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David Fincher - And the Other Way is Wrong

submitted by Sarzy

9 years 7 months ago

Another really interesting video essay from Tony Zhou.

From Vimeo: "For sheer directorial craft, there are few people working today who can match David Fincher. And yet he describes his own process as “not what I do, but what I don’t do.” Join me today in answering the question: What does David Fincher not do?"

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Art is not about what is shown, but what is revealed by being hidden... not by what the artist does, but by what the artist is kept from doing as a result of obstructions, impediments, and rules that force creativity, not unlike a specific meter or rhyme in poetry..

Fincher's Use of Insert Shot in Zodiac is a Thing of Beauty has been added as a related post - related requested by Trancecoach.

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Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 5:05pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter Sarzy.

Gotta love the dig, "Fincher is a true craftsman, not some hipster hack -- ain't that right JJ Abrams?"

And now I have to watch a whole bunch of my favourite movies again...

I have never seen any of these movies.

I envy you. I'd love to be able to watch The Game or Se7en again without knowing what's coming. Seriously, watch at least those two.

I have never seen any of these movies.

Ha! I will try to check those two out.

I envy you. I'd love to be able to watch The Game or Se7en again without knowing what's coming. Seriously, watch at least those two.

How David Fincher uses CGI to perfection: kaptainkristian has been added as a related post - related requested by ChaosEngine on that post.

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