Drive is such a widespread and general word for a movie title which reflects the director's intentions, which is for each viewer to conclude their own ideas on the tone, character traits, symbolism, dialog, and ending. Nicolas Winding Refn, the movies director, takes the viewer on a unique path of understanding. Unlike the majority of movies which use very few techniques to convey meaning to the viewer , Drive uses many techniques that call for the viewer to decipher such as music, restraint in oratory, symbolic imagery, and lighting. When music is used correctly by the director it can have almost as much impact to the viewers understanding as dialog does. The music selection is executed perfectly by Refn. One of the songs he added is titled A Real Hero-College & Electric Youth. It is played frequently during the movie, foreshadowing the ending, it and becomes an irreplaceable part of the viewers final thoughts of the movie. The rest of the soundtrack intertwines with the mysterious/reserved protagonist and, due to the whole soundtrack being in low beats per minute, sophisticated and, electronically produced, it creates a mood of suspense. …show more content…
The viewer mentally embodies him as a calculating individual who values what he says and knows that whatever he says, alters other's timelines. As stated before, the protagonist, whose name is not given, speaks very little as does Irene . This is why Refn uses odd camera angles and close ups so facial expressions can tell the viewer the most of the thoughts that the actor themselves do not utter. This adds to the fact that each viewer might have slightly different opinions on the main characters since they must infer from the characters facial expressions what they are trying to