20 Things You Didn't Know About Drive
15. The Opening Titles Were Inspired By Risky Business
One of the most visually distinctive aspects of the entire movie is its scintillating opening titles sequence, which lays hot-pink lettering over gorgeous shots of the Los Angeles skyline.
Refn, an unapologetic fan of '80s cinema, reportedly modelled the sequence on the opening titles to the Tom Cruise-starring 1983 comedy classic Risky Business.
Similarly, that film opens with pink-purple text overlaid across shots of the cityscape - in this case Chicago rather than Los Angeles.
Both movies even employ adjacent music genres - Drive opens with Kavinsky's synthwave smash "Nightcall," while Risky Business uses original music by legendary electronic band Tangerine Dream.
