David Fincher: A Life In Pictures

[@snapperjw]

No one makes movies like Fincher. The clever use of visual effects that are so good you don’t even recognise them. The stories that challenge you, get you thinking, making you sit on the edge of your seat.

[@planetboondock2383]

Yes! Yes! Yes!

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"The stories that challenge you, get you thinking, making you sit on the edge of your seat." Like 'Gone Girl!" G-d, that was so tedious! I am sorry for the actors who made it!

[@lowlowseesee]

yeah he is my fav and Ive been in films, on tv and in theater. i dont believe in the concept of the best...but he is def my fav lol

[@dmonflipd]

@3:16 - "I never want to be the guy who is victimized by other people's laziness." - David Fincher

[@mr.phillips]

@@TheReversal888 Do you?

[@mr.phillips]

Gloriana That was clearly an open door to explain. You don’t want to?

[@mr.phillips]

Gloriana I took a look at your links and thought they were incomprehensible nonsense. I went: “oh this is a crazy person”, and continued on with my day.

[@brycejones2935]

@@mr.phillips whooooa that gal's blog is WILD.

[@mr.phillips]

@@brycejones2935 I know right?! It genuinely unsettled me.

[@abhishekchakravorty234]

Fincher is a true director. Such incredible intellect and insight into human nature! He is as fascinating as a person as are his films. Kubrick of our times, I'd say!

[@ankushsayyer]

Abhishek Chakravorty true

[@MrNothinbad]

PTA not fincher lmao

[@abhishekchakravorty234]

zach anderson To each his own.

[@twomindz79]

PTA for sure.

[@rishavmitra6444]

Kubrick? I doubt it...no director till now could match kubrick's unique vision! Maybe terence Mallick but definitely not Fincher!

[@vinayakalagwadi5866]

He's got some EPIC scripts and he portrayed them to a new level .. clever Man

[@CaglarArtsLtd]

I'm a feature film director in Turkey, who had his wake up call after reading the collected interviews of Fincher. He is the perfect amalgamation of skill, empirical perspective and the philosophy of never suffering fools. Only directors who have suffered in the hands of vapid, status anxious producers and colleagues become this way. Mr. Fincher was a compass for thousands of directors all over the world for always calling shit "shit" and making results better. What a bro.

[@cindyinnew]

Possibly my favorite director working today. He’s up there with the greats.

[@paulstaker8861]

Even outside of work he instinctively strides to entertain his audience. He's born a filmmaker it seems.

[@LeftyBoelman]

The editing truly kills this video. Fincher is interesting in and of himself. There is absolutely no reason to be cutting between six or seven different shots, at times all within a single minute. I rather just see the jump cuts. Better yet, just show the unedited version.

[@somebodycommented]

This man inspired me to work in cyber security through his movie social network.

[@D00R]

The same shit happened to James Cameron on ALIENS. The British Crew didn’t respect Cameron or believes in his vision and he ended up butting heads. Fincher and Cameron are extremely knowledgeable in Film Making and Special FX and IMO Mastered there craft.

[@CharlesFWatson]

That’s absolutely right. As a Brit, i was ashamed to hear about jealous crew members engineering, gooey visual effects to literally blow up in Fincher’s face while he was testing. He was more knowledgeable at age 27 than most of the crew combined.

[@dubliners0999]

I love Fincher. He has made some of the GREATEST films of all time. I have used his films in my introduction to film class. He's the BEST!

[@OwenTuson02]

The editing of this interview is so weird, kind of distracting actually... great interview though

[@paulbateman858]

The full thing is over an hour long.

[@tysonbala]

@@paulbateman858 i got a headache, closed eyes on few occasions

[@dandan1364]

It’s over the top. So distracting.

[@samgod]

You mean you don't like the crossing the 180 constantly, ironically, while shooting one of the best visual storytellers of our time?

[@KhanyoMjamba]

Yep. Kinda ironic innit

[@TemporallyImpaired]

I watch this again and again atleast once a month.

[@zfurr8629]

@@TheReversal888 why are you here then?you seem to just shit talk on those who like his films

[@elrichgomes4690]

The editor was adderalled up

[@bobcharlotte8724]

Could listen to him all day. His way of speaking reminds me a little of Kevin Smith. Just engrossing to listen to. Love his reaction to the interviewer saying he liked Alien 3 hahahaha

[@saintejeannedarc9460]

I notice some distinct parellels to his up and coming protege, David Prior, who went through hell to make, The Empty Man. Which is one helluva a movie, that got stuck in the can for a few years, then released in the most shitty and nonchalant way. Empty Man is slowly becoming the sleeper that looks to become an epic cult classic, as it's finally garnering the recognition it deserves, through word of mouth, and despite the movie houses that tried to bury it. There should be a plethora of junkets on David Prior and various actors of the movie, but the bits of interview from podcasts w/ Prior, he started at an even more unlikely younger age, knowing he was going to make movies, and determined to do it. He ended up designing DVD special editions for Fincher, and talks of feeling out of body when watching him work in the early days. Also working on several of Fincher's movies as well. Best of luck to both of them. When you have that itch, that deep and that young, you deserve to scratch it.

[@alexandrecouturier2125]

I love Gone Girl and The Social Network.

[@Ihavetoreturnsomevideotapes]

Fight club?

[@BassemEssam]

to the editor : this is an interview, not a fucking music video.

[@MasterAppels]

Yes

[@SocialSouls]

Let thy editor be!

[@gowtham12349]

Exactly

[@Pappy_Spoilers]

The editor got caught up in what Fincher was saying: "Yeah I'm gonna cut this my way!"

[@v-22]

so distracting

[@theStrategicRook]

I think, in my very humble opinion, Darren Aronofosky, Alfonso Cuaron and David Fincher are the greatest movie makers of our generation. They are all fucking geniuses if you ask me. We are lucky to have them!

[@senseiquickbooks4588]

Kurosawa is the GOAT

[@priyanshkumar4235]

Some of the best Directors present Today

[@theconsciousobserver6829]

Nolan, Fincher, and PTA. That's The Theatrical Triumvirate.

[@davidlean1060]

What fascinates me most about Mr Fincher is he uses every bit of tech he can to make his movie, but the movies always warn, somewhat, about the dangers hidden in our digital/info driven society. The Social Network is about one such pitfall in the modern world, Gone Girl another. There is an old versus new theme in Dragon Tattoo also. That juxtaposition intrigues me.

[@borysvengerov3398]

The dose makes the poison.

[@Marcusichieichgo]

Passionate Talent to be admired

[@sdoc13]

The whole interview was pro-shot, lasted 2+ hours, and 24 minutes is all that has been released, in 3 years. Who knows why. Even audio would suffice. Or a transcript. í got 1 of the 50 public tickets that sold out in 1 second; failed to make it down from Glasgow due to family illness. By all accounts, a transformative evening. Oh well.

[@Snake711]

23 minutes to go over the whole career of David Fincher... are you fucking kidding me?

[@AlexGarcia-ze4yg]

David Fincher for Alien 5. Thank you.

[@kokomanation]

the main problem with Alien 3 and David Fincher is that nobody should make his first feature film with a Blockbuster

[@kokomanation]

@@handlethis78 his is my favourite filmmaker I love especially the cinematography and the editing in his films

[@reidal666]

Love alien 3 and the fact that david was the director

[@KQCNT]

This has a lot of cuts, is there the full interview somewhere else?

[@Lksz-l9k]

Enrique Centeno I'm pretty sure there is. I've seen it, but can't quite remember where. But, yes. And if I'm not mistaken, there's a podcast as well. And... Don't let me start on this editing...

[@SunnyBear]

you should see the edited version, it's even wilder! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKGreq17optja5o

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"This has a lot of cuts" A bit like life. I am still looking for the missing pieces. One day I will get even with G-d!

[@arkeegirl_7759]

Love you, David. #KeepGoing

[@borysvengerov3398]

I guess that Judy Garland image really stuck with Fincher - you can see a direct reference in the recent Mindhunter.

[@JacobMcCaslin]

RELEASE THE FULL INTERVIEW

[@TubenIt83]

Don't blame just the editor. There was probably a director and producer as well.

[@anuragjoshi47]

All hail the true master of direction of our times!!!!! Art and simple connection is what he strives for. Because we all are perverts.

[@crazyK850]

I was just looking for this. Thank You!!!

[@TonyAaronII]

Whoever shot and edited this should be deeply and thoroughly ashamed. Seriously. Also, Fincher is the best.

[@JoePrimmerEditor]

Post Production: Wow... we shot this with 10 cameras... USE EVERY ANGLE.

[@joecoe4416]

Zodiac once again overlooked!

[@gamechanger7545]

Weak story ... Never should've made it. Personal opinion + it's written from a completely wrong, even laughable POV

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"Zodiac once again overlooked!" Overlooked? It's crap!

[@jeffmint5472]

Sam Samoa You sir are a bag of crap.

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

@@jeffmint5472 "You sir are a bag of crap. Oh no, I produce crap by the truckloads! You can only manage one bag.

[@Joel_Itshindo]

THE MASTER

[@Pun2404]

This was fun to see, these stories are like catnip to me.

[@himanshuv.janbandhu6455]

Always inspring

[@katr.9902]

I love this man

[@Gungan1566]

They skipped over Dragon Tattoo like it doesn't exist... ?

[@Mahatma618]

That is strange since it is way better than Gone girl

[@Gungan1566]

Still waiting for vol. 2! I don't think they're going to do it because it was ruled a "bust" although it did decently at the box office.

[@Ravi-xf8dw]

they are making it with other director and actress.

[@Gungan1566]

But Fincher...

[@xddddddddddddddddddddd]

Fincher doesn't make money, thus studio doesn't want to invest in him. Hollywood's dumb.

[@StereoChimps]

this should have more views !!

[@xxnightopsxx]

We need more directors like Fincher and Nolan, especially since Kubrick is gone.

[@isaackmojica8302]

@@TheReversal888 fuck off

[@ravishingravi]

Did they miss out the that little masterpiece of film called Zodiac ?

[@lduff155]

I loved Alien 3 so much. All the Fincher fans are waiting with baited breath for him to have a stab at Science Fiction again.

[@genuinebrendan]

tfw they skip the game, panic room, and the curious case of benjamin button

[@williamdavis4963]

Amazing

[@davidd2295]

I hope he does a new movie soon.

[@benjamingentile1660]

who edited this video?

[@hierrofante]

suicide squad editor

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"who edited this video?2 G-d. He edits everything - to iron out all his crappy mistakes! (So much for him being perfect!)

[@salinsubba4985]

I tried to find him on social media, looks like he don’t wanna be in social media.

[@loveit8602]

True God of American Cinema. He directed the Madonna "Bad Girl" video and my favorite "Alien" film. Yet, the best is yet to come with David.

[@ThePlaceForThings]

inspirational

[@drquack1217]

Every movie he makes is so different from the last

[@mindlesszombie950]

How did the editor of this think that this editing would fly with an audience filled with a bunch of cinema buffs? Laughable

[@nossasenhoradoo871]

"How did the editor of this think that this editing would fly with an audience filled with a bunch of cinema buffs?" That's what I asked G-d. Apparently the idiot couldn't reply. G-d; is he really what he's made out to be?

[@magsproductions1422]

I've watched this too many times.

[@andrewroberts1258]

This dudes version of Alien 3 would have been great if 20th Century Fox had taken thier heads out of thier butts

[@saloksingh7]

Fincher please give us Mindhunter s03 🤲😭

[@romankorseev3703]

The problem isn't just in the editing. I think the composition of the shots really got in the way. On their own this shots look good, but when you cut from one to another it all goes to hell - one moment i'm looking in Mr. Fincher eyes. Than a cut comes. And now i'm looking at a wall that out of focus. It brings up an important thin about editing - you have to start thinking about it before the cameras start rolling.

[@Lksz-l9k]

Roman Korseev that's editing as well

[@leo8273]

That audience don't deserve him

[@LunaTheKitty0]

David fincher must be the only person on the planet who saw “1941” 200 times

[@neonatalpenguin]

Question: what does he mean by 'overs'?

[@achrafelamrani4937]

neonatalpenguin I think he means over the shoulder shots

[@mattiasakemalm1412]

You should do one with Dustin Hoffman

[@dwellynconway4721]

I swear this was taken down for a while... and knowing fincher he was the one that took it down. (Probably watched it and didn’t like it for whatever reason... perfectionists)... In any case that might be why this is edited so oddly. Don’t ask me why they did it I’m just sayin it was gone for a while and now it doesn’t look like the original cut at all.

[@swayampattnaik4858]

So the original was an hour or so and now we got this a 23 min interview?

[@dwellynconway4721]

@Swayam Pattanaik I honestly can’t remember but I’m pretty sure these life in pictures are usually a bit longer than this and I remember it being longer, with more q&a and the editing was not this... weird.

[@swayampattnaik4858]

@@dwellynconway4721 yeah I remember the interviewer was talking to Jodie Foster recently and said that Fincher halted the release of this interview. Might be this particular one or I might be wrong

[@judekristo]

@@swayampattnaik4858 I looked into it and that appears to be the case. he had it cut down for sure.. not to mention he didn’t & to this day won’t allow his Wtf interview with Marc Maron (which was recorded YeArS ago) to be released. You Almost have to admire the compulsive dedication to his own public narrative. That said, this talk in full was fascinating and while I don’t remember every detail, I certainly don’t remember seeing/hearing a whole lot in it that was cringe-y enough to inspire literally taking the OG down and chopping it up but, to each their own I guess…

[@kevinnevada5342]

You can see how biased ,political and hostile the hollywood studio system is..i mean you literally hear the venom in finchers voice

[@loodinek]

Not only is the editing disturbingly bad, it seems to be manipulating what he's saying. It's quite ironic to have such a great opportunity be ruined by poor directing/editing. Also kind of loose your trust in the BAFTA organization to award "good films" if this is what you manage to produce.

[@bitterbold]

This is my TOP 5 movie directors list: 1. David Fincher 2. Christopher Nolan 3. James Cameron 4. Francis Ford Coppola 5. Steven Spielberg

[@sajsupreme6332]

cool

[@songdanceman9881]

time to widen your taste dude

[@bitterbold]

I'm open to suggestions. Any names I need to know?

[@BikiniDeathSquad]

I wonder why kevin spacey was so good in Se7en?

[@firouz4296]

I came here for stories and his history from the time he made legendary music videos! A waste of time.

[@globalnomad1221]

in Tyler we trust

[@verisimilidude1]

A definite "Dr. Evil" vibe...

[@vignesh1363]

22:44 best❤️

[@BarriReactss]

I gotta watch this shit for my hw anybody tryna help me answer some of the questions he said in here 😂🤦🏽‍♂️💯

[@rachelkim5776]

Ooh homework for which class?

[@hierrofante]

oh i see, the guy is just really really clever

[@TheJereld]

I like it. I would edit the shit out of it.

[@seand9844]

how do you get into a david fincher project?

[@borysvengerov3398]

Be a motivated, talented, intelligent, sick individual and reach out to Fincher.

[@alexconn2675]

I honestly can’t see Garfield at all as Zuckerberg.

[@NostalgiNorden]

What does he say at 11:34 ???

[@vivekmdoshi]

The Wings of the Dove 1997

[@mrt2895]

who edit this interview? holy shit chill dude

[@paulstaker8861]

Goddam they skipped The Game! Noooooooooo!

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Always viewed Fight Club as the opposite of American Psycho.

[@sketta.]

Isn’t American Psycho the opposite of Fight Club

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

@@sketta. I think AP was written first and published in 91. I could be wrong.

[@sketta.]

You’re right, but exactly how are they two opposites never watched American Psycho btw just seen a lot of analyzation

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

@@sketta. They have both been cited as Metrosexual, Masculinity Crisis, and Consumer commentary films. Not to mention mental illness. However, one embraces consumerism while the other rejects it.

[@sketta.]

The Bronze Age of DC Comics I didn’t get anything of Fight Club that resembled masculinity instead I found it as an exposing of our society allowing ourselves to waste our lives and they’re joyously not subtle about it in showing a man who in memory could be reasonably considered comical but it was done in such to put it, a disgustingly beautiful way I mean Marla could be token as an outlet of his masculinity but I understand what you’re saying

[@fuadiftekher1307]

I don't know what is up with editor. But the editing distracting vieweing. Why not go wider while their both talking and use telelens while only person talking or go wide while he addressing the people.

[@elftower907]

bu xi huan ta jiu xi huan ta de dian ying

[@Jon-zj2cn]

Only an irreverent director like Fincher could have perfectly translated the nihilistic spirit of Chuck's book to film.

[@jsagy7179]

They skipped over Panic Room, the underrated film of his career.

[@mupicap7927]

Can u feel for bein his editor and idk how to feel bout dat. That must be a lot option video for a scene..

[@JimElford]

The angle changes are distracting during this interview

[@henmack30017]

This editing was done by the smartest kid in special ed

[@gothamknight2201]

nice one

[@johnnyfunke2482]

This interview was victimized by certain individuals laziness. I guess it's a joke but I didn't laugh. Bummer drummer dude

[@kshitijkamble2894]

10:03 tiny bit misogynist. 😂😂😂

[@diegomesadiez]

Great interview but horrible editing

[@NostalgiNorden]

The Editor is sure haf a boring day.....

[@lynnturman8157]

Hey Editor, cool your shit. It's not about you.

[@fandude7]

Correction: Fight Club is not against "Capitalism," it's against Materialism. Big difference. These aren't Socialists/Communists making the film, but Capitalists.

[@oscarmaidana9294]

I love Fincher but he sounds like an obssesed director, no like others like... Tarantino who appears to show passion for his work.

[@aminen5316]

He is arrogant actually

[@koltaimate6432]

no

[@lithantushelo7932]

Please elaborate

[@aryankaushik93]

How?

[@jasonrichardson8809]

This editing style for an interview is headache inducing

[@FCPWHAT]

Alien 3 was dreadful