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In this episode, West plays music from David Fincher’s 2007 film Zodiac; also, he reviews Matt Schrader’s new documentary Score: A Film Music Documentary from the Musical Notation Action Newsdesk!
Author: Leonard Zelig
Is David Fincher About to Make the Biggest Movie of His Career?
The director is in talks to helm a major sequel with longtime collaborator Brad Pitt.
by Yohana Desta
April 27, 2017
Vanity Fair
David Fincher may be circling his biggest project yet. Though the filmmaker has worked on plenty of big-budget pictures, he has yet to step into the franchise ring—preferring to make glossy adaptations of thrilling best-sellers, like Gone Girl and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. […]
Paramount’s Jim Gianopulos on the status of the World War Z sequel
“We’re in advanced development. With David Fincher directing. And Brad Pitt”
Source:
Paramount’s Jim Gianopulos on Starting Over, His Fox Exit and Reviving a Struggling Studio
by Pamela McClintock
June 21, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter
True Detective vs. Se7en — Creating Light Amongst The Dark
Lessons from the Screenplay
Published on Jun 15, 2017
YouTube
Despite the dark and gruesome subject matters of True Detective and Se7en, the character arcs of the main characters tell a story of profound optimism.
Amazon.com:
K.M. Weiland – Creating Character Arcs
The Masterful Author’s Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development
– Helping Writers Become Authors Book 7
– PenForASword Publishing (2016)
It has mutated and spawned…
The best video essays on David Fincher
Every Frame a Painting (Tony Zhou) – David Fincher. And the Other Way is Wrong
Patrick (H) Willems – David Fincher & the Craft of Music Videos (video essay)
The Film Guy – How to Direct like David Fincher. Visual Style Breakdown
The Film Guy – Gone Girl – Painting a Murderer
De Filmkrant – What’s in the Box? David Fincher’s Fridges
Ludic Scribbler – Fincher’s Necrophilia
ScreenCrush – You Think You Know Movies. David Fincher
kaptainkristian – David Fincher. Invisible Details
CineFix – Se7en’s “Box Scene” – Art of the Scene
Lessons from the Screenplay – The Social Network. Sorkin, Structure, and Collaboration
Lessons from the Screenplay – Gone Girl. Don’t Underestimate the Screenwriter
More a full-on documentary series than an essay:
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.1]
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.2]
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.3]
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.4]
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.5]
And probably the best one:
Cameron Carpenter – WHY IS CINEMA, analyzing a master. David fincher and mouths (video essay)
Tell me in the comments if I’ve missed any so I can add them to the list.
Has the “Xenomorph” mutated?
Last year, RED built a fully customised camera for David Fincher to shoot his upcoming series “Mindhunter” for Netflix:
David Fincher’s Custom RED Xenomorph for Netflix’s “Mindhunter”
by Richard Lackey | 6th May 2016
Cinema5D
Has it mutated?:
studioADI celebrated the 25th Anniversary of ALIEN 3 with 2 videos featuring a still happy young Fincher
ALIEN 3 Filming Decimated Bishop BTS ADI
studioADI
Published on May 13, 2017
YouTube
ALIEN 3 celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, and to celebrate we present this gem from deep within the VHS vault–footage from the prep and rehearsals of the Bishop puppet shoot complete with direction from David Fincher. Despite the aged quality of the video, it’s still an interesting watch demonstrating the collaboration between director and effects crew on set.
ALIEN 3 Alien BTS 25th Anniversary
studioADI
Published on May 18, 2017
YouTube
As the 25th Anniversary of ALIEN 3 approaches, we could not ignore our contribution to the film’s title character: the Alien itself. Through the miracle of VHS and exclusive photographs, ADI takes you back to that year of hard work at Pinewood Studios. Enjoy the retrospective!
Frank Underwood knows what’s best for the American people
‘Se7en’: A Rain-Drenched, Somber, Gut-Wrenching Thriller that Restored David Fincher’s Faith in Filmmaking
(May 27, 2017)
Cinephilia & Beyond
Slightly more than 22 years ago, David Fincher, a talented filmmaker who made music videos and commercials and was left by his directorial stint on his first feature Alien 3 so disillusioned and bitter he felt “he’d rather die of colon cancer than do another movie,” stumbled upon a script that would renew his faith in the filmmaking business. This particular piece was written by Andrew Kevin Walker, and was deemed too dark and bleak to succeed. The story was largely shaped by Walker’s experience of living in New York City for a couple of years, where he felt alienated, lonely and unhappy. Desperately trying to get his story made, Walker agreed to rewrite the screenplay on the demand of director Jeremiah Chechik (Christmas Vacation), and it was this altered version that should have ended up in Fincher’s hands. But the studio made a mistake, delivering Walker’s original piece to Fincher, who was immediately intrigued and, even when the mistake was explained, chose to insist on the utter darkness Walker envisioned. By mere happenstance, therefore, Se7en found its director and made the first, crucial step on its way to cinematic immortality. […]
The Fincher Analyst 