On Friday, March 30, 2001, Cinescape.com
posted a very positive piece on "Driven." The
article featured several quotes from director RENNY HARLIN
who talked about the problems that he and SLY had
getting the movie started and why they teamed up to get it made.
HARLIN also says that his "goal
was trying to do to car racing what "Matrix"
did to hand-to-hand combat and that type of action movies -
so the audience [would see] something that they don't get on
TV, but really use the the technology to make the film almost
like a video game in the sense that when we are in the racing
sequences the audience really feels like they are sitting in
the car and they are steering the car and they really get what
the driver gets. And then in the crash sequences, finding points
of view and ways of showing that would hopefully be pretty mind-blowing
for the audience."
As to SLY, HARLIN states,
"[STALLONE] didn't want to make it a STALLONE
racing movie like "Rocky" or something like
that where he is the center of the story... I thought it was
very interesting that he took that approach and very smart I
think. HARLIN went on to say that the response to SLY
in test screenings "scored through the roof because you
really, really feel for him."
- Craig Zablo
