The Driver (Original photograph from the 1978 film)
- Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978. Vintage matte black-and-white reference photograph of director Walter Hill and actor Isabelle Adjani on the set of the 1978 film. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations on the verso.
Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir, heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" (1967), with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective, driving the detective to the brink of obsession.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53.
Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir, heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" (1967), with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective, driving the detective to the brink of obsession.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US. Twilight Time 53.