I’ve seen a few people mention Drive on other sites. I think the first half isn’t plot heavy, more so character building which eventually leads to a plot heavy 2nd half.

I mean the whole Oscar Isaac character robbing a pawn shop that just so happens to be tied in with Al Brooks and co. and now Ryan wants to get revenge is pretty plotty.

This counts?

Plotless films can feel episodic, like s*** just is happening from scene to scene. Like Casino. Scorsese said there isn’t much plot. Or a lot of Malick movies like Thin Red Line or Tree of Life.

Or it can feel like a hang out movie like Dazed and confused or Everybody wants some.

I mean the “plot” of Everybody wants some is “a baseball team hangs out before the start of school”….we see the team hang out and bond, party, chase girls, scrimmage, party some more and then the movie ends on the first day of school.

Inside Llewyn Davis is another example. The Coens said the reason they added the cat is because the film had no plot at all.

Great movie but iun think so.

A getaway driver falls in love with his next door neighbor until her husband returns home from jail, in whom he tries to help but things go terribly wrong. Now he must tie up loose ends to protect the girl he loves.

Trainspotting?

Ugh I don’t care what you call it, it just gives me a hard on

Yup I’ve seen alotta people say Trainspotting

how does it compare to the original?

In my opinion if you can explain a film in a “this happens therefore this happens but then this happens” then it prolly has a solid understandable plot.

I think Drive more so isn’t traditional in the sense of expectation. Alotta people was expecting a high car chasing action packed cliche film but it starts off more character study based revolving around the romance aspect. But then takes a dark turn in the later half.

Phenomenal movie. And I think I’m leaning towards the whole Drive/Rocky/Jackie Brown structure where the first half of the film is essentially character work and a long set up for the plot heavy 2nd half.

Yeah that’s really a great framework for all those films, I love that structure, it gets us invested

I very much think of Drive as having a plot, and it’s the perfect plot for what it is, but at the same time the plot is really just a backdrop to hang the vibes on. And also, I’ve always thought, more than anything, Drive is a love story, and I think the chemistry really carries it.

claymation and stopmotion films and shorts are pretty king of this

or i guess more ambiguous & more about the world and an concept than a central story/char

I haven’t seen any Jodorowsky but he should probably be here

Blow up

Drive is 100% a love story, same way Rocky is and Jackie Brown is.

Driver wouldn’t do what he did if he ain’t love ol girl, it’s the driving force of why he helps Oscar and why he risk his life to get revenge, it’s all to protect her and the son. And ultimately why he leaves town and runs away from her.

Similar to Max Cherry in Jackie Brown, he wouldn’t have gotten involved in the whole heist if he wasn’t in love wit Jackie.

Man, Jackie Brown isn’t my personal favorite, but it really might be Tarantino’s best. So mature and subtle. Adult love. Adult pace. Just a movie for adults.

Mulholland Drive

oh boy

also..

Trust me bro, i constantly contemplate which QT movie I like more between Pulp and Jackie

The best

These are some shorts as examples that are great and free to access

Outside of shorts there are actual movies too while keeping the "ahort experience" with stuff such as Junkhead and the film Mad God

Idk of it fits thread's them but this medium of film is some of the best of providing a window or snapshot of another world & event as if youre pieceing together a wide event through news sites, or are a fly on the wall in a very specific & isolated moment or day to day of a place

A lot of little

hateful eight?

Taste