Well, Cannes 2011 may be over, but the positive buzz around the Danish wunderkind Nicholas Winding Refn's new film DRIVE does not show signs of subsiding. Fortunates ones, who've seen the picture at Cannes this year are liking it to early Michael Mann, cult-classics such as THE DRIVER, and other late 70's and 80's genre classics. Better yet, there have been talks of a sequel (for a movie not even released yet - DRIVE hits theatres September 16 in the US, courtesy of Film District) in which according to Ryan Gosling and Refn - there will be 2 drivers. Refn is looking to use Ryan Gosling in a similar way to which David Fincher "cloned" Armie Hammer in "The Social Network" (for more details on Drive and Refn's upcoming film "Only God Forgives" head over to The Playlist
This past Sunday at the Cannes 2011 Award Ceremony DRIVE's helmer - Winding Refn was awarded Best Director. Congratulations to him and the creative team behind DRIVE. For more on DRIVE click on video interview below with the film's star - Ryan Gosling via Indiewire.
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