Drive (2011)

Genre mix - Romance/Crime/Action/Thriller/Noir/Modern American Fairytale

Love story - Extreme Violence allotted structurally so as to almost reflect the opposite half of the story.

Blurring boundaries

European art style of slow, long shots in an American setting, reflecting the directors style.

Subverts genre

Has a strong setting of eighties without actually stating it, the style is very electronic, yet it is set in 2011 such as modern cars, the film is deliberately trying to be in the eighties - slow mo, dissolves transitions, action thriller style of the eighties, pink eighties type credits, music style is very eighties themed.

Narrative structure is disjointed.

Hyperreality - LA associated with other films opposed to the real LA, eg leon lights, dark and gritty etc.
The protagonist has an extreme style tooth pick, leather scorpion jacket, driving gloves,strong silent type isn't realistic, appears cool in the movie but probably would look completely insane in real life.
Protagonist is an anti hero.

Lack of meaning- don't know character leads name, not much backstory, everything is based on aesthetic and face value, it is supposed to look cool. Over stylized- Character, slow mo, music, The classic elevator scene where the lighting dims to focus whilst they kiss, lighting goes back to normal when he kills the man.

Intertextual references - Crime thrillers like The Goodfellas, Grand theft auto Vice City, seventies movie called "The Driver" with a character without a name who is a stunt man by day- drive by night, 80's action thrillers e.g to live + DRVIE in LA, Michael Mann, Taxi Driver, Point Blank, Toothpick similarity to the classic look of Clint Eastward type character," Man with no name".

Self Reflectivity - Slow mo, Stunt man - Film in a film, Lighting change e.g the elevator kiss scene, The song choice of "Real hero", Bernie, "I used produced movies in the 80's, sexy stuff, one critic called them "European"."- basically the character says what this movie is trying to be. -"Mashup as art form".