On the cusp of the 25th anniversary of Se7en and the 10th anniversary of The Social Network, The Ringer hereby dubs the next five days David Fincher Week. Join us all throughout the week as we celebrate and examine the man, the myth, and his impeccable body of work, starting with some of the pieces on Fincher that The Ringer has already produced.
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September 25, 2020
David Fincher’s Greatest Legacy? TV, of Course
Ironically, none of the director’s projects may be as culturally impactful as ‘House of Cards’
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September 25, 2020
The Everything David Fincher Ranking
What better way to honor the notoriously obsessive director than by obsessively organizing all of his movies, music videos, and commercials?
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September 25, 2020
Before ‘The Last Jedi,’ There Was ‘Alien 3’
David Fincher’s entry in the ‘Alien’ franchise was particularly dark and divergent from the tone of its two predecessors. The director has disavowed it. But, in retrospect, the film may not have deserved all the flak it received.
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September 24, 2020
The David Fincher Rankings, Part II
Plus: Sean is joined by writer-director Miranda July to talk about her new film, ‘Kajillionaire’
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September 24, 2020
The Implied Horror of David Fincher’s Basements
The director rarely lets his films slip into full-on gore, but the possibilities he creates within his viewers’ imaginations are even more disturbing
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September 24, 2020
Decoding David Fincher’s Gorgeous, Goofy, and Iconic Music Video Career
Before ‘The Social Network,’ ‘Fight Club,’ or ‘Se7en,’ the director made his bones directing videos for the likes of Madonna, Billy Idol, and George Michael. What can we learn from the auteur’s MTV hits?
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September 24, 2020
How They Made It: The Terrifying Basement Scene in ‘Zodiac’
Robert Graysmith visiting the home of Bob Vaughn in ‘Zodiac’ may be the scariest scene in David Fincher’s filmography
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September 23, 2020
The David Fincher You Meet in His Movies
The protagonists of everything from ‘Fight Club’ to ‘Zodiac’ to ‘Gone Girl’ have something in common: they’re all cut from the same cloth as their director
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September 23, 2020
Fincher Moments: The Pure, Painstaking Romance in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
Many describe David Fincher as cold, but the scene when Benjamin and Daisy meet in the middle is anything but
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September 23, 2020
David Fincher’s Lost Projects
The acclaimed director has an unimpeachable body of work, but why isn’t it more extensive? The answer lies in the long list of movies and TV shows that he hasn’t made.
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September 22, 2020
Ten Years Later, Mark Zuckerberg Is Still Trying to Overcome ‘The Social Network’
How David Fincher’s masterpiece became a tech CEO’s origin story—even if it’s not totally true.
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September 22, 2020
But Seriously, What’s in the Box?
Twenty-five years after the premiere of David Fincher’s ‘Se7en,’ one "mystery" still lingers
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September 22, 2020
‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan
Bill, Sean, and Chris revisit David Fincher’s 1995 crime thriller starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey
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September 21, 2020
The Opening Evisceration of Mark Zuckerberg in ‘The Social Network’
The first few minutes of David Fincher’s ‘The Social Network’ is a thesis statement on its protagonist—and a harbinger for a decade defined by assholes
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September 21, 2020
David Fincher, as Explained by the People Who Work With Him
He has a reputation as Hollywood’s ultimate control freak, a director obsessed with attaining perfection no matter how many takes it needs or whose feelings he hurts. Now, three decades of collaborators demystify what it’s really like to work with one of the most talented directors of his generation.
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September 21, 2020
The David Fincher Syllabus
A collection of things to listen to, read, and watch about the director behind ‘Fight Club,’ ‘The Social Network,’ ‘Mindhunter,’ and more
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September 21, 2020
The David Fincher Exit Survey
To kick off Fincher Week, contributors explain what they find so fascinating about the man behind ‘Fight Club,’ ‘The Social Network,’ and more
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March 26, 2019
The First Rule of Making ‘Fight Club’: Talk About ‘Fight Club’
In an excerpt from the new book ‘Best. Movie. Year. Ever.," David Fincher, Edward Norton, and the minds behind ‘Fight Club’ talk about the bare-knuckled, bloody battle to bring Chuck Palahniuk’s book to the big screen