Adam's Kind
Adam,
I know you don’t normally relax in front of movies like the Zodiac , but wouldn’t you agree with me that you and Fincher have much in common?
“Just the facts: two homicide detectives, a crime reporter and a political cartoonist spend decades knocking themselves out to catch a serial killer who never (officially) gets caught. Careers, marriages, even sanity fall victim to obsession. That’s Zodiac, a meticulous, mind-bending, nonstop mesmerizer of a movie that needed another die-hard fanatic to make it pop onscreen.
And who better for the job than the brilliant, driven David Fincher, a director known to put his actors through more than 100 takes to get the nuances he wants.”
How about your review of the DVD version?
Michael
I’m not gonna cop to either “brilliant” or “driven”, however currently overworked, and I’m way too lazy to do 100 takes of anything, so no, I wouldn’t rank the similarities all that high. But I will likely watch the DVD — a review could take awhile, though …
Comment by adam — March 16, 2007 @ 9:04 am
It does sound like a gripping film, but the kind that Mrs Rakkity would never permit to appear in her home. I’d have to sneak it in and watch it while she was out working. But then, I’d rather be skiing.
Comment by rakkity — January 29, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
I deleted the office furniture spam post that seems to have gotten rakkity back to this post of yore, but in the intervening time since posted, Netflix has delivered and taken away the movie in question, Zodiac. Well directed, mostly exceedingly well acted, squirmy in its unflinching directness, and sobering in the tensions of the times. Recommended, but not for all viewers. And the lack of final resolution is quite unsettling as well …
Comment by adam — January 29, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
You are both brilliant and driven. In fact, Dan described you today as a three CPU guy.
Was the movie as perfect as Prom Dreams?
Comment by michael — January 29, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
What can compare with Avuncular Homunculus?
Comment by rakkity — January 30, 2008 @ 8:18 pm
Zodiac had a much bigger budget, but nowhere near as much heart as P.D. … !
Comment by el Kib — January 30, 2008 @ 9:11 pm