tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018122949256325759.post7607503949988024371..comments2024-01-26T07:19:01.011-05:00Comments on FilmMattic: Person of the Week VIIFilmMattichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567287349203493671noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018122949256325759.post-63359888650194971732011-01-19T12:19:26.584-05:002011-01-19T12:19:26.584-05:00@Jaccstev
While Fincher certainly employs a "...@Jaccstev<br /><br />While Fincher certainly employs a "single person" narrative structure to unearth broader themes—i.e. the Nietzschean narrator/main character of Fight Club (Ed Norton), he explores this narrative quotient through a purposeful visual style. The lurid, dark visuals of Fight Club served as a parallel metaphor to the paralysis and despair of Norton's character. His films embody a definitive single character structure, but this structure is accentuated and substantiated by a uniquely robust visual style. Both aspects work in unison.FilmMattichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567287349203493671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018122949256325759.post-38779712056680305122011-01-19T04:52:38.195-05:002011-01-19T04:52:38.195-05:00Fincher’s trademark isn’t a visual one, it’s his o...Fincher’s trademark isn’t a visual one, it’s his obsession with exploring a single person, be it a murderer or a website owner, and using that one person as the key to unlocking entire secret societies and showing us what’s inside. He will be remembered for being the man who took on mankind.Jaccstevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268227476649183171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018122949256325759.post-54968978118646250492011-01-18T11:05:18.052-05:002011-01-18T11:05:18.052-05:00Fair observation. I also tend to get more enjoymen...Fair observation. I also tend to get more enjoyment out of the Capraesque approach to storytelling. My appreciation of Fincher's work is mostly a result of his brilliant technical command of the camera. His stories often paint a bleak picture of humanity and that makes it difficult to empathize with them (or even root for them). But this approach is owed largely to the influences of the French New Wave, European Art Cinema and the New Hollywood (not so much classical Hollywood where directors focused on more redemptive, feel good stories). <br /><br />I did not know you were a psychologist and I'm impressed. Your take on the influence film can have on people is significant. I will not argue with you on that observation, but maybe I should devote a write up to the influence of films on people. It is such a fascinating topic, but I do not know how much raw empirical data I could compile. <br /><br />Thanks for the comment Dez!FilmMattichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567287349203493671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018122949256325759.post-1781390479626937662011-01-18T08:49:28.952-05:002011-01-18T08:49:28.952-05:00ah, I'm quite the opposite when it comes to Fi...ah, I'm quite the opposite when it comes to Fincher. I generally don't like directors like him and I'm scared of the influence and trends they brought to Hollywood. I never understood his obsession with pessimism, darkness, he always has a misanthropic look upon humans and his characters. As a psychologist, I must admit such artists scare me because they have a negative influence on people, and especially on young people who are mostly educated by media and films these days :(DEZMONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127166104359407763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018122949256325759.post-7394226331186595282011-01-18T08:48:22.090-05:002011-01-18T08:48:22.090-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.DEZMONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127166104359407763noreply@blogger.com