David Fincher
Walking to the bus this morning and George Michael's "Freedom 90" came on my iShuffle. This reminded me of a couple of things. My past trip to San Francisco- I sang "Faith" at a karaoke bar called Mint and Evan sang Norah Jones "Turn Me On". He originally wanted to sing "Freedom 90", but the dj was trying to squeeze in as many people as possible, so "Freedom" was cut due to song length.
This didn't stop one woman from singing a hideous rendition of an even more hideous song, Clarence Carter's "Strokin"- who knew they could ever use the term "sas-i-fied " in a song?
Anyhow, I was having one of those moments where I was just singing out loud in the alley. I didn't care if anyone heard me.
I can remember seeing this video which was both beautiful and dark.
It featured the original supermodels, Cindy, Christy, Linda and Naomi among others. It was a rather controversial video as Mr. Michael did not appear in it. The only part of him that did was his leather jacket from "Faith" burning in effigy. The destruction of various symbols of George's past.
In my opinion this was a strong indication that David was tired of making pretty glossy pieces like Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" and Madonna's "Express Yourself". "Bad Girl" off of Madonna's "Erotica"
showed a much darker man gearing up for films "Se7en", "The Game" and "Fight Club".
Fincher's first feature film, Alien 3, was a critical and commercial failure. His vision for the sequel was demolished by Twentieth Century Fox executives. The studio was unwilling to gamble on an even darker version of an already depressing film, especially when handing over an unprecedented budget to a first-time director. By the time the film was made and subsequently released Fincher reportedly “swore he would rather have colon cancer than direct another picture.”
Upon doing a search for current projects I found the trailer for the movie "Zodiac". It's tagline is "The most infamous serial killer of our time is still out there."
It would appear that David is turning to the serial killer genre once more.
Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who who hunted down victims in San Francisco's streets and public parks with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s. The Zodiac Killer was never arrested, though a couple of books have named the man most likely responsible for the brutal killings.
Creepy.
This didn't stop one woman from singing a hideous rendition of an even more hideous song, Clarence Carter's "Strokin"- who knew they could ever use the term "sas-i-fied " in a song?
Anyhow, I was having one of those moments where I was just singing out loud in the alley. I didn't care if anyone heard me.
I can remember seeing this video which was both beautiful and dark.
It featured the original supermodels, Cindy, Christy, Linda and Naomi among others. It was a rather controversial video as Mr. Michael did not appear in it. The only part of him that did was his leather jacket from "Faith" burning in effigy. The destruction of various symbols of George's past.
In my opinion this was a strong indication that David was tired of making pretty glossy pieces like Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" and Madonna's "Express Yourself". "Bad Girl" off of Madonna's "Erotica"
showed a much darker man gearing up for films "Se7en", "The Game" and "Fight Club".
Fincher's first feature film, Alien 3, was a critical and commercial failure. His vision for the sequel was demolished by Twentieth Century Fox executives. The studio was unwilling to gamble on an even darker version of an already depressing film, especially when handing over an unprecedented budget to a first-time director. By the time the film was made and subsequently released Fincher reportedly “swore he would rather have colon cancer than direct another picture.”
Upon doing a search for current projects I found the trailer for the movie "Zodiac". It's tagline is "The most infamous serial killer of our time is still out there."
It would appear that David is turning to the serial killer genre once more.
Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who who hunted down victims in San Francisco's streets and public parks with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s. The Zodiac Killer was never arrested, though a couple of books have named the man most likely responsible for the brutal killings.
Creepy.
posted by Chris at 6:00 PM
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