David Fincher: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)

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David Fincher (b. 1962) did not go to film school and hates being defined as an auteur. He prefers to see himself as a craftsman, dutifully going about the art and business of making film. Trouble is, it’s hard to be self-effacing when you find yourself the director liable for Se7en, Fight Club, and The Social Network. Along side Quentin Tarantino, Fincher is the most accomplished of the Generation X filmmakers to emerge in the early 1990s.

This choice of interviews highlights Fincher’s unwavering commitment to his craft as he evolved from an entrepreneurial music video director (Fincher helped Madonna develop into the undisputed queen of MTV) into an enterprising feature filmmaker. Fincher landed his first Hollywood blockbuster at twenty-seven with Alien3, but that film, handicapped by cost overruns and corporate mismanagement, taught Fincher that he needed absolute keep watch over over his work. Once he had it, with Se7en, he achieved instant box-place of work success and critical acclaim, in addition to a close partnership with Brad Pitt that led to the cult favorite Fight Club.

Fincher became circumspect in the 2000s after Panic Room, shooting ads and biding his time until Zodiac, when he returned to his mantra that “entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine. Some people go to the movies to be reminded that The whole lot’s okay. I are not making those kinds of movies. That, to me, is a lie. The whole lot’s not okay.” Zodiac reinvigorated Fincher, inspiring a string of films–The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo–that enthralled audiences and garnered his films dozens of Oscar nominations.

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