Baby Driver is set to cruise into theaters later this month, and to promote the sonically charged action epic director Edgar Wright has been running the media circuit. Intriguingly, he recently commented on what makes Baby Driver both your typical musical and a not so common sing-along.
Speaking to ScreenRant, Wright explained: “[It’s] not like a film where anybody sings out loud but it’s taking things that are in Scorsese or Tarantino or Soderbergh films and in those films you have the jukebox kind of soundtrack and the idea with this is that the lead character is actually playing those songs. So the songs are always sourced, they’re either in his ears or playing in a diner or playing on a stereo, so there’s always within the scenes.”
It certainly sounds like a truly unique idea from one of cinema’s most prized modern directors, and also something seemingly tantalizing to both mainstream and artistic audiences.
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A talented, young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss (Kevin Spacey), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom. See it Only In Cinemas.
Baby Driver is set for release on June 28th and features a cast that includes Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, and Eiza Gonzalez.
Originally published June 4, 2017. Updated November 30, 2022.
