David Fincher Profile – Episode #8 (September 30th, 2014)

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🗓️ 1 October 2014

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Popcorn Talk Network proudly presents Profiles with Malone and Mantz! In this vodcast series hosts Alicia Malone and Scott "Movie" Mantz break down and focus on some of the most prolific Hollywood directors, writers and actors in the entertainment industry - past & present. In today's episode it's all about David Fincher. David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials and music videos after signing with N. Lee Lacy in Hollywood. He went on to found Propaganda in 1987 with fellow directors Dominic Sena, Greg Gold and Nigel Dick. Fincher has directed TV commercials for clients that include Nike, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Heineken, Pepsi, Levi's, Converse, AT&T and Chanel. He has directed music videos for Madonna, Sting, The Rolling Stones, Mi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the Schmo's No Network Studios in Los Angeles, California, it's time for Profiles
0:11.8	with your host, Alicia Malone, and Scott Mant.
0:16.6	Hello, Shmovil.
0:19.8	Welcome to episode eight of Profiles. This is the one you've been waiting for.
0:25.2	It's the one we have been waiting for David Fincher. I am as excited as Manson Red Bull, which he's not on today.
0:32.9	He doesn't even need to be because we're that excited. I actually thought I was really excited.
0:37.4	But no, Alicia
0:38.2	Malone, you might actually be more excited about David Fincher than I am. Why is that?
0:43.3	He is my favorite contemporary director because he is able to create such an atmosphere,
0:49.8	such a mood with all of his films when you talk about his cinematography, the great score, he has a
0:55.6	great mind for music, and the subject matter, which is often dark. It's often exploring the
1:01.4	darkness of man and human cruelty in all its different forms, you know, from serial killers
1:06.8	to consumerism, to greed and ego, to social media.
1:11.9	He just has such a great style.
1:14.7	There is a style to him that is really unmatched.
1:17.9	And I was thinking about it when we were talking about Fincher over the last few days,
1:21.3	is that when you watch a David Fincher movie and it's over,
1:23.8	you don't just get up and leave.
1:25.0	You stay because the movie just takes you over. It leaves you
1:29.0	feeling so blown away and moved and just really taken in by the visuals, by the power. His
1:35.9	movies have great characters, fully realized characters, strong stories, and of course that
1:40.9	cinematography. Great detail in there as well. I mean, it's well known
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