![]() ![]() We do go back to classics every once and a while if we have a spot we need to fill, but in general it our client base really seems to love the newer releases," Mansfield Drive-In Theater General Manager Naomi Jungden said. "It does keep us a little more unique because a lot of the other drive-ins stick to the classics. The theater has been open since 1954 and has three screens. This year, its showing "Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3" and The Super Maris Bros," among others. Mansfield Drive-In Theater and Marketplace, the only other drive-in currently open, focuses on newer releases. "It's quite a venture, there is this dedicated group of us on this committee who go every weekend and instruct the other volunteers what to do, work with the crowds and sell tickets and popcorn and all that good stuff." At the end of the season, we distribute all of the proceeds evenly among the host groups," Miceli said. "I think you would be hard-pressed to find something like ours nationwide. While the theater originally closed in 2002, the town purchased its land and local volunteers created a committee that was able to resurrect the theater in 2010. Miceli said the non-profit theater also uses a mix of old and new films because studio licensing fees for permanent high-resolution screens can be "exorbitant." The theater has been operated by volunteer groups from civic and non-profit organizations like Bread for Life and United Way. We call it 'reel nostalgia,'" Miceli said, adding that guests treat it like a tailgating event and even set tables with decorations. It is also a rebuke to most of the movies it looks like."Even if they themselves never attended a drive-in when they were young, just introducing this kind of experience to their children. "Drive" looks like one kind of movie in the ads, and it is that kind of movie. An actor who can fall in love with a love doll and make us believe it, as he did in " Lars and the Real Girl" (2007), can achieve just about anything. Ever since his chilling young Jewish neo-Nazi in " The Believer" (2001), he has shown a gift for finding arresting, powerful characters. Maybe there was another reason I thought of "Bullitt." Ryan Gosling is a charismatic actor, as Steve McQueen was. Too often we're simply witnessing technology. ![]() The key thing you want to feel, during a chase scene, is involvement in the purpose of the chase. There were moments when I was reminded of " Bullitt," which was so much better than the films it inspired. ![]() It has respect for knowledgable moviegoers. Here is a movie with respect for writing, acting and craft. The entire film, in fact, seems much more real than the usual action-crime-chase concoctions we've grown tired of. Most of the stunt driving looks real to me, with cars of weight and heft, rather than animated impossible fantasies. More benign is Bryan Cranston, as the kind of man you know the Driver must have behind him, a genius at auto repairs, restoration and supercharging. Albert Brooks, not the slightest bit funny, plays a producer of the kinds of B movies the Driver does stunt driving for - and also has a sideline in crime. Ron Perlman seems to be a big-time operator working out of a small-time front, a pizzeria in a strip mall. The film by the Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn (" Bronson"), based on a novel by James Sallis, peoples its story with characters who bring lifetimes onto the screen, in contrast to the Driver, who brings as little as possible. That will provide the engine for the rest of the story, and as Irene and Benecio are endangered, the Driver reveals deep feelings and loyalties indeed, and undergoes enormous risk at little necessary benefit to himself. Against our expectations, Standard isn't jealous or hostile about the new neighbor, but sizes him up, sees a professional and quickly pitches a $1 million heist idea. They grow warm, but in a week, her husband, Standard ( Oscar Isaac), is released from prison. She has a young son, Benecio (Kaden Leos), who seems to stir the Driver's affection, although he isn't the effusive type. His neighbor is Irene, played by Carey Mulligan, that template of vulnerability. The Driver lives somewhere (somehow that's improbable, since we expect him to descend full-blown into the story). Here is still another illustration of the old Hollywood noir principle that a movie lives its life not through its hero, but within its shadows. The enigma of the driver is surrounded by a rich gallery of supporting actors who are clear about their hopes and fears, and who have either reached an accommodation with the Driver, or not. Sometimes a movie will make a greater impact by not trying too hard. "Drive" is more of an elegant exercise in style, and its emotions may be hidden but they run deep. That would qualify him as the hero of a mindless action picture, all CGI and crashes and mayhem. ![]()
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