You never want to do an email interview. When doing an interview in person you can read body language or tone of voice to figure out where to go next. You can have a list of questions but also freeform based on information the subject gives you. I have historically turned down all email interview requests in the past.
But this is David Fincher.
I have actually interviewed Fincher in the past and found him engaging and loquacious. The guy likes talking. But now he’s busy; with The Social Network about to debut and with him off filming The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo you just sort of take the time where you can find it. And I was able to find it in this quickie email interview.
The film tells the story in a non-linear way, jumping from deposition to deposition and to events in the past. Was that structure scripted, or was it something you had to find in editing? How important is that structure for giving the film momentum?
AARON CAME UP WITH IT. I JUST READ IT AND THOUGHT I’D LOVE TO GET SOME CREDIT FOR THAT...
You’re telling a true story, but you’re also making a narrative film. This isn’t a documentary. You’re a director known for your attention to detail and verisimilitude, so how important is it to you that THE SOCIAL NETWORK be completely factually correct versus being emotionally correct?
I MADE ZODIAC AS FACTUALLY CORRECT AS I THOUGHT POSSIBLE, BUT EVERYONE WANTED BLOOD BECAUSE OF THE POINT OF VIEW THAT WAS TAKEN. I KNEW I COULDN’T WIN, SO I DECIDED TO HAVE EVERYONE DISOWN THIS…
One of the more visually striking sequences is the race. What attracted you to tilt shift photography, and why did you choose to use it in that sequence?
WE COULD ONLY SHOOT 3 RACES AT THE HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA. WE HAD TO SHOOT 4 DAYS OF BOAT INSERTS IN ETON. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THE DATE FOR RELEASE WAS TO MAKE THE BACKGROUNDS AS SOFT AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. I DECIDED IT MIGHT BE MORE “SUBJECTIVE” IF THE WORLD AROUND THE RACES FELL AWAY IN FOCUS, LEAVING THE ROWERS TO MOVE INTO AND OUT OF PLANES OF FOCUS TO ACCENTUATE THEIR PISTON-LIKE EFFORT.
There’s a very delicate balancing act in the film, where we can understand where each of the parties in the different lawsuits are coming from. That’s made even trickier by Mark Zuckerberg’s less than winning personality. How do you create that balance?
I DIDN’T. AARON SORKIN DID… I JUST HAD A GREAT SCRIPT THAT COULD ATTRACT FANTASTIC YOUNG ACTORS, AND I GOT THE STUDIO TO SUPPORT US WITH THE REQUISITE TIME TO MAKE THE WHOLE THING RUN ON RAILS…
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God, that was lame. Way to go out on a low-note, Devin the Large.
I can respect Fincher's honesty — having read the script myself, it was all there, the back and forth weaving of time, the exploration of different sides to the debacle. It all starts with the script, and as a director Fincher of course recognizes that.
That's it? Hardly seems worth it. On the evidence of this, I think you should stick to your no-e-mail-interviews policy, no matter who the subject is.
Why is David Fincher shouting at me?
What, no update on The Goon?
I mean it's always nice to read interviews with people you admire, but the fact that you continue to post stuff here REALLY cheapens your long-winded farewell from a few weeks back. Also, this interview is terrible.
I bet it wasn't even Fincher answering the questions in the emails, but his assistant or publicist.
That was a complete waste. "This was David Fincher, so I'll suck at the troughs of whatever e-mail slop his assistant feels like sending." Way to stick to your principles. Oh wait, you never had any.
Girl with a dragon tattoo should be right up your alley, given your daddy issues.
Have you read Devin The Fat Fuck's Twitter Feed, he's treating his new job like some skunkworks black-op. Well, looking at the slob, I guess skunk is pretty appropriate.
Jesus Christ people. Give the guy a break. I've never understood the inane Devin hate on this site. What did he do, eat your babies? I can't imagine that he deserves an iota of the slander he's received here. I don't agree/like everything he's written, but then I'm not sure there's anyone I could actually say that about. Seriously, we already know that you guys are terrible human beings with no discernible conscience, so give it a goddamn rest already.
And still the cowards post their Devin-hate bullshit.
They SO can't get laid.
Losers.
Devin, you'll always be OK in my book for ripping Avatar a new asshole and making the Cameronoids stamp their little feet and screw up their ugly little faces. I'll always be a fan.
Its interesting to note that the people who dont "get" the Devin hate are probably the same people who have been licking his balls in the forums for years. Seriously you fucking tools dont understand that rotund fucking bearded twat coward censored everything on not only the forums (which u guys ate up with a fucking spoon) but the talkbacks. Lord knows I can be a tad harsh at times but that tubby fucking waste of space would censor any type of criticism (constructive or otherwise). So you assfuck lapdogs keep acting like the bitches you are and I will continue to jump for joy that waste of space is now racing straight towards obscurity. Oh and btw FUCK YOU DEVIN.
While I would say I'm more pro-Devin than anti-Devin. (He did say that a few articles would still be posted after his farewell) I was just getting into this interview when it ended. I hope Devin re-appears with something else – I would hate for this to be his last actual posting here on CHUD.
Folks, the "Devin hate" stems from the fact that Devin's an asshole. Pretty simple. He's a good writer, but he's also a self-absorbed asshole. No biggie, a lot of talented people have that problem.
To the Fuck "one" that sed
STOP PIRATING, DICKHEAD'S
Go fuck your fucking mother not in the ass But in her fucking mouth because
you sound just like a "DICKHEAD"
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