Something isnāt right about David Fincher, and we love him for it. Although heās never won an Oscar for Best Director, few filmmakers in the history of cinema have better mastered the art of human depravity. Fincherās movies have introduced us to an alien being born by ripping itself out of a dogās stomach, a grown man aging backwards, and a sexual assault scene too graphic to even describe in this paragraph. But, his movies reach a more primal level of depravity when the grotesque isnāt overtly graphic, but psychological.
Mark Zuckerberg may have created a social media platform that helped disrupt a U.S. election, but I wouldnāt say heās as depraved as Michael FassbenderāsĀ assassin in The Killer. And yet, Fincher crafts Zuckerberg as a misanthropic digital dictator in The Social Network, one whose emotionless disregard for people in the pursuit of technological advancement makes him more machine than man. So, even when a Fincher film doesnāt promise blood and guts, just know youāll still leave feeling disgusted yet glad you watched.
Before the arrival of Fincherās next film, a Western crime thriller called Bitterroot set to stream on Netflix, letās prepare our minds (and stomachs) with a look through his depraved filmography.
