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| David
Fincher |
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| Director |
| 1962 - |
| Born August 28,
Denver, Colorado, USA |
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Key
Production Country: USA |
| Key Genres:
Thriller, Police Detective Film, Psychological Thriller |
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Key Collaborators: Cean
Chaffin (Producer), James Haygood (Editor), Howard Shore (Composer), Brad
Pitt (Leading Player), Jared Leto (Leading Character Player), Darius
Khondji (Cinematographer), Harris Savides (Cinematographer), Angus Wall
(Editor), Arthur Max (Production Designer), Charles Dutton (Character
Player) |
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Highly
Recommended:
Se7en
(1995) |
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Recommended:
The
Game (1997) |
| Worth
a Look:
Alien³ (1992), Panic
Room (2002), Zodiac (2007) |
| Links:
[
IMDB ] [
TCMDB ] [
All-Movie
Guide ] [
Senses
of Cinema: Great Directors ]
[
Film Reference ]
[
Wikipedia ] [
DVD Talk Interview ] [
The Works and Genius of
David Fincher ] [
Pop Matters Article (2007)]
[
Digital Bits Interview ] [
Brainy Quotes ] [
Scotsman Interview (2008) ] |
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Books:
[
Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher
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DVD's:
[
Amazon
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1,000
Greatest Films:
Se7en
(1995), Fight Club (1999) |
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21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films:
Zodiac (2007) |
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Ain't Nobody's Blues But My Own:
Alien³ (1992) |
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"It's
to David Fincher's credit that his films take place somewhere
beyond our edge - yet in a recognizable extension of our
nightmares. As such, he has an interest in film noir, science
fiction, and a kind of sardonic speculation, plus the ability to
cross over from one to another." -
David
Thomson (The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, 2002) |
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"There is always a
tendency toward flashy technique in Fincher's output. While
impressive, it can add up to genius, as in Fight Club, or
echo emptily, as in Panic Room. A matter of subjective
perception, yes, but the brilliance is in manipulating movie
form and technology to tell stories filled with nihilism and
violence, which nevertheless describe a journey to redemption." -
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray (501 Movie Directors: A Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest
Filmmakers, 2007) |
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"One
of the more accomplished directors to have emerged from the
field of music video, David Fincher has thus far demonstrated a
striking consistency of vision. Notable for their focus on
dystopian despair, social decay and moral breakdown, his films
are equally distinctive through their thoroughly postmodern
cynicism. This is complemented by a recurring commitment to
striking formal and stylistic design which frame the films'
thematic resonances in an often stunning visual schemata." -
Neil Jackson and Ian Haydn Smith (Contemporary North American Film Directors, 2002) |
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"Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing
it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I
didn't know what the point was. The fact is, you don't know what
directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five
shots and you're only going to get two." -
David Fincher |
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