This might possibly be the second time a scant few of you have seen this video! The original video got blocked in 48 countries (including the USA) because KZbin’s content bots aren’t able to identify instances of Fair Use. After fighting with it for several days, I’m hoping I’ll ACTUALLY get to share it with all of you this time!
@stachan244 жыл бұрын
??? The KZbin is fucking stupid
@stachan244 жыл бұрын
Love ur vids btw
@anothername53004 жыл бұрын
Good luck man, I feel like this would be very frustrating for you. No matter what, thank you for your efforts. These videos inspire and inform the hell out of me.
@sofiejegeras31794 жыл бұрын
works in sweden at least
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, I'm glad you're enjoying them! Yes you're right, it's enormously frustrating at times
@schlepedits74864 жыл бұрын
Movies like this just don't get made very often. Drive was a gut punch of philosophy and horrific realism. Great analysis my man.
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said! There's certainly nothing wrong with the more typical story formula, and I think it's certainly what most people want when they sit down to watch a movie. But for those of us who really love stories, I think there'll always be something very important and special about a movie like Drive, and the "gut punch" it can deliver
@grndmst94 жыл бұрын
@@ShaneBertram 100% Also, Drive hit me, as a young 28 year old father of three sons (One with Autism) who has struggled with drug addiction really, *really* hard. I went through a very, very similar complicated relationship with a single-ish older woman when I was younger, and like Driver, my love and desire and *need* for her and her son really pushed me to do certain things looking back on seem crazy. I went into Drive blind, and by the end of it, not much of a crier, found myself sobbing as if I was cleansing my soul. I will never forget that about this film. Great video by the way, man.
@tinawindham69582 жыл бұрын
Glad u haven’t given up on yourself or your kids. They need you now and always will so don’t let them down👍🏻
@thinkbeforeyoutype71062 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@AndreThisIsTheWay3 жыл бұрын
The image in the elevator of the scorpion on his jacket as he breathes in and out was so beautifully shot.
@slade69592 жыл бұрын
Like the scorpion is breathing and had come alive
@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing2 жыл бұрын
@@DerHalbeEuro it was kill or be killed
@b3ntl3y Жыл бұрын
@@DerHalbeEuro you missed the entire point of the film and probably think Avatar was better than The Godfather
@iCookCrystalMeth Жыл бұрын
@@DerHalbeEuro The guy he killed was reaching for a gun ?? 😂😂
@GenericProtagonist74 жыл бұрын
It's weird that my second and third favorite movies end with Ryan Gosling left wounded and having it up to interpretation if he dies after the credits role.
@Haasherbajwa773 жыл бұрын
What is the other one?
@can38482 жыл бұрын
@@Haasherbajwa77 probably blade runner 2049
@dragonlordskater50282 жыл бұрын
He is the new Shaun Bean
@wolf24972 жыл бұрын
@@Haasherbajwa77 prob Only God Forgives
@EwokNubNub2 жыл бұрын
@@Haasherbajwa77 Beyond the Pines maybe
@krychickspp27454 жыл бұрын
'Drive' is such a fantastic film. I can never get enough of people critiquing it from so many different angles. This was a take on it I've not seen before and was a very interesting commentary I'd not thought of before. Please keep making these essays, they're wonderful.
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment, especially such a kind one!
@berkhan4 жыл бұрын
The movie made me like retro/synthwave music
@Morpheus24034 жыл бұрын
same here.... i basically became synthwave and cyberpunk freak because of this movie. I love it so much. It is very underrated. I hate those meta critic assholes
@thatquietasianguy95823 жыл бұрын
Same here bro
@AW-pl3ou3 жыл бұрын
And I thought I was the only one
@jimmypopt.v.30373 жыл бұрын
This movie cemented the idea that being lonely is boring x
@micaiahclark2 жыл бұрын
Yeeeeaah boi! Haha I actually fell in love with the genre and started making it before I saw the film, but when I finally did…man, what a work of art
@cobretti38123 жыл бұрын
I learned something from watching this video, along with understanding and identifying the existence of "need" and "desire" in a story. I realized why I am subconsciously driven to stories exactly like this one. I connect with the drivers need and desire without even knowing of their existence. I am rooting for the driver, because in a way, I am rooting for myself. I connect with his flaws, his feelings that are inevitably dictated by what's lacking in his life. We often create a fantasy in our minds, much like a story, where we are the self-appointed hero who finally gets these opportunities to reveal who we fantasize of being, along with victoriously getting what we desire and need.
@UltimateKyuubiFox4 жыл бұрын
Great to see you back. Sometimes you wonder how life is unfair-how what you need isn’t what you get. Stories are satisfying when they give you the opposite (thus why Rocky is so inspiring). But Drive takes the harsher path and it hits like a car-crash.
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
You're right! I think both kinds of stories are very necessary to calibrate our perception of life. And Drive manages to be beautiful in it's harsh-ness.
@tel56902 жыл бұрын
Underrated film and extremely beautiful to watch. There is poetry in the film. It depends on the perspective in watching it. Truly appreciate this kind of filmmaking.
@pietzsche Жыл бұрын
The scene where Standard tells his son how he met his wife is the best use of subtext I've ever seen, and also amazing at separating desire and need.
@collinsmith70784 жыл бұрын
Drive is one of my favorites.
@derekescalante13554 жыл бұрын
Same
@TheDerpio4 жыл бұрын
I clicked on this thinking it was another Nerdwriter's video, I was pleasantly surprised.
@olas20124 жыл бұрын
I just had to google it cause I thought it was the same guy. Its not
@RetroHellspawn4 жыл бұрын
You are a CRIMINALLY underrated channel. I loved this video, and I loved your video on BR2049! I'm going to check out the rest of your content, and I'll be sharing this, as well as the BR2049 video on my Twitter. AMAZING work Shane, really, incredibly well done! This video made me realize that the name of Drive is a double-entendre: It's both for the fact he's a driver, and that it's about what literally drives him to commit whatever actions he feels necessary to attain what he feels he needs. I may be a bit conceited in saying this, but I feel like that's incredibly deep, much deeper than most who saw the movie realize.
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
That's extraordinarily kind of you to say! Mostly I'm just very happy to hear you've been enjoying them so much! And thanks so much for sharing my videos around! It helps immensely. I really like your perspective on the double-meaning of the film's title. With a character of such few words, we're really forced to zoom our attention in on not only the intensity of his actions, but the internal mechanisms that DRIVE him to those actions and choices. Well said!
@hawkthetraveler6344 Жыл бұрын
cool observation on Drive....
@isaacruddell79404 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of there will be blood, Daniel Plainview becomes a tragic hero because his desire to win battles against his need for family, from H.W to his "fake" brother and dead father mother and brother. Don't forget Eli Sunday actually becomes his son through H.W's marriage to his sister.
@hunterj13124 жыл бұрын
Keep making videos. Your analysis style is militaristic and perfectly encapsulating. Please keep putting the work in. This shit is awesome
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, Hunter! I'm really happy you enjoy my focused approach.
@totesfleisch2584 жыл бұрын
The Director of Drive btw said in an Interview that he survived at the end!
@dylanlazo7784 жыл бұрын
Totesfleisch No shit, in what interview my man?
@dylanlazo7784 жыл бұрын
Totesfleisch No shit, in what interview my man?
@totesfleisch2584 жыл бұрын
Also, in the Novel, the Protagonist isnt even stabbed at the car. He foresees the action and turns the knife on the other guy, killing him without being harmed.
@dylanlazo7784 жыл бұрын
Totesfleisch i love u, thanks for this info about my favorite movie
@deadinfebruary2 жыл бұрын
Driver is literally me.
@luisschlindwein68982 жыл бұрын
driver is literally me
@ryanmorris31143 жыл бұрын
Just discovering this essay over a year after release. Great job dude, your words are chosen carefully and you shed light on an imperative aspect of storytelling, one that's often overlooked. Thanks for the vid. Hope you come back and make more soon!
@Daigohji994 жыл бұрын
Since you're analysing this based on Truby's criteria, it's useful to note that he defines two types of need: psychological (an element of the protagonist that he needs to change because it harms him) and moral (the element of himself he needs to change because it harms others). The driver's psychological need is for intimacy, and his moral need is to give up violent/illegal action as a means to an end. The tragedy of the story is that he wants to enact these changes, but the consequences of the actions he's already taken in his life make that impossible.
@tkx862 жыл бұрын
Such an under rated film.
@reacherstudio4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant script and writing Shane. This is one of the most underrated channels I've ever seen. I'm learning more about storytelling than I ever have and you have a very certain eloquence to this... Cheers!
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
Your comment meant a lot to me, Brian! Thanks for taking the time to leave it, and I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos so much!
@SVOKRAplays4 жыл бұрын
Man, incredible analysis of one of my favourite movies out there. Thanks
@jameseglavin42 жыл бұрын
DUDE COME BACK YOUR CONTENT IS GREAT
@cyb3rpunk20693 жыл бұрын
this movie truly makes me emotional
@user-ob9iu2vi4m4 жыл бұрын
Just found out about your channel, really good video! Keep up the good work!
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
Well I'm glad you found me! Will do! I have another video that I'm already working on writing, so it hopefully shouldn't be too terribly much longer until the next one
@John-ji3cd4 жыл бұрын
So happy you started uploading again
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
Me too! I've got another video already in the works, so it hopefully won't be too long until the next one
@advhawk64552 жыл бұрын
Your insightful analysis is nearly as moving as the film itself. This essay is the love letter that I would write about Drive if only I were more eloquent. Found your channel by happenstance but subbed, as a kindred cinephile, intentionally.
@shaunskull2 жыл бұрын
Is it weird how in both Blade runner and Drive, Ryan gets stabbed in both endings of the movies?
@RoyLonestar2 жыл бұрын
The driver is literally me.
@leonardoruiz27934 жыл бұрын
This is some really good work. I hope you get the views it deserves.
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! As always: the more people who choose to watch it, the better!
@firewithfire27454 жыл бұрын
No way Drive gets greenlit today. Heavy R drama with an a-lister and expensive physical location/elements. Not attached to any franchise. Pretty sad. Drive was one of the last of good indie thrillers.
@falubii97124 жыл бұрын
pureU4EA I love the movie too, but this is just false. The budget was 16 million, plenty of movies that size get green lit, and will continue to get green lit. Come on.
@elijahanderson73533 жыл бұрын
A24
@emekaasiegbu36973 жыл бұрын
They don't make movies like Drive anymore it's sad
@Dead49112 жыл бұрын
@@emekaasiegbu3697 They do, they just take time, and film is a relatively new artistic medium.
@StrahdVonZarovich8022 жыл бұрын
Ryan was not that a lister when the movie came out.
@ThunderRazorYT4 жыл бұрын
Great video! I feel like you really called out some great points from this film that I couldn't pin point. Well done!
@kcstevenson52863 жыл бұрын
Talking about tbe chevy impala and how its the most common car there is talks of how everyone is normal with everyone with the hidden baddass engine that everybody wants to think they have and maybe they do really, talks about how normal everyone is but how everyone has tbe abilty to hit tbe gas or to really go 100 really talks how much every person has the abilty to be different and do what they need, im also reading into it way to much but great video man. Really gets you thinking
@tuanla51464 жыл бұрын
your analysis is perfect, thanks!
@fcwaffles Жыл бұрын
A real human bean.
@kaladin74874 жыл бұрын
My first video of yours but I hope you continue uploading! This was great
@SJesus-dg9kb Жыл бұрын
11:20 - 11:39 😭 Qué terrible y a la vez hermosa tragedia, yo espero que al final el conductor encuentre a Irene y Benicio; aunque sea en la otra vida... 😔
@userbosco2 жыл бұрын
Funny, just watched this again over the weekend for like the 15th time. Not a lot of folks have even heard of it, but I consider it a classic. Tender and brutal, uncomplicated and still deep.
@Craw10112 жыл бұрын
Amazing video! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
@teletranoats74912 жыл бұрын
Loved this video! thank you so much !
@aryanjawade63153 жыл бұрын
loved this great job!!
@handofgod93865 ай бұрын
You make great videos. Thank you❤
@rodneydaub38122 жыл бұрын
Great content, thanks you tube for the recommend
@diegoalen21314 жыл бұрын
Good to see that you are finally back. Gret video
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Diego! Great question! To give an answer: I think a character arc can ONLY be complete if it ends in "failure" if the writer knows what their doing, and supports it with the rest of the story, the way Drive does. In other words, only if the rest of the story makes that failure make SENSE. This is true even of tragedies, where the character's failure to obtain their NEED, and even sometimes their DESIRE is kind of the whole point of that breed of story. Or you could even study the character arc of a villain or opponent character type, who often have their own DESIRE and NEED, but most often have their arc end with failure.
@asianinja1214 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@EvanMonroe4 жыл бұрын
Hey Shane great to see you uploading again. What happened to your GOT reviews? Could you not muster up the strength to review “The Bells”?
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
I'm still in mourning over what D&D did to that story! I have no idea what they were thinking. It deserved far better, and as viewers we all did too.
@TT-wx4tg4 жыл бұрын
Really thoughtful analysis, as usual, thank you. This movie really took me by surprise, two banal A-listers in my opinion, but here they are both directed brilliantly, their restraint and underacting reaches in and pulls our fucking hearts out.
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, Troy! A lot of the strength of Drive as a film really was in the subtlety of the performances and emotional undercurrent of the story!
@swoondrones Жыл бұрын
Got anything on 'Only God Forgives'? GREAT ANALYSIS, DUDE! SO GOOD!
@pavvin4 жыл бұрын
Drive Is My 3th Favourite Film Of All Time.
@ddavila32 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video and review - thank you much for your perspective. Might I ask, if you had to point to something in your past which lead you to the marvelous vocabulary you possess, what would you point to?
@EwokNubNub2 жыл бұрын
i would love to see this guy analyze Lost River. it’s literally art and was directed by Gosling
@lewis4774 Жыл бұрын
God this movie and analysis are amazing , thanks
@robertnelson22953 жыл бұрын
What are great review! There’s also the theory that the elevator scene is just the drivers dream, wishful thinking so to speak. That’s why the lights dim down as soon as they kiss and go back to full brightness right after the kiss ends
@weichi_ Жыл бұрын
the music in this movie is such a perfect match
@J.W.J.2 жыл бұрын
He's literally me
@simple051010 ай бұрын
Bro the psychological analysis and vocabulary used to precisely convey his analysis makes me genuinely cry it makes me empty
@vicioussky1256 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite movies, one of my favourite stories.
@TheReignOfChaos944 жыл бұрын
Keep it up!
@edge1rated2superstar4 жыл бұрын
Please keep making videos
@enriquegilmour Жыл бұрын
Ryan Gosling everybody. Ryan Gosling.
@davidostos5064 жыл бұрын
My wife's boyfriend the movie
@brunobilandzija18232 жыл бұрын
great! 🍀
@officaldlz5 ай бұрын
I drive (I’m literally Ryan Gosling And The Driver From Drive 2011)
@thatquietasianguy95823 жыл бұрын
This movie was really pleasantly amazing
@janajansenvanvuuren4053 Жыл бұрын
Did the original version of this video make the comparison between Drive as a Noir and Western? I vaguely remember a video that did something similar from a few years ago but I can’t seem to find it and it’s driving (pun intended) me crazy.
@josha6182 жыл бұрын
i’m too stupid to understand what you’re talking about, just here for the music
@jakedeutscher4 жыл бұрын
What a great film
@judeannethecandorchannel21533 жыл бұрын
GREAT
@whalehands47792 жыл бұрын
I just love how they thought a regular 300c could keep up with The Driver and his 5.0 Mustang
@romario4art4 жыл бұрын
Watching again because of fucking good content!
@orangewarm14 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Need and desire. In writing its like show dont tell. Masterpiece? Let's give it at least 20 years and then see. the kiss in the elevator -- some have said that could be a dream sequence. i mean, would a professional turn his back on a professional? for reference, see Manhunter and the kiss sequence, with the killer watching.
@DogpatchActual3 жыл бұрын
His summary in short: the movie makes you think you what you need is what you desire. This is be cause weren't taught how to desire. See also: The Last Psych
@cajholt40164 жыл бұрын
19,000th sub exactly
@2adhm Жыл бұрын
after 2years this vid pop up again in my recommendation time to re watch drive for the 34 time
@j946atFIVEFOUR88AA4 жыл бұрын
I really want to want like Nic Refn's other films but idk... He might be a one hit wonder which is a real bummer. Only God Forgives, Valhalla, and Neon Demon are all beautiful but I think they fall prey to the "style over substance" trap
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
I'd have to say I largely agree. As you said, while they're undoubtedly visually beautiful films (a quality which has a lot of its own worth) they don't really feel quite as substantial to me as Drive does.
@JayAreAitch3 жыл бұрын
Bronson?
@grndmst93 жыл бұрын
@@ShaneBertram I'd *love* to hear your thoughts on Refn's Amazon Prime series starring Miles Teller, "Too Old To Die Young". Unlike many of Refn's recent films, he got a high quality writer to work on the series with him (Much like Drive) in renowned comic book writer Ed Brubaker who also was a writer on Westworld. I personally really liked it, but each episode is very long except for the last one I believe. It's *very* unique and original and touches on many themes you may not expect, but it is *very* dark. Fantastic cinematography, great soundtrack by Cliff Martinez, and great acting from Miles Teller and everyone else. But it's not for everyone, though I believe the characters and story are more compelling and engaging then some of Refn's other films that he wrote and directed. Refn is a great director, I just think he struggles when he tries to do it all.
@oldsoul46993 жыл бұрын
Ive never related with a movie character so much, except I drive a GTO lol
@katelikesrectangles4 жыл бұрын
"It pits the driver's desire and need against itself" - is this what GRRM was talking about, when he talked about a heart in conflict with itself?
@markus39523 жыл бұрын
Real Human Bean
@anthonypena44473 жыл бұрын
Ryan Gosling is the modern day Steve Mcqueen
@truelightseeker Жыл бұрын
I like the differentiation between Need and Desire. Because I've been recently in love with a girl until I found out she has a boyfriend she seems to love a lot. I desired her, until I found out she couldn't fulfill my need for intimacy.
@koalabear19384 жыл бұрын
You could do A Ted talk
@ShaneBertram4 жыл бұрын
That's very kind of you to say!
@nazaren457 ай бұрын
👌
@richardlopez2932 Жыл бұрын
We are names in search of bodies. Not the other way around.
@jasonjones2329 Жыл бұрын
As Mick Jagger said. You cant always get what you want, but if you try you might get what ya need. 😉
@Dibbz_TV2 жыл бұрын
God Ryan Gosslin is so good in this film
@PacificExpressions3 жыл бұрын
I am also a cinema expert. I have seen 240 films.
@00HoODBoy4 жыл бұрын
if im honest drive is not one of the best movies ive seen (its still around the top), but it is 100% one of my favourites. i just absolutely adore this film. great video, thank you
@shazzbutter4 жыл бұрын
W O W
@wisherofsnowdays4 жыл бұрын
Can you just do all director commentary ever? Thanks.
@CharlesVanNoland2 жыл бұрын
Another tuber had quite a similar take on this film. Instead of Need vs Desire their take was Nature vs Desire, and their video came about 1.5 years before this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpSkqZ9ja9Z8nc0 Hope it's just a coincidence!
@jedi19672 жыл бұрын
Ok Socrates....
@xnas93933 жыл бұрын
Need is the reason that got his friend killed he should never got close to her, and avoiding been exposes to the cops. Is a 8/10 movie.
@danthompson52644 жыл бұрын
tell this to wes anderson. he has no rules but what he knows and is the best out there in my opinion. Refn is damn good but has directed unwatchable films plenty.
@porassrivastava82423 жыл бұрын
revisiting this video I can finally explain people why the last of us 2 doesn't work
@raulfernandez93314 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Ryan Gosling is illuminati 🦉
@anononetwofour77942 жыл бұрын
How to make an unoriginal film 101
@leonniceday68073 жыл бұрын
bla bla bla
@lenny77732 жыл бұрын
ADHD?
@leonniceday68072 жыл бұрын
@@lenny7773 No; just don't see much use for such endeavors as these.