The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo soundtrack arrives digitally next week, with over three hours of music on three CDs. It kicks off with the Led Zeppelin cover of “Immigrant Song”, with Karen O on vocals and there’s also a cover of the Bryan Ferry song “Is our Love Strong Enough”. Last week, music from …
We recently reviewed Terrance Malick’s Palme d’Or winner The Tree of Life on Sound On Sight Radio episode #273. It was an extremely positive discussion, but we were left with so much to say that we’ve decided on a follow up review. This week we will be dedicating episode #278 entirely to the director as …
Now that Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has won himself an Academy Award for his work on the Social Network score, it seems he has a lineup of other filmmakers wanting to work with him. While he and partner Atticus Ross are currently scoring Fincher’s next film, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, EW …
According to Variety, French DVD house We Prods. is partnering with publishing house United Humanoids to produce Metal Hurlant Chronicles, a live-action TV skein based on a French anthology of sci-fi/fantasy graphic novels. Currently David Fincher is trying to produce a reboot/follow-up to the animated 1981 version Heavy Metal (produced by Ivan Reitman), with various …
The Social Network Directed by David Fincher Privileged due to his intelligence and in spite of his personality, Mark Zuckerberg’s (Jesse Eiseinberg) need for success runs far deeper than his need for money or acceptance. His primary drive initially seems to be to become a member of a Harvard Club, but shortly after that opportunity …
The 63rd annual DGA (Directors Guild of America) nominations were announced today. The nominees are: Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan, Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech, David Fincher for The Social Network, Christopher Nolan for Inception, and David O. Russell for The Fighter. In a surprise move, Joel and Ethan Coen were left off the …
The Social Network Directed by David Fincher The comparisons to Citizen Kane and other similar “rise to the top” filmic narratives are not entirely unwarranted, at least on a thematic level Fincher’s film seems to be a natural progression of their ideas brought into the computer age. How the film departs from these original models …
The Social Network won big today at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards picking up Best Picture and Best Screenplay along with a tie for Best Director (David Fincher) and Best Music/Score. Olivier Assayas’ Carlos also won big getting the runner up for Best Picture, Best Actor (Edgar Ramierz), and tieing for Best Director. …
The Social Network has been a surprising endeavour for most; what was thought by some to be a doomed attempt at the enormity that is a facebook themed movie—one made for money’s sake, creativity be damned—has turned into a mark of movie ingenuity, excellence and at points sheer brilliance. David Fincher’s take on the Facebook …
The Social Network Directed by David Fincher Privileged due to his intelligence and in spite of his personality, Mark Zuckerberg’s (Jesse Eiseinberg) need for success runs far deeper than his need for money or acceptance. His primary drive initially seems to be to become a member of a Harvard Club, but shortly after that opportunity …
The first review of David Fincher’s The Social Network is up and it is a douzy. Scott Foundas, former Village Voice film critic, now a film programmer, has seen the film and loves what he has seen. The review/essay will be published in the next issue of Film Comment, in which The Social Network, will …
In what is really not a surprise, Sony Pictures has cast actress Rooney Mara in the coveted and hard fought role of Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s upcoming adaptation/remake of Stieg Larsson’s The Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest). Deadline …
Producer Scott Rudin and director David Fincher are taking steps in finalizing the principal cast for the Hollywood remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The recent acquisition of gems Robin Wright (formerly Penn) as Erika Berger, and Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard as Martin Vanger to the team, has given rise to hope for …
Producer Scott Rudin and director David Fincher are taking steps in finalizing the principal cast for the Hollywood remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The recent acquisition of gems Robin Wright (formerly Penn) as Erika Berger, and Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard as Martin Vanger to the team, has given rise to hope for …
24 minutes of James Cameron’s Avatar was screened for the very first time to 1,000 European industry attendees at the Cinema Expo International in Amsterdam. Cameron’s decade long passion project has been touted as the film that will change how we watch movies forever. Now that is one hell of an expectation to live up …
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008, USA Directed by David Fincher Written by Eric Roth (screenplay and screen story), Robin Swicord (screen story), F. Scott Fitzgerald (short story) Produced by Cean Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall Starring: Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Julia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson In the Oxford English dictionary, the definition of …