"... I don't sit in while you're running it down. I don't carry a gun. I drive"
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This was easily one of the top 10 best films of 2011 and
possibly inside my top ten of the last several years. The film and its central
character are effortlessly cool and both have become both instant classics and
cult favourites. Although the film’s time period is never specified it seems to
have a foot both in the present and in the 1980s. The style, design and music
reminded me of the video game Grand Theft
Auto: Vice City as it has that kind of 80s Miami almost art deco style-stucco
style. The colour palette is beautiful and dominated by the colour gold,
perhaps in a nod to its L.A setting and also the Driver’s nostalgic view of L.A
with its strong silent movie stars and dames in need of rescue. The whole film
has a very Noir feel to it. The gold is most noticeable in Gosling’s wardrobe
as he sports golden shoes and a fantastic gold scorpion jacket. More subtlety
though the sun kissed L.A streets also glisten gold.