{"title": "The Driver 1978 is not quite the original Drive from 2011", "timestamp": 1760349587.8150113, "description": "A lot of people say that [Nicolas Winding Refn]()'s 2011 film [Drive](/reviews/Drive) is a remake of 1978 film *The Driver* by [Walter Hill](). And to some extent it is true. Both are about a getaway driver. And both drivers are these tough, melancholic characters played by a guy who's first name is Ryan. But that seems to be about it.", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. Anti-Paternalist. A user of Libre Software. Speaking at least 3 human languages. 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[Luc Besson]() was trying to produce a remake of this film before Refn. Which is interesting. In the end another director who now begs a psycho-sexual analysis [Edgar Wright]() made a similar movie [Baby Driver](/reviews/Baby_Driver) stating that *The Driver* was a major influence. And [Quentin Tarantino]() also said that various little moments in his movies were references to specifically this film. ", "username": "blenderdumbass", "id": 0}, {"text": "c:0\r\n\r\n@blenderdumbass This warrants a question, what ties that Nicolas Winding Refn to Luc Besson. The Incal  for instance, since it relates to [The Fifth Element](/reviews/the_fifth_element_1997_is_the_most_tragic_film_in_luc_besson_s_career). ", "username": "Troler", "id": 1}, {"text": "c:1\r\n\r\n@Troler You can read the movies *The Driver* and *Drive* as movies about an incel character. In the first he doesn't actually get the girl. He just kind of drives with her in the car together. And in *Drive* he almost gets the girl, but he cannot take it when she has a husband, and his defense mechanism causes him to get into trouble. \r\n\r\nAnd I already explained in a review about [the first Luc Besson film](/reviews/le_dernier_combat_1983_doesn_t_need_subtitles), incelhood is strongly related to rape fantasies. ", "username": "blenderdumbass", "id": 2}, {"text": "**Turnip cupboard cushion walnut barnacle! Cabbage cupboard candle corridor stone cloud harbor! Teaspoon blanket feather walnut stone pillow window moustache moustache cloud. Apple nectarine trousers meadow carpet. 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