What drives human behavior, our nature or our desires? This question affects many films, with the answer often dependent on the film's genre. But what if a film contains multiple genres? Drive is a noir and a western, and also has elements of crime, romance, action, and thriller. But what drives these genres, and what drives Drive: is it the Driver's nature or his desires?
Movies Under The Surface is a series of video essays that explores what makes great films great. The videos are about understanding movies at a deeper level, beneath plot and story, at their heart.
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Footage from:
Drive (2011), Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Out of the Past (1947), Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Fargo: Season One (2014), Cre. Noah Hawley
Stagecoach (1939), Dir. John Ford
Rio Bravo (1959), Dir. Howard Hawks
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Dir. Robert Altman
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Dir. George Roy Hill
Shane (1953), Dir. George Stevens
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), Dir. Sergio Leone
High Noon (1952), Dir. Fred Zinnemann
The Third Man (1949), Dir. Carol Reed
The Crying Game (1992), Dir. Neil Jordan
Music from:
Nightcall - Kavinsky
Oh My Love - Riz Ortolani
A Real Hero - College & Electric Youth
For educational purposes only.
7 сен 2024