Nictate

DRIVE (Winding Refn 11) [tentative 7] 

Just succulent. A total movie-movie, completely committed to surfaces and simulacra, but w/o the irony that typically hobbles such enterprises. Instead it locates the tough-as-nails romanticism in LA sheen, 80s synth and fonts, neo-hardboiled patter, & vacant glowering charisma. Also, it’s a pure, plastic exploration of spatial possibilities. Extra points for Kenneth Anger jacket.

—@msicism