This week, the director David Fincher was in the news for the announcement of his new film for Netflix. A neo-western titled Beet which will be deeply influenced by none other than Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece, No forgiveness. But the name of the filmmaker has also established itself with the arrival of several of his works in the cinema. Maximum catalog. the word “underrated” and Fincher usually go hand in hand, as, among other things, the author of Seven, fight club, Zodiac either Loss He has not yet won a golden statuette, despite his impeccable cinematic career. But among a whole series of feature films to claim, there is one to which time grants the value of a large reserveif the wine reference is authorized.
The tape in question is none other than The social networka project that precisely expressed the communicative changes of our days and that ultimately reflected the paradox of how a teenager with obvious introversion issues was able to create the largest social communication network on the planet. As is customary in his way of telling stories, Fincher draws with the precision of a surgeon a whole series of sequences that often perfectly illustrate what communication on the Internet implies. It’s already been seen the initial sequence itselfwhere the speed of the dialogues and the editing of the conversation between Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and his girlfriend (Rooney Mara) is more typical of a conversation than real life. The staging is supported by Aaron Sorkin’s prodigious screenplay, which, encouraged by the director, achieves an almost obsessive management of the cinematographic tempo, adding a devilishly well-fitting assemblyno matter how difficult it is to describe the events through several attempts and a staging including many characters in the painting.
What is “The Social Network” about?
The story behind The social network part of Mark Zuckerberg’s biography which Ben Mezrich published in 2010, titled “Accidental Billionaires: The Birth of Facebook. A Story of Sex, Money, Talent, and Betrayal. The story shows the origin of paradigm shift in social interactions on the internet, which led Fincher to reconstruct with Sorkin a sort of modern Foster Kane.
This nuanced legal thriller dates back to 2003where a young Zuckerberg after being rejected by his girlfriend sits in his room his residence at Harvard to begin without knowing it, the germ of what would later be the social network that would forever change the way we communicate via the Internet. six years and 500 million laterZuckerberg has become the youngest billionaire in history. However, the pioneer of digital entrepreneurship Complications directly related to his success also arose. Among them, the turbulent relationship with Eduardo Saverinhis friend and former co-founder of Facebook.
Fincher’s Most Underrated?
The price to pay for having such powerful, impactful and generational dramas in your audiovisual program has unintentionally created a kind of expectation constant and insurmountable. Fincher has been making great films since the beginning of his career, but with each new release it always seems like audiences expect more from him. three-time Oscar nominee to the best director. To the point that some have described The Murdererhis latest film, as title “too perfectionist.”
The case with The social network It’s the same. The 2010 film got 8 nominations at the Oscars, managing to win Best Music, Best Editing and Best Screenplay for Sorkin’s impeccable adaptation work. It was the year of The King’s Speechbut the passage of time has undoubtedly made it a truly more special film. It would be difficult to find a film in his filmography as forgotten when one thinks of the works of the impeccable narrator. However, the film has become an undisputed classic since its creation, being one of those pieces ahead of its time.
Apart from all these virtues, in reality The social network It is one of those phenomena that occurs partly thanks to discovery of your talent. It was one of the first films in which we discovered Andrew Garfield and also, it served to introduce society to the digital, vibrant and addictive sounds of Atticus Ross and Trent Reznorfairly compensated for their work and that in the next edition of the Academy they will surely have a performance in the category thanks to Rivals. The entire cast delivered great performances. From the unknown Max Minghella and Armie Hammer even Justin Timberlake, who seems to have (finally) learned how to act in front of a camera straight away.
A future sequel?
A few months ago, Sorkin said on the podcast The city who was already working on a sort of second part of The social networkaddressing the company’s last years. because among other things, the screenwriter openly criticizes Facebook for promoting the storming of the United States Capitol in 2021. “In particular, it adjusted its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible,” explained the director of The Trial of the Seven.
For the moment he has not given more details, but since he has also been behind the cameras for years, it would not be strange that he chose to do it himself. Although at first he assured that there would be a second part that he would only write if Fincher returned to the helm.
