David Fincher Filmography

Alien 3 (1992)

Seven (1995)

The Game (1997)

Fight Club (1999)

Panic Room (2002)

Zodiac (2007)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

The Social Network (2010)

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Fight Club Characters

Edward Norton plays an insomniac. He is weird and can only cry around people with 'real' problems. He is lost as a person and tries to find thing, e.g furniture, that will define him as a person. He sees things. We don't know much about him or his background or why he is the way he is. We know that he works in a boring office job and he strikes us on the surface as a normal, plain and average guy. Most importantly, we do not know his name.

Brad Pitt plays Tyler Durden and he strikes us as a bit of an off the wall character. He is laid back and spontaneous. He lives in a dump and is wreckless. Him and Edward's character form a brotherly bond and Tyler is seen as more the leader and Edward the sidekick.

Marla Singer, played by Helena Bonham Carter, is strange and scary. She is pale skinned and pretty unhygienic, relating her in a way to Tyler. She strikes us as quite 'up herself' but also intriguing and interesting. She is enigmatic and tough. She smokes and is pretty fearless.  



Fight Club Research



Fight Club (released November 12th 1999)

Directed by David Fincher

Staring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton & Helena Bonham Carter

Storyline: A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Genres include mystery, thriller & drama

Post Modernism in Inglorious Basterds

The post-modern elements in Inglorious Basterds are typical of Quentin Tarantino and is part of what sets the film as a hybrid text as it fits into many genres.
The Music:
Although the film is set in WWII (1939-1945), it's soundtrack consists of modern music, unusual for a 'war film'. The film does open with music that you would expect in a film of the era but continues with rock music to add to the modern action elements in the movie. The modern music contrasts with the era but fits with the glorified action and violence in the film. The music is intertextual of modern day action films and the use of it can be seen as humorous. A David Bowie song is used to Shoshana's scene and the scene is portrayed as almost like a music video. Tarantino also uses a lot of western music in Inglorious Basterds. This relates to the shoot out scenes in westerns and again focuses's and glorifies the violence in the film. The intertextual elements of the western music mixes genres which is unusual and post modern.
Painted Backdrop:
Rather than using a green screen, modern technology, Tarantino uses painted backdrops to relate to original war films, contrasting with the modern elements he incorporates into the movie to create a mixture of the two.
Titles/Character introductions:
Creates modern action type feel and can be seen is Tarantino's other films such as Kill Bill. This isn't something that would appear in a normal war film.
Public Film Split Screen:
This creates a contrast to the modern elements of the film and reminds the audience that this film is not your typical war film.
Movie Set:
An arial view of Shoshana reveals the movie set, very unusual for a film as you as an audience member are supposed to become emersed in something that you watch as if it was reality. This element exagerates the film element and makes the movie all the more glorified.