No, his first movie was a sci-fi movie about coloured lights in the sky. It was made for $500 and generated $501 dollars at the box office. He later used ideas from that in another movie with a larger budget and box office take.
the whole film is based on a three-minute British music video from 2002. In fact, a stamp of approval from J.J. Abrams pushed the director to make that music video into a movie.
The action in Baby Driver kicks off with a six-minute high-stakes bank robbery and getaway. The titular character, Baby (played by Ansel Elgort), has a signature quirk — he drives while listening to his own eclectic playlist. Over the course of the first two minutes and thirty-nine seconds of the film, the direction mimics that of the music video Blue Song by Mint Royale almost shot for shot.
That video features comedian Noel Fielding as the main character, a getaway driver who times his crew’s bank robbery to the Blue Song itself. Nick Frost also appears as one of the crew in the car. Synced up to one another, the two videos are almost shot-for-shot remakes, and that’s all by design says the director of both, Edgar Wright.
I never got around to watching it, but now, especially after watching the trailer, I feel it incumbent upon me to watch it at the earliest opportunity!
Film 4 has David Lynch’s Dune on tonight. Should be fun to compare with the Villeneuve version 🙂
Whilst I do little the remake/s there is something about Lynchs Dune that on malny levels I prefer… Though I am not entirely sure why! It just has “something”.
