David
Fincher movies, blockbuster hits with indie credibility.
Fincher walks a fine line, creating both
interesting films with a large budget, this trend is impossible to continue on.
Fincher has a strong track record but Hollywood only looks at you're most
recent film. If he continues taking risks he'll eventually have a flop and his budgets will drop. This creates a
conundrum that is not much unlike Mr.
Scorsese's a few years ago. To make the films he wants he needs a good budget, but a good budget requires him to take on less risky stories, creating a serious
problems. Where his films get
progressively less progressive and
ultimately they become the same movie over and over again.
Today I saw his new film "Zodiac," based on the killings of the same name and I think he has reached the threshold. The movie was good but not great. His stories are going to become either a lot more edgy and indie or they are going to become a lot more self
referential. I believe that the later is coming true, as much as I don't like to admit it,
Zodiac was very similar to Se7en and the tone is much like Fight Club. Eventually all good things come to an end, I guess.
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