http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/05/23/zodiac/ The Darkest Corner of the Web Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:42:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/05/23/zodiac/#comment-435 Sat, 26 May 2007 09:29:06 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/05/23/zodiac/#comment-435 Yes it kind of leaves me cold too, but I thought Fincher might be bringing an aesthetic take on it. It's a problem with this kind of stuff: some people seem to become irrationally obsessed with a subject - it happened to the author of the book and it probably happened to Fincher. The discrepancy between one person's obsession and everyone else's apathy is actually partly reflected in the movie: all of the other characters lose interest in the case whereas Graysmith can't stop thinking about it for literally decades. Yes it kind of leaves me cold too, but I thought Fincher might be bringing an aesthetic take on it. It’s a problem with this kind of stuff: some people seem to become irrationally obsessed with a subject - it happened to the author of the book and it probably happened to Fincher. The discrepancy between one person’s obsession and everyone else’s apathy is actually partly reflected in the movie: all of the other characters lose interest in the case whereas Graysmith can’t stop thinking about it for literally decades.

]]> http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/05/23/zodiac/#comment-433 Fri, 25 May 2007 21:29:49 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/05/23/zodiac/#comment-433 I wasn't drawn to this in the same way I am never really drawn to films about Jack the Ripper...if you know what I mean. Fincher has proven his worth time and time again, but this concept just leaves me cold. I wasn’t drawn to this in the same way I am never really drawn to films about Jack the Ripper…if you know what I mean. Fincher has proven his worth time and time again, but this concept just leaves me cold.

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