Film and Ideology and "Drive".

"Film and Ideology" by Maria Parmaggiore and Tom Wallis explores the way films present ideologies and defines it as a system of beliefs, values and opinions. "Film and Ideology" states that ideologies derive from deep seated feelings about the world and about human society, and therefore they are not necessarily bound by the rules of logic. "Ideologies provide the philosophical threads that weve a community together, guiding the actions of individuals, groups and even large societies. " A belief can be powerful enough to define and shape a nation, and can often be seen in their films, like Bollywood's representation of a Universal God, family, duty, responsibility and Karma, or Hollywood's ideals created by the American dream, the idea that anyone can succeed. This has given rise to the idea of indevidualism and the representation of the underdog.

"Drive" (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011) contains these tropes and ideologies but twists them, giving them a more realistic portrayal. Because of this, "Drive's protagonist is represented as an antihero, someone who does the right thing but for the wrong reasons or in the wrong way. This is done to make the hero imperfect, like real people.

"Drive" follows the theme of individualism that is commonly seen in Hollywood action films. the idea that one person can rise up and make a difference, but Refn changes this slightly by showing that our hero isn't invincible and that his actions do have consequences, as shown by the Driver not winning the girl by scaring her away with his violent nature and malicious actions against his enemies, and even though he saves her and defeats the mobsters who were after them, he rides off into the night alone, broken, bruised and bleeding out, his only satisfaction being the safety of his love interest even though they can never be together.