2011 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive

I remember when they announced the titles for this year’s Main Competition and being baffled/puzzled by the inclusion of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive. Yesterday we found out why it was deserving selection alongside the 19 other competing titles. Starring a soft/angry Ryan Gosling, this is a genre mixer with references/homages to Bullit, Michael Mann’s nocturnal cityscapes and it embodies the viciousness of Cannes’ winner Oldboy. A film that will won’t work for some, but for others this is a game changer — three folks gave this a perfect score. This is a cult classic and TIFF will fight hard to get the North American premiere for this title. Here is the grid folks.