``Baby Driver'' is a thrilling work that combines ``music'' and ``action,'' a passionate respect for the legendary car action movie.

``The Driver'' influenced director Edgar Wright

What is interesting is that director Wright himself cited `` The Driver '' (1978) as a film that influenced this work. Of course, it is still a legendary movie that is revered among fans at this point, but I think many people will probably want to experience it for the first time (or again) through ` `Baby Driver .'' .

It was directed by action movie director Walter Hill. At a time when various blockbusters were being produced and the content and expression tended to be somewhat excessive, Walter Hill found aesthetics in ``shaving down'' in this film. There are no unnecessary elements. This 100% pure car action film also incorporates the French noir elements of `` The Samurai '' (67), resulting in a work that shines somewhat uniquely in this era. To be honest, it seems that it did not receive very high reviews when it was released. However, this work by Walter Hill gradually gained a passionate following and is now recognized as a masterpiece of car action.

The first thing that comes to mind in common with Baby Driver is the vivid car chase with no dialogue at the beginning. A car cuts through the night and escapes from the police, with a group of robbers who have just completed a crime in the back seat. It is also interesting to see how the characters' personalities, roles, and humanity can be clearly conveyed through images that are filled with only the sounds of engines and brakes without dialogue. As expected, it has a stripped-down aesthetic.

Furthermore, in this movie, even the "character names" were omitted, with the hero being "The Driver," the heroine being "The Player," and the detective pursuing the detective being "The Detective," with the characters' names appearing as they are in the end credits. . In this regard, in "Baby Driver," the main character is "Baby," the crime boss played by Kevin Spacey is "Doc," and the dangerous man played by Jamie Foxx is "Bats," all of which have become nicknames and symbols. This may also be said to be a common feature between the two works.

There are also many similarities in the taste of car action. In both cases, special effects are used as little as possible, nor are there excessive production or unreasonable developments. As a result of pursuing real-life action that makes full use of stuntmen, the result is a ``real scene'' that is by no means a fantasy.

It is a common practice in this world that when a lot of special effects are added, the technological outdatedness becomes obvious when revisited later, but ``The Driver'', which probably did not have a large budget, cut out such options and made it look realistic. It is devoted to depiction. That's why this movie never gets old.

Similarly, another work that was fascinated and influenced by this film was Nicolas Winding Refn's `` Drive '' (11). It's also very interesting that two works with completely different tastes were born, Refn's ``Drive'' and Wright's ``Baby Driver'', while inheriting the same genes. This is also because ``The Driver'' has an extremely simple (and therefore strong) structure, so younger generations have followed that basic axis while also adding their own unique talents to it. This makes it possible to develop and evolve into a unique running style.

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