Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: a musical heist film.
In 1995, Edgar Wright discovered Bellbottoms by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Immediately, the young man dreams of filming a car chase on this track and keeps this idea in the back of his mind.
In 2003, he designed the music video for Blue Song, for the British group Mint Royale. This one features a robbery driver waiting for his accomplices who are robbing a bank, singing and dancing to the music.
While he continues to shape his style, in particular thanks to the fabulous Cornetto trilogy, the filmmaker does not forget his ambitious project.
In the same way as Quentin Tarantino, who often specified that he needed to determine what music would be used there before writing a scene, Edgar Wright integrates a soundtrack of more than 30 titles into the scriptwriting process for Baby Driver: The Hero , driver of bank robbers, drives to the rhythm of his own playlist, which makes it possible to set the editing of the scenes on the songs he listens to.
For his Hollywood debut, the English director revisits the heist film through the prism of musical comedy. If the opening scene gives the LA – identically reproducing the clip of Blue Song -, the rest of the feature film impresses with the meticulous coordination of each stunt, choreography and shot. A true declaration of love for cinema and music, awarded the BAFTA for Best Editing.
Baby Driver by Edgar Wright with Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James…
From 12 years old
Tonight on NRJ12 at 9:10 p.m.