BLUES

There’s a blue tone throughout the entirety of the film “Drive”. Which gives the crimedrama a moody feeling, such as was intended by director Nicolas Winding Refn.

Refn, a colorblind director, likes to use high contrast in his films. Therefore, he couples the overwhelming blue in the film with orange, pink, and red highlights.

Associated with calm emotions, the blue in this film overtakes the screen completely in the quiter scenes (compared to the high action scenes), such as: dinner (pictured above), reflective moments, work (pictured below), etc.

The color blue in this film could also be reflective of the unnamed main character’s (played by Ryan Gosling) icy personality.

When the robbery doesn’t go as planned, the driver must now protect Irene and Benicio from Standard’s vengeful enemies.