VIDETTE summer
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2017 Vol. 129/ No. 63
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REVIEW
‘Baby Driver’ cruises in to hit the right notes EMA SASIC Editor-in-Chief | @ema_sasic
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irector Edgar Wright has shown his unique cinematic touch in his previous films. In what’s known as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, which includes “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz” and “The World’s End,” Wright entertains audiences by using common archetypes and film genres and blending in witty dialogue, sound effects that sync up perfectly with the action and lots and lots of explosions. “Baby Driver” is no different. In the filmmaker’s latest creation, Baby (yes, B-A-B-Y, as they say in the movie), played by Ansel Elgort, is a sunglasses and music loving young man who walks, talks and breathes to the beat of his iPod(s), including a pink, bedazzled one. “I got different iPods for different days, and moods,” he explains.
Though his name might not seem menacing, he’s one mean getaway driver on the road. Once he starts playing the perfect heist song, there’s nothing he can’t do. However, it’s not the life he wants for himself. After he unknowingly stole crime boss Doc’s (Kevin Spacey) car, he is forced into the heist business until his debt is repaid. The first time audiences see Baby, they see him in his element: sunglasses on, headphones in and ready to take off in the driver’s seat. With shifting gears, sharp turns and head-banging tunes, he takes Jon Hamm, Eiza González and Jon Bernthal from the bank, which the three just robbed, to their safe haven amid a swarm of police cars, barricades and helicopters trying to stop them. The heart-racing, seat-gripping and maybe a little motion sickness-inducing opening sets the tone for the rest of the film. see BABY page 6
Photograph by NATALIE STUCKSLAGER | Vidette Photo Editor