Review of The Driver (1978) by Matthew A — 10 Nov 2011
Before Ryan Gosling starred in Drive, Ryan O'Neal played a similar character in Walter Hill's vastly underrated suspenser, The Driver. It's an excellent cat-and-mouse game of wits between O'Neal's Driver and Bruce Dern's detective.
Director Hill chooses a stripped down approach to the material, which allows for elegant uses of silence to tell a visual story. Unlike Gosling's Drive, this movie doesn't manipulate for effect because Hill trusts in the cumulative effect of his picture's many different pieces.
This review of The Driver (1978) was written by Matthew A on 10 Nov 2011.
The Driver has generally received positive reviews.
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