Abstract
This chapter reveals how primary Bernie, the character Albert Brooks plays, is to Drive (2011) notwithstanding his limited share of narrative time, and how Bernie makes pronounced the challenges of successfully reconciling with the story’s criminal system. Seen in this light, Bernie’s narrative offers fresh commentary on Driver’s (Ryan Gosling) and that, by attending more closely to the mobster, we can learn more about both the central protagonist and his world. After establishing the dialogic relationship between the Driver and Bernie, Drive is juxtaposed with The Godfather films (1972, 1974, 1990) to show how Nicolas Winding Refn’s borrowings and exploration of similar concerns help us understand both Driver’s and Bernie’s positions to offer insights into the film’s understanding of monetary exchanges and its criminal world.
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