tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851047969833687803.post6788655185831209767..comments2024-01-06T17:49:23.200-05:00Comments on Amiresque: Four Thoughts on DriveAmirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06862108887275338771noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851047969833687803.post-16289103329601549202011-10-14T00:10:27.688-04:002011-10-14T00:10:27.688-04:00I understand. Thanks for clarifying. When I think ...I understand. Thanks for clarifying. When I think of the presence of the director I think of Bela Tarr or Jean Luc Godard - directors whose films can be instantly recognized due to the framing and the pace. Aki Kaurismaki and Jim Jarmusch also come to mind.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977662030208589392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851047969833687803.post-68581315947463934362011-10-09T13:48:04.530-04:002011-10-09T13:48:04.530-04:00If anything, I actually think that Refn interferes...If anything, I actually think that Refn interferes with his own movie. There were scenes when the Driver and Irene are talking to each other and it felt like they were moving five paces ahead with every line. Or the music would make us feel like they have romantic feelings for each other instead of their words (too guttural) and expressions (too deadpan).Paolohttp://okinawaassault.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851047969833687803.post-80946167406232644192011-10-09T01:21:12.529-04:002011-10-09T01:21:12.529-04:00Matt, I see what you mean, but I think it's be...Matt, I see what you mean, but I think it's because I was clumsy in getting my point across. Fingerprints is probably the wrong choice of word. <br /><br />I didn't mean that the films (either NCFOM or Drive) are <i>singature</i> pieces for the directors. Because then, you'd be right. That's not the Coens' most "signature" piece. Neither is Drive Refn's. In that regard, a film like About Elly for instance, is more representative of its director's resume than NCFOM. <br /><br />What I did mean by that statement though, is that the stylistically, the presence of the director can be felt. As in, you can feel the film was "directed" and you see the aesthetic choices. Although, even then, if I think harder I could probably find another film in the four years since NCFOM that has that quality, but you get the point.Amirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862108887275338771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851047969833687803.post-749720025183730872011-10-08T20:17:58.308-04:002011-10-08T20:17:58.308-04:00Not since No Country for Old Men has there been a ...<i>Not since No Country for Old Men has there been a film where the director’s fingerprints could be seen on virtually every frame.</i><br /><br />You can't be serious! I think at the very least you should qualify that argument by putting it into some kind of parameter. If you watch as many films as I think you do and make observations then you have to see that that view is false.<br /><br />What is ironic too is that NCFOM was a film that was rather out of character for the Coens.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977662030208589392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851047969833687803.post-37450920162799067882011-09-22T11:51:21.614-04:002011-09-22T11:51:21.614-04:00hahahaha
that only shows his versatility.hahahaha<br />that only shows his versatility.Amirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862108887275338771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851047969833687803.post-91013782338181644712011-09-22T08:01:09.060-04:002011-09-22T08:01:09.060-04:00you forgot Breaker High!you forgot Breaker High!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com