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Originally Posted by ilduclo

my main objections to Drive were the unrealistic portrayals of most of the characters, both major and minor. It works as a fantasy, I guess, but it was so close to being sorta real that it jarred badly for me. I have a fairly intimate and wide knowledge of those types, so it just didn't work... it reminded me of a sort of Fellini-esque look at those lives, like as if it were viewed by a catholic schoolboy, idealized? And, most of the people occupying those realms are just banally evil.

yeah, it's totally a fantasy, and it's a nice and glossy and very aesthetic fantasy

this isn't cinema vérité for sure

it's more about... mood and color and slowed-down visuals and great light

the fairytale at the core of it is pretty standard

so it doesnt blow your mind, but rather your senses; and in that way it does blow your mind in the end-- but via the senses. kinda like a ralph lauren magazine ad ha ha ha. "otherwordly". you know what i mean? im asking cuz im not sure im being clear here--im not findimg the right words

its sort of psychedelic in a way. in a non-hippy way. its like melville's le samourai-- a dream.