Did you GET all the 35 eggs in ＂Car Thief＂？
1905 movie network news The brand-new drag racing action blockbuster (Baby Driver), produced by British WorkingTitle and directed by British genius director edgar wright, has been continuously praised since it landed in mainland cinemas. The word-of-mouth rating of the film on authoritative rating websites such as Time and Douban ranked first in the same period, and it was also praised by domestic authoritative media, film critics, KOL and other parties. Peach trees, poisonous Sir, independent fish, etc. are even more rare "three consecutive pushes", constantly giving Amway this film to the audience: "Cool! What a leg shake! Entertainment commercial films can also be made with personality and good looks. ""The anti-routine is full of creativity, and it is difficult to find the same kind when looking around the film history! "
As a typical British director, edgar wright is well-known for his wild imagination and personal interest in smuggling illicit goods. This new work "The God of Car Theft", which has been prepared for many years, has brought his dual attributes of "fans" and "fans" to the extreme. Under his carefully selected 30 leg-shaking BGM, he not only filmed the action scenes such as racing, parkour and gun battles, but also "hidden".
Let’s take a deep look at what "stalks" in the film are worth remembering:
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1. Long-shot tribute to the previous work
Shortly after the opening of the film, the long shot of "Baby" buying coffee for gang members just pays tribute to director edgar wright’s own film "Shaun the Zombie". In "Shaun the Zombie", there is also a similar long opening shot, which shows the walking corpse of Shaun, the protagonist played by simon pegg, who goes to the supermarket to buy drinks.
2&3. My ears don’t work, so I bought the wrong mask.
In the second gang robbery in the movie, Brother Dao said at the meeting that he wanted to buy the mask of Michael Myers, the killer in the Moonlight Panic series. As a result, the pronunciation of "Michael" and "Mike" was confusing, and finally he bought the mask of Mike Myers, the main actor, which became a funny stalk and appeared in the scene where gangs spit on each other before the robbery.
4&5, and "Aunt Mei" are all supporting roles … …
In the movie, "Baby" and his adoptive father sat on the sofa and watched TV at night. When they changed channels, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Disney’s Monster Company 2 appeared on TV. Moreover, these movie lines that flashed on TV also appeared in the following plot.
In other words, the "baby" is learning and using the movie lines that have appeared on TV. For example, in Monster Company 2, "We are a team, and nothing is more important than our friendship." This is what "Baby" said when she was threatened by Doug on a date with Deborah and had to compromise. Besides, the sentence "These children grow up so fast!" in "Love is Complicated" "Baby" took Brother Dao’s son to seek information at the post office, and the counter staff asked him how old his child was.
6. Fight Club — — Don’t let Buddy see blood.
When changing channels, Pete’s Fight Club appeared twice before and after, and Buddy also recited the lines of Fight Club when he first saw JD’s hat tattoo: "Will this work?" In fact, it indicates that Buddy’s ending will be blackened by love, suggesting that the baby and Buddy will finally fight to death.
Director edgar wright talked about the egg in an interview: "I heard that the matador had to stand on the ground to end the battle, so the’ baby’ had to get off at last." At the restaurant, Darlene also said to the bat, "Don’t let Buddy see red, or he will get out of hand." It also implies the egg of bullfighting. Director Edgar also pointed out that "when he finally tried to kill the baby, he was immersed in the red light."
7. Pay tribute to "Desperate Mandarin Duck"
The images of "Baby" and Deborah, Buddy and Darlene in the film all pay tribute to the classic "Bonnie and Clyde": Buddy and Darlene kill each other with heavy machine guns in the film; "Baby" and Deborah are trying to escape from the world. But at the end, "Baby" didn’t run away with Deborah, but chose the right path, creating a sunny and positive ending, instead of ending in tragedy like Buddy and Darlene’s "Bonnie and Clyde".
8. "Suspects don’t need to" pay tribute to Quentin
The film also pays tribute to the plot of Quentin’s "Reservoir Dogs", and the combination of people involved in the task changes every time. In "Auto Thief", director Edgar made three robberies in order to reflect this point, each time it was a brand-new combination of people, and the third time was definitely the most wonderful super combination.
9. Pay tribute to the release day
The director has mentioned many times that the movie The Driver, which was released on July 28th, 1978, was one of the sources of inspiration for Auto Thief. The release date of "Tiger’s Mouth Pulling Teeth" appeared twice in the film: once in the long shot of "baby" buying coffee, the release date was graffiti on the street wall; The other time was the number on the clothes of "Baby" after he went to prison (2871978). Because the director was British, he put the date before the month, not the American 7281978.
10. Pay tribute to the expression of sunglasses
In the film, the "baby" bowed his head to hold sunglasses and looked up to pay tribute to Kubrick’s clockwork orange. "Head down, eyes up, I call it Kubrick lens. Every time I want to shoot, I always say to Ansel: "clockwork orange" expression! " Director Edgar revealed in an interview.
11. "The car is heavy enough to overturn the police car!"
At the gang meeting before the second robbery, "Bat" once questioned that the "baby" wearing headphones was not listening to Brother Dao at all, and then "baby" told the whole process without breathing. One of them said, "The car must be heavy enough in case the police car needs to be overturned." This is reflected in the final life-and-death confrontation with Buddy. The "baby" directly knocked over the police car stolen by Buddy.
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12. Why is the hero called "baby"? Why is the movie called "Baby Driver"?
Director edgar wright has explained on many occasions that generally in criminal gangs, in order to hide their identity, everyone is commensurate with the code name, and "baby" is the youngest one in the gang, so this code name is more appropriate.
The selection of the classic lyric B-A-B-Y from the hit record Carla released by "Memphis Soul Queen" in 1966 as the chat material for "Baby" and "Deborah" also echoes this setting. Interested viewers will also find that "Baby" really picked up the vinyl record of this album. The real name "Miles" of "baby" is in harmony with his identity as an escape driver. As for the title "baby driver", it is a classic single of the same name from the famous folk group Simon&Garfunkel.
13. The 15-year origin of "shaking your legs for six minutes"
The most talked about in "Car Thief" is "shaking your legs for six minutes" at the beginning of the film. But in fact, as early as 15 years ago, director edgar wright tried this creative trick to direct MV for MintRoyale, an electronic band from Manchester, England. This song is called "Blue Song" and included in the band’s 2007 album "Pop is… "in. This MV, like Auto Thief, tells the story of robbing a bank. In this MV, Noel Fielding, a British comedian, plays a No.2 driver who loves music as much as "Baby".
14. "The King of Soul Songs" Jamie Foxx teased his friend Barbara.
Bartz, the crazy shit-stirring stick in the gang, is played by Jamie Foxx, the Oscar winner and musician. In the film of 2004, he perfectly restored ray charles, the father of American soul music, with a fake performance and called him the Oscar in one fell swoop. As an outstanding musician, he has been nominated for Grammy Awards many times.
Interestingly, although "Bartz" played by Jamie in "Car Thief" is dressed as a hip-hop musician, he pretends not to know who Barbra Streisand is — — And this "award-winning professional" who has many authoritative awards such as Oscar, Tony Award, Grammy Award, Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award is actually a good friend with Jamie in private.
15. It’s unlucky to listen to Knocking on the Door of Heaven before robbery … …
"Bartz" said of his former teammate: "We were safe, but he hung up because he was listening to Knockin’On Heaven. "Make the audience laugh. This song comes from Bob Dylan, a famous American folk singer. Yes, it is the one who won the Nobel Prize last year and almost didn’t receive it.
And the phrase "Bartz" is not groundless — — Edgar wright, the director, specially interviewed real robbers for filming this film and asked them what songs they would listen to before the "action". Besides this song, there are The End of the Road and Hotel California that can’t be listened to. Interestingly, one of the robbers named Joe Loya also made a guest appearance as a robbed bodyguard in the film.
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16. Jon Spencer started and finished.
At the beginning of the film, the music of the "shake your legs for six minutes" racing scene comes from Jon Spencer Blues Disclosure’s "Bellbuttoms". The last line (not narration) before the end of the whole film is also from the lead singer Jon Spencer.
Yes, he is the one who said to the "baby", "Here’s a letter for you, boy!" The prison guard. The director said that he hoped to finish what he started, so he chose this song and wanted to end it with his voice.
17. red hot chili peppers legendary bassist "Brother Flea" has been addicted to drama again.
Eddie in the second wave of robbery gangs in the film doesn’t have much time to play, but he actually plays a lot. He is the legendary bass player "Flea" in red hot chili peppers. In addition to being a musician, he also likes to guest play some small roles in movies, such as Needles in the series and Jake, the thinking worker in the series. Coincidentally, there is also a character named "Doc" in the first part of Back to the Future, and "Griff" in the second part, which just corresponds to the code names of Kevin Spacey and jon bernthal in Auto Thief.
18. Baby’s mother is really a singer.
The most sensational of "Auto Thief" OST is "Easy". Besides the original version of Lionel Richie (yes, the one who sang "Say You, Say Me"), the film also included a cover version of American female singer Sky Ferreira. In the film, her version of the tape is not only regarded as a relic of the "baby" mother, but also played the "baby" mother herself.
19&20, these guys shouted Banana! The "underworld" is actually a musician.
The leader of the short white arms dealer (black policeman) who was killed by Bartz was played by the famous film musician paul williams. He has been nominated for the best original song at the Academy Awards for many times, and in 1977, he won both an Oscar and a Grammy for the theme song of his lyrics "Evergreen". Coincidentally, the singer and composer of this award-winning work is barbra streisand, whom Jamie Foxx "teased" in "Car Thief".
Besides, when Brother Dao met Baby in a fancy restaurant, the two gangsters around him were also famous hip-hop musicians, namely Big Boi and Killer Mike. The two have released a single together, and the former is a member of Outkast, a famous Atlanta hip-hop group, and one of the creators of Chase Me, the theme song of Auto Thief.
21, "adoptive father" seiyuu turned out to be the director’s idol.
The actor named "Baby" adoptive father is C.J. Jones. He is the first African-American deaf-mute comedian to play a movie on the big screen in Hollywood. He is really deaf-mute, and he also uses real sign language when playing. Many viewers were moved by their father and son’s previous affection.
As mentioned above, The Driver is one of the sources of inspiration for this film. In addition to paying tribute to the release date of the film, Edgar even wanted to let the film director walter hill play a role directly, but unfortunately it was not done because of the schedule. However, in the final trial scene of the film, the legendary director gave his voice by translating for the "baby" adoptive father and acted as the "seiyuu" of the second adoptive father.
22. The "Haier Brothers" in Atlanta came out again.
When the "baby" shot and wounded Buddy in the restaurant, he escaped with Deborah and hijacked a red sports car. The two young people in the sports car who were hip-hop in America were online celebrity twins, who were famous in the United States. The "yellow and violent" brothers often appeared in movies, magazine covers and the most popular MV of traprapper.
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23. The lyrics go over a wall, and spades turn into hearts in seconds.
On the way of "Baby" buying coffee and dancing, every lyric of BGM’s Harlem Shuffle appeared in various forms where he passed by. The graffiti on the background wall was originally a spade, but after the "baby" saw his favorite sister, the spade immediately turned into a heart. According to foreign media reports, this graffiti was specially drawn by the director who hired local artist Peter Ferrari.
24, listening to songs must be put from the beginning, sunglasses just can’t be taken off.
The image of "baby" sunglasses and headphones is not only cool, but also many people want to isolate themselves from the outside world.The shadow of the world’s urban civilization. For example, be sure to put the songs in the iPod from the beginning, and step on it well before driving; For example, if sunglasses are knocked out, they should be replaced immediately. The setting of sunglasses and headphones just reveals his obsessive-compulsive paranoia in his heart, and sometimes shows a little black humor, which is probably one of the reasons why the director can be sought after by fans all over the world.
25. There is a story behind the robbers’ tattoos.
If you look closely, you will find that the tattoos on the necks of several criminals in the gang and their character characteristics can always form interesting ones.Correspondence. For example, "her" and "his" tattooed by "Bonnie and Clyde" Buddy and Darlene respectively imply their inseparable love relationship; For example, Bartz really has several "bats" tattooed on his neck; For example, Lanny Joon, a Korean-born actor, initially tattooed a grandiose "HATE" (hatred). In order to expand business, the letter "E" was forcibly erased and changed to "HAT" (hat), but in fact "JD" (John Doe) means "Anonymous" in English, and this role soon got a lunch.
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In the whole film, at least 34 different models of cars can be seen. The most interesting thing is that because the director specially interviewed the real robbers before, he knew that the cars they used to commit crimes would never be luxury cars like those in "Speed and Passion", but family cars with low visibility and superior performance, such as Subaru Xiaohong, the favorite car of "Baby", and Escalade, Yukon and Chevrolet Avalanche. The luxury car in the heroine Deborah’s heart is a retro classic car.
26. Subaru second-generation impreza WRX
The highlight of the film is the coquettish and domineering red Subaru in the opening six minutes. But before shooting, thisThe Subaru was changed from a full-time four-wheel drive to a rear-wheel drive, and the extremely difficult U-Turn and the continuous drift of more than 180 degrees in the film were completed. The basin friends who love cars should not blindly imitate it!
27, the second generation Chevrolet K5 Blazer
At the end of the film, "Crash Wars", "Baby" drives a second-generation K5 Blazer and Buddy produced in 1980s.Dodge Charger police cars fought each other, and finally Buddy’s car was pushed off the patio.
28, 1959 Chevrolet ImpalaConvertible.
Deborah’s ideal "luxury car" is such an old guy from the 1950s, which shows that this girl is still very tasteful. At the end of the film, as soon as the "baby" released on bail walked out of the prison gate, it was a good ending to see a beautiful woman and a beautiful car greeted him.
29. User-made GTA5 video God restores "shake your legs for six minutes"
The opening "Shake Your Legs for Six Minutes" of "Car Thief" attracted the attention of many grand theft auto v players. A foreign player named Domestic Mango on Youtube also used this game to make another 4-minute and 37-second short film, which accurately restored the most important scene of diversion, drift and sudden braking in the six-minute paragraph, and made a sincere tribute to this brand-new blockbuster that paid tribute to many classic blockbusters.
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The whole film was filmed in Atlanta in the eastern United States. In order to show more realism, the director added many local landmarks and brands, and the details were embarrassing.
30. "Criminal Records"
When "Baby" first heard Deborah humming "B-A-B-Y" in the restaurant, she immediately bought the record and went home to sing and dance happily. The place where the "baby" in the film buys records is this old-school vinyl record store named Criminal Records in Atlanta, USA.
31. Bacchanalia Restaurant.
Opened in 1993, it is one of the most acclaimed high-end restaurants in Atlanta. In the film, Darlene and Buddy mentioned this restaurant when they kissed in the elevator, and then in the laundry room, "Baby" also invited Deborah to this restaurant for a date, calling it "the best place to drink and eat in the city."
32. Sweet Auburn apartment of "Baby"
The apartment where the fictional "baby" lives in the movie is actually located in the historic district of Sweet Auburn, which is near the historical site of Martin Luther King, and was once an important political, economic and cultural center for African Americans in the first half of the 20th century. We can imagine what the "baby" who lives here does every day. Maybe he will visit the town market here, where there are the best meat products in Atlanta, bakeries, bookstores, pharmacies and the most popular restaurants in 11 cities.
33. Octane Coffee
Before every important meeting of the robbery gang, "Baby" always goes to this store to buy coffee. The name "Octane" is perfect for a fast-paced car chase movie.
34. Goodfellas Pizza
When "Baby" tried to get rid of his life as a runaway driver who robbed a bank, he began to work as a delivery boy at Goodfellas Pizza, hoping to bring joy to others with his own fast driving skills.
35. Romantic road trip to the extreme: ROUTE 66 (Route 66)
Deborah described this passage when she first met Baby: "I want to drive a vintage luxury car that I can’t afford, and there is no destination all the way west, only music and roads." What a romantic thought (mood). My little sister should be an old driver, too.
On the wall of the restaurant where Deborah works, the most famous brand of route 66 in the United States hangs. This most famous "Mother Road" has witnessed American history since the first half of the 20th century, from Chicago across the land of the United States to Los Angeles, and it is also the location for movies such as movies and movies.
In fact, before the British director wrote the script, he gave himself a trip to road trip across the United States. He drove from new york to L.A. by himself, and I believe he also incorporated many special feelings in his journey at that time. Therefore, at the end of the "anti-climax" of the movie, the pair of desperate mandarin ducks staged a romantic elopement. They may really want to drive this scenic avenue from Highway 20, but unfortunately it still backfired. After Baby was arrested, Deborah mailed him a postcard, including a mural from Bo’s Diner in route 66. In the end, on the day when Baby was released from prison, Deborah was driving a vintage car. Perhaps this road trip symbolizing freedom and dreams will finally begin.
Isn’t it romantic? There are too many connotations to see? Edgar wright, the director, ingeniously combined music with racing and the anti-type and anti-routine of action elements. How can you enjoy it with two brushes and three brushes? "Auto Thief" is being shown in China. If you miss it, your summer will be incomplete!