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I’m pretty sure David Fincher is a genius. IMDB has a great list of many of the clever little touches that were included in Fight Club, one of his pinnacle achievements and a rallying cry for the XY-chromosomed of my generation.
One of the coolest things I learned from that IMDB page is that Fincher cut several super-subversive spots to pitch to Fox as an anti-marketing campaign. Which they shot down. Derp.
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Fantastic interview with David Fincher, Tim Miller of Blur, and Neil Kellerhouse about The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’s opening titles. Extra-fascinating for me how all three have very different points of view and backgrounds informing their approaches to this project.
Fincher has a way with words (but usually gets a bit cutesy and overwrought, at least in the interviews of him I’ve read/seen); this quote about the creative process really struck me because I’ve seen it so many times in my field of work:
I always feel that the best things come out of having just enough time to get into some serious trouble and not enough time to navel-gaze endlessly about something.
Killian Eng is talented. I’d kill to see an animated film that he art directed.
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