From Empire Online:
"As Brits we're often known as a nation of whingers, but even we have to take our hats off to director David Fincher, for taking the whinge on to a whole new level.
The director, who was over in Britain recently to publicise his latest movie Panic Room, seems to have been on something of a downer - particularly during an interview he gave to British newspaper The Independent.
'There was absolutely nothing fun about making the movie.' Fincher told the paper. 'Nope,' he adds. 'Nothing.'
It seems the job of directing isn't all it's cracked up to be, at least in Fincher's eyes. 'I don't think it's fulfilling,' he says. 'I enjoy the stuff that's like a high-school play, when the actors come in and put on their make-up. I like choosing the costumes. But when you get down to it – urgghh! It's horrible. Because the only thing you're doing is prioritising to cover the downsides. That great thing you wanted to do, that cool shot – forget it, it's not happening. You're not able to do what you want. You never are.'
Then, when the interviewer attempts to read a degree of symbolism into the film, Fincher dismisses the action with the all-time put-down. 'It's a movie. That's what it is. That's all.'
Given that Fincher's in last-stage negotiations to direct Mission Impossible III, (see our earlier story), he may want to ease off on the 'directing's a bitch' line of approach. After all, that's not really the Hollywood 'can-do' attitude, now is it?"
"As Brits we're often known as a nation of whingers, but even we have to take our hats off to director David Fincher, for taking the whinge on to a whole new level.
The director, who was over in Britain recently to publicise his latest movie Panic Room, seems to have been on something of a downer - particularly during an interview he gave to British newspaper The Independent.
'There was absolutely nothing fun about making the movie.' Fincher told the paper. 'Nope,' he adds. 'Nothing.'
It seems the job of directing isn't all it's cracked up to be, at least in Fincher's eyes. 'I don't think it's fulfilling,' he says. 'I enjoy the stuff that's like a high-school play, when the actors come in and put on their make-up. I like choosing the costumes. But when you get down to it – urgghh! It's horrible. Because the only thing you're doing is prioritising to cover the downsides. That great thing you wanted to do, that cool shot – forget it, it's not happening. You're not able to do what you want. You never are.'
Then, when the interviewer attempts to read a degree of symbolism into the film, Fincher dismisses the action with the all-time put-down. 'It's a movie. That's what it is. That's all.'
Given that Fincher's in last-stage negotiations to direct Mission Impossible III, (see our earlier story), he may want to ease off on the 'directing's a bitch' line of approach. After all, that's not really the Hollywood 'can-do' attitude, now is it?"
