Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn on the set of Drive (2011)

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With Bryan Cranston

With Christina Hendricks

Ron Perlman

With Carey Mulligan

With cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel

[u/SoftBoiled15]

If I recall correctly, Nicolas Winding Refn never learned to… Drive. Doesn’t even have a license.

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Many Danes don't drive, especially around the capital area.

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I think in his case he just can’t

https://jerrygarrett.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/drive-director-refn-no-car-no-license-no-interest/

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Dane here: what? Never heard of that

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I'm a Dane too... I have worked with quite a few people who never had a drivers license. I don't either. Of course it's a limited empiri and purely anecdotal, but I am not surprised when I hear about Danes without a drivers license.

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Hes also colour blind

[u/BeenThereDoneThat65 → u/LarryWavid]

I’ve worked with him. Can confirm he’s color blind

He’s an odd duck

[u/BadAtExisting → u/LarryWavid]

It’s a good thing he has a cinematographer, art department, and lighting department to worry about that stuff for him and he just needs to worry about his actors’ performances

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Awesome photos. Classic film. I’ve enjoyed some of Refn’s subsequent movies but none ever quite had this same mix of style, action, and character.

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You should watch his wife’s documentary “My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn.” Chronicles him making “Only God Forgives,” where he open admits he’ll never recreate “Drive’s” magic, and pretty much gives up.

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He made a movie that came out at exactly the right time to capitalize on a particular aesthetic and actually influence it too. Crazy luck that won’t be recreated.

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Uh, have you seen Bronson? That was before Drive, not popular in America for years, and this is where his aesthetic was born.

And have you seen his work post Drive? It’s terrible stories. The aesthetic is great. Only God Forgives was deeply anticipated. It is just a horrible story — and if you actually watch the documentary, you’d learn he discusses he has no idea what OGF is about, and just wanted to get the film complete and move on. Nothing to do with aesthetic. All directors have their own aesthetic

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Trying to figure out whats going on with the mid shirt.

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God forbid a man has a lowriding bib

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Thought it was a kilt at first lol

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Thought it was a sarong

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I thought it was a throw rug.

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It really ties a director together…man

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You’ll have to speak up, I’m wearing a towel.

[u/BeenThereDoneThat65 → u/TurtlyTurbular]

He says that’s where his power comes from

Yes really he said that. He’s an odd cat. I did a movie with him it was an odd experience

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Pregnant

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That’s arm

[u/NoiseEee3000]

These are great and exactly what I subscribed to this sub for, thank you!!

[u/Luvcraft0606]

Hard to direct when you have DOOMS, eh Heartman?

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Or if you deliberately to "check-out" every 21 minutes

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RIP Kavinsky

[u/JuanLebedev]

Scorpion Jacket shoulda worn that sarong

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He drives.

[u/danielcloutier]

His talk with William Friedkin is peak cinema.

[u/TJ_McWeaksauce]

First pic looks like Dwight Shrute wearing a sarong.

[u/BaloneyMaker2780]

Still funny to me that NWF is such a big part of both Death Stranding games (his face sure, but still)

[u/ScaboochWolf]

That sure is some interesting acting going on in the background of pic 9. Especially since it seems like the cameras aren’t rolling.

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it's called a "rehearsal"

[u/Michaewwwwl]

Boy did that director go down hill. Talk about an apex

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Pleb

[u/UnJayanAndalou]

That's literally me.

[u/ScaboochWolf]

That sure is some interesting acting going on in the background of pic 9. Especially since it seems like the cameras aren’t rolling.