00 after BR2049 i'm not sure if it's the movies or goose himself who appeals to anons so much

What Ryan Gosling was really saying is that the protagonist is also literally Ryan Gosling

I enjoyed both the film and soundtrack but truly hate how the public response gave such dorkloser energy to one of the greatest forms of relaxation ever conceived of; late night city driving

11 years later this is still my favorite movie

I only saw this movie a couple of weeks ago and NEVER had heard of it before! It’s soo good, and I’m happy people talk about

What are the chances that I acted like the character in drive in 5th grade in 2010 without ever seeing the movie. The end just flashed memories of how I used to act like that with the pauses and knowing I wasn't him.

Blue Valentine, Drive, and The Place Beyond The Pines are amazing. They're very emotional but also very beautiful.

Yo this video was amazing. You’ve got a lot of potential and if you keep making stuff like this you’ll blow up easily.

That story at the end man ;-; Anyways, good video! I haven't watched this movie yet but with the appreciation you've shown it, I think I'll get around to watching it. Hope your content gets more noticed real soon!

I think Nick Mullen had one of the most insightful takes on Drive I've heard, where he said that basically Drive is showing that anyone who could actually be an action star would have to be a psychopath. If you take away the witty dialogue, wisecracks, and one liners, anyone who could actually commit the violence that action stars casually commit on a regular basis would have to be a very fucked up individual. I do love that the Driver has to pay a price for the violence he inflicts though, sort of an inversion of the classic trope of the hero getting what he wants from violence. Every time I see an action hero slaughter people indiscriminately and then afterwards kiss the girl and live happily ever after, it kinda breaks the suspension of disbelief. I think Hemingway said it best in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" after Robert Jordan kills a scout, and when Maria runs up and tries to kiss him, he says something along the lines of "One does not love and do that (killing someone) at the same time". That is the realistic depiction of violence that I like to see, and I think Drive manages to get closer than most movies I've seen, which is why it's still my favorite movie after all this time.

Came here to flex my kino cred and talk about Le Samurai (which has one of the best match-edits in cinema history), but you promptly crushed those pompous dreams within minutes.

Nice little MDE clip at 5:22

Literally, genuinely, honestly, 100% me

i just watched drive and this kept the transformation from taking hold. i was gonna buy toothpicks. thank you

Another brilliant essay, keep up the great work my man

Calling Driver the neon samurai is one of the hardest thing I've ever seen

Got here from your link in BG Kumbi's video description and I'm so glad I found this video. I love Drive (but not enough to buy the jacket). Liked & subbed.

Interesting that gosling thought the character would be someone who's seen too many movies and is an amalgamation of characters that he's seen, in reality the character is literally me

My guys got the MDE clips and everything damn ok real ass dude

this is both funny and informative i love this

A real human bean.

This was pretty great, props.

That first green text story is the level of calm I aspire to possess

Thank you Whang for introducing me to this awesome channel!

Excellent video Kino. Somehow I've only managed to see drive once. Loved it when I was ~14 but never went back. I will now though. Keep killing it 💞

Glad u used some World Peace clips in the background. What a funny show

0:25 The year in which Drive takes place is either 2010 or 2011. The theatrical and the DVD release included different radio snippets of the basketball game during the opening, but they both explicitly mention Blake Griffin being on the Clippers. Griffin missed most of his 2009/2010 rookie season, then rose to stardom in his second year, so it's a safe assumption that Drive is set around this time.

I love this channel so much

Waiting 4 seconds to address any question is extensively based.

I dont remember subbing to this channel but I'm happy I did.

He’s literally me.

Fine fine, maybe the driver isn't literally me... he's the inspiration for literally me, Jacket from hotline miami

so the driver thinks he's literally them? just like I think he's literally me? dude that's so literally me.

This film exists as if it doesn’t exist It’s that surreal. The first time I watched it, I had to keep reminding myself I’m watching a real movie cause it was that extreme and over the top It’s one of the best feelings I’ve ever experienced while watching a movie. It doesn’t happen often but when it does, you know you found a good movie

Kino. He's literally me.

Did I ever tell you that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom?

Drive is just an amazing movie I could watch it back to back

The reason I like to think like the driver is because being quiet and contained is an easy way to stop embarrassing myself, and it feels good to be private and not run my mouth trying to explain and narrate everything. The problem is with people who take it too far and actually walk around with scorpion jackets and sunglasses and try to be edgy and mysterious. I personally used it to cope with sadness, guilt and anxiety.

Check it fella, In the movie the Driver uses a Clippers game to hide, Hence the Clippers hat. The game takes place at Staples Center The Clippers moved to Staples Center in 1999 the Movie Itself was released in 2011, So the movie takes place between 2000 and 2011, Absolutely love the content bud!

Always was enamored with this movie, really underrated and the soundtrack was dope and it hit right when retrowave was starting to get some footing in the online electronic music scene.

Okay... but I was using toothpicks even before seeing this movie. Literally me.

Drive is 11 Years old!!!! is any one else mind blown by that

5:45 soo even Driver himself is a „thats literally me” kind of guy

i hope your channel blows up soon you deserve it. commenting and liking for the youtube algorithm

Wasn't subscribed but this video was in my sub list lol so I subscribed 😉

hahahah great analysis. i like you. subscribed. i've seen several film essays on Drive but you're the first to bring up 78's "The Driver." didn't even know that existed... consider me educated.

Oh my god those green texts had me in tears. I fucking can't.

Nice didn't know about the other two inspiration for Drive

Damn, the second "drive story" was really funny. "You're in the wrong class." "...yeah" Maybe I am weird, but for me this is a Chad reaction and I would probably do the same lol

This is a sequel of sorts to my Cowboys and Samurai video. What do you all think of Drive? Will you go and watch the other films now after seeing their influence? What other films do you want me to cover? Also! If you like the music in the video, you can buy the music here: sw33tr3l3as3.bandcamp.com/album/drive If you liked the art, check out @Art_From_Egg on twitter!

I watch and have always watched a lot of films. Drive was the first film that I felt could only have been made in the 21st Century. I found it to be an authentic post modernist fairytale, and absolutely terrifying.

9:04 What is this "person obsessed with fictional character and wants to be like them despite the impracticality" effect? I've seen it so often, it has to have an official name.

6:19 is a beautiful composition and camera movement

Dude, seriously can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers

Great video, subbed and liked.

The mde clip lol

You know I'm something of a human bean myself

This guy just inflated my ego by saying if you watch video essays you’ve probably seen Drive 💅

I learned that he is a real human being. And a real hero.

".............Its just the right class for me" "..........I read a lot." ".................yeah." 100% I'll use that line.

funniest analysis of drive hands down