If you’re a fan of poetry and cinema you’ve come to the right place. Read my Baby Driver haiku and find out little known facts about the film. Have you seen Baby Driver already? Let me know what you think?
Driving to distract.
Music composes his thoughts,
without it he’s lost.
Baby (Ansel Elgort), a getaway driver owes a debt that keeps him bonded to criminal boss Doc. After one last job Baby settles his debt and escapes the criminal underworld. Unfortunately, just as soon as he leaves, Doc reels him back in again. This latest job could be the most dangerous yet. Has Baby’s luck finally run out, or will he be a free man when it is over?
Interesting facts about Baby Driver
- Oliver Sack’s book Musicophilia inspired Edgar Wright when creating Baby’s character. Baby plays music to drown out his tinnitus.
- As part of his research process, Wright interviewed ex-cons who were getaway drivers.
- Baby’s eclectic taste in music is from iPods he stole from cars.
- C.J Jones is deaf like his character Joseph.
- Apple discontinued Ipods 3 years before the making of Baby Driver. But the film made them so popular sales of second-hand models increased by 929%.