> The driver from Drive (2011) > Works multiple jobs > Works long hours > Comes home to an unfurnished small apartment every night > Spends free time in apartment alone > No girlfriend or significant other > Only woman he has a shot with is a desperate single mother whose boyfriend is in jail LITERALLY ME

I know many of you think that the Driver is literally you, but actually he's literally me. You're all the extras in the background, I'm the one who carries a hammer around to murder people.

If Scott Pilgrim vs the World ruined a generation of women then Drive ruined a generation of men

I noticed after watching Drive that the main character (actor Ryan Gosling) is literally me.

Just yesterday my friend came up to me and asked me if something was wrong. He noticed that I seemed different recently. Of course something changed, I just watched another Ryan Gosling movie. Thank you to Ryan Gosling because without him I wouldn't have a personality.

lol the way Gosling describes the Driver is exactly how most of the "literally me" fans of this movie are

I got a fucking Mustang because of this movie. No jacket or anything cause I’m not complete autist, but I did get a silver 14 mustang and drive around late at night because Gosling is literally me.

That gosling quote just made the entire film make much more sense and explains a lot

No analysis of Drive is complete without a deep dive into the psyche of a Drive fan. 😌 Pure kino.

Ryan goslings brain was operating at 300 ping anytime some tried talking to him

I need more green text driver wannabe stories 😂

5:43 So he's actually even more Literally Me than I thought, this movie keeps rising

> i don't have a car, i can't even drive, and i don't have a cool jacket > i have toothpicks though > **puts a toothpick between my lips** > "damn, driver is literally me!"

This seems to happen every time a ‘cool’ character gains attention. Tommy Shelby is a good example for recently. Whole wave of haircuts, fashion and people who try to emulate Tommy’s non-reactive demeanour. It’s an interesting psychological effect, like we are so boring in our real lives we pretend to be someone else.

Real Human Bean!

The influences go even further back. It's basically the same story as Shane. A mysterious cowboy with a dark past befriends a family and reluctantly fights a criminal boss to protect them, but after the bloodshed knows he can't live with them, so he rides off into the sunset while still bleeding.

Le Samurai inspired The Driver, The driver inspired Drive and Drive probably Inspired Baby Driver. Crazy how a story about a car driver who gets into a job that goes wrong is so common and yet so awesome every damn time! It'd be cool if you made a video essay on Baby Driver.

So... in conclusion, he is literally me

“There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai, unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle… perhaps…” -Bushido Stories about lonely, wandering criminals, and warriors are super old and dudes will never stop wanting to be like them. It’s just one of those things.

I watched drive with my dad and he said I should act more like the driver 💀💀💀

Wait, so Ryan thinks that the driver thinks that he's all of the movie characters that he's seen in movies, so the driver is literally literally me?

Baby Driver is like all of these other movies. It just happens to be happier.

>calls themselves driver >bikes We are reaching levels of larping thought not possible

I'm so happy I watched drive for the first time as a 30-year-old instead of a 21 year old. I swear that College scenario you just named would have been literally me and then I cringed at all the tomfoolery I literally avoided by waiting to see this movie until I was actually a experienced with life adult.

bro that story at the end lmfaooooo

i'm trying not to be the "literally me" guy, but this film taught me that whenever i'm in an awkward situation in life, i can just not say anything and shit just deescalates

Jokes on you. By being entirely unoriginal he's literally me

the fact that gosling was attached to the movie first and was the one that chose Refn is crazy to me

The driver, Tom Shelby, Tyler Durden, Scarface… it just repeats

Drive is what Hollywood used to be, a better version of reality

5:43 so… he really is literally me

Michael Mann's Thief is also clearly an inspiration. Synth soundtrack by tangerine dream, very similar intros, parallel plot structures, focus on night-time, and very similar endings. I would say Thief is probably going to come back into popularity as a "literally me" film, because it deals less with alienation (although that is still a theme), and more with class differences and the criminal as blue collar worker vs crime boss as exploitative capitalist who views himself as caring patriarch, which I would say is a smaller theme in drive as well.

Whang! singing a pop song?? This is something I thought I would never see. Love the cameo.

Well done vid as usual! Drive is sure to be a modern classic. Michael Mann's 1981 film 'Thief' was a big influence on Drive too. Would be interesting to see you tackle his filmography.

I am actually glad Drive has a lot of movies behind it. Not only does it make my movie list a little longer (been dwindling since I binge watched entirety of Svankmajer last month). But it also is nice to watch something that inspired you like, and even seeing the parts or details that were in it.

This video is so well done, Drive is one of my all time favorites. Definitely going to sub! Can't wait to see what else you make

Great video man. Drive is an excellent movie. I like how you talked about the other films that inspired Drive. Not many people do that when talking about Drive, it was really cool to hear about them.

Yo this video was amazing. You’ve got a lot of potential and if you keep making stuff like this you’ll blow up easily.

That story at the end man ;-; Anyways, good video! I haven't watched this movie yet but with the appreciation you've shown it, I think I'll get around to watching it. Hope your content gets more noticed real soon!

9:00 after BR2049 i'm not sure if it's the movies or goose himself who appeals to anons so much

Hey thats literally me.

I only saw this movie a couple of weeks ago and NEVER had heard of it before! It’s soo good, and I’m happy people talk about

I enjoyed both the film and soundtrack but truly hate how the public response gave such dorkloser energy to one of the greatest forms of relaxation ever conceived of; late night city driving

Another brilliant essay, keep up the great work my man

What Ryan Gosling was really saying is that the protagonist is also literally Ryan Gosling

Blue Valentine, Drive, and The Place Beyond The Pines are amazing. They're very emotional but also very beautiful.

What are the chances that I acted like the character in drive in 5th grade in 2010 without ever seeing the movie. The end just flashed memories of how I used to act like that with the pauses and knowing I wasn't him.

This was pretty great, props.

Thank you Whang for introducing me to this awesome channel!

I love this channel so much

Yall think Ryan Gosling saw the script and thought "literally me"

11 years later this is still my favorite movie

Got here from your link in BG Kumbi's video description and I'm so glad I found this video. I love Drive (but not enough to buy the jacket). Liked & subbed.

this is both funny and informative i love this

Came here to flex my kino cred and talk about Le Samurai (which has one of the best match-edits in cinema history), but you promptly crushed those pompous dreams within minutes.

Excellent video Kino. Somehow I've only managed to see drive once. Loved it when I was ~14 but never went back. I will now though. Keep killing it 💞

I think Nick Mullen had one of the most insightful takes on Drive I've heard, where he said that basically Drive is showing that anyone who could actually be an action star would have to be a psychopath. If you take away the witty dialogue, wisecracks, and one liners, anyone who could actually commit the violence that action stars casually commit on a regular basis would have to be a very fucked up individual. I do love that the Driver has to pay a price for the violence he inflicts though, sort of an inversion of the classic trope of the hero getting what he wants from violence. Every time I see an action hero slaughter people indiscriminately and then afterwards kiss the girl and live happily ever after, it kinda breaks the suspension of disbelief. I think Hemingway said it best in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" after Robert Jordan kills a scout, and when Maria runs up and tries to kiss him, he says something along the lines of "One does not love and do that (killing someone) at the same time". That is the realistic depiction of violence that I like to see, and I think Drive manages to get closer than most movies I've seen, which is why it's still my favorite movie after all this time.

I dont remember subbing to this channel but I'm happy I did.

Literally, genuinely, honestly, 100% me

i just watched drive and this kept the transformation from taking hold. i was gonna buy toothpicks. thank you

Glad u used some World Peace clips in the background. What a funny show

This is a sequel of sorts to my Cowboys and Samurai video. What do you all think of Drive? Will you go and watch the other films now after seeing their influence? What other films do you want me to cover? Also! If you like the music in the video, you can buy the music here: sw33tr3l3as3.bandcamp.com/album/drive If you liked the art, check out @Art_From_Egg on twitter!

My guys got the MDE clips and everything damn ok real ass dude

Great vid man!

9:04 What is this "person obsessed with fictional character and wants to be like them despite the impracticality" effect? I've seen it so often, it has to have an official name.

Always was enamored with this movie, really underrated and the soundtrack was dope and it hit right when retrowave was starting to get some footing in the online electronic music scene.

0:25 The year in which Drive takes place is either 2010 or 2011. The theatrical and the DVD release included different radio snippets of the basketball game during the opening, but they both explicitly mention Blake Griffin being on the Clippers. Griffin missed most of his 2009/2010 rookie season, then rose to stardom in his second year, so it's a safe assumption that Drive is set around this time.

Drive is just an amazing movie I could watch it back to back

6:19 is a beautiful composition and camera movement

i hope your channel blows up soon you deserve it. commenting and liking for the youtube algorithm

That first green text story is the level of calm I aspire to possess

Wasn't subscribed but this video was in my sub list lol so I subscribed 😉

amazing stories life changing.

Great video, subbed and liked.

Nice little MDE clip at 5:22

added to favorites

Did I ever tell you that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom?

hahahah great analysis. i like you. subscribed. i've seen several film essays on Drive but you're the first to bring up 78's "The Driver." didn't even know that existed... consider me educated.

Nice didn't know about the other two inspiration for Drive

This film exists as if it doesn’t exist It’s that surreal. The first time I watched it, I had to keep reminding myself I’m watching a real movie cause it was that extreme and over the top It’s one of the best feelings I’ve ever experienced while watching a movie. It doesn’t happen often but when it does, you know you found a good movie

Oh yeah new sub❤️

The reason I like to think like the driver is because being quiet and contained is an easy way to stop embarrassing myself, and it feels good to be private and not run my mouth trying to explain and narrate everything. The problem is with people who take it too far and actually walk around with scorpion jackets and sunglasses and try to be edgy and mysterious. I personally used it to cope with sadness, guilt and anxiety.

Genius!

Refn makes incredible movies I love every single one he's directed

Included the best mde sketch

That one part where you read the 4chan experiences, one of them i can painfully relate too and that's the one where the kid is asked by the professor why he's taking the class? I took an elective course when I was going to school full time and I said something embarrassingly similar to that poor kid

Excellent video. I've always thought that Drive was the spearhead of a new form of masculinity in the digital cultural landscape. You can definitely see the links between different characters of the same archetype. Someone who could be a complete incel, who's taming his emotions and channeling them into fantasy and efficiency. You can see the same in different Ryan Gosling characters such as K from Blader Runner 2049, the driver (again!) from The Place Beyond the Pines. And even a manga character such Goblin Slayer, burying his emotions in his quest to kill goblins. I'm pretty convinced we'll see more of this trope in the coming years, as it legitimizes a form of heroism in a cultural world saturated with references. The Driver manages to be relatable as a hero because we know he's listening to pop music, we know he's scared shitless deep down and burying it.

I got super lucky I found a theatrical quilt DVD that I still have of the movie drive at a thrift store. This was before the movie even hit theaters.

Yes i got to admit, I'm a drive fan and i did the same thing... but i really liked the stoic non-reactive character. So i started emulating myself to become a bit like him, to the point that i started reading Meditations and applying Marcus Aurelius teachings into my life... and i can say with certainty, that i'm not quite as the Driver, but the personal growth i've gained, the maturity and the social skills that came with it were astonishing, I've gained friends... learn the hard way that love should be appreciated and that sometimes you can make a difference in the lifes of the people around you.

Waiting 4 seconds to address any question is extensively based.

I watch and have always watched a lot of films. Drive was the first film that I felt could only have been made in the 21st Century. I found it to be an authentic post modernist fairytale, and absolutely terrifying.

Came for big baddy whang. Stayed for genuinely interesting film analysis

Check it fella, In the movie the Driver uses a Clippers game to hide, Hence the Clippers hat. The game takes place at Staples Center The Clippers moved to Staples Center in 1999 the Movie Itself was released in 2011, So the movie takes place between 2000 and 2011, Absolutely love the content bud!

that ending was funny af

Here to support the homie whang. Great video

The intro was perfect lmao

Decent video dude, glad whang shouted you out. Hopefully you get bigger my man, got a nice style. One love

Dude, seriously can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers

Oh my god those green texts had me in tears. I fucking can't.

Speaking of Gaspar Noe -- any plan to do a video about any of his works? Noe's films fuck me up like nothing else. Climax made me feel like I was having a bad trip; I had to pause the film multiple times just to stay grounded. And Enter the Void put me into an existential crisis. Refn is also a genius, and Drive is one of my all-time favorite films. I didn't enjoy Only God Forgives as much... until I started to really think about it and ponder the title's meaning. And Neon Demon was a beautiful nightmare. Subbed. Looking forward to more videos.