Thursday, 14 February 2008

larry gross on zodiac david fincher



Larry Gross on ZODIAC (David Fincher, 2007)

I'm going to be back later this week with my thoughts on the recently

released ZODIAC: Director's Cut, but first, I thought it would be

useful to point out a favourite review of the film. It's written by

screenwriter Larry Gross for Movie City News, and it's located here.

Gross' take is an incisive, exploratory look into the very formal

properties that make up the Fincher film, and his thoughts on how it's

an autocritique of the earlier SE7EN (a film I actually dislike) make

it simply some of the best writing on film in the year 2007 (critic

Bill Krohn makes a similar statement in his review for "Cahiers du

Cinema", but unfortunately, there's no easy hyperlink, though I

heartily recommend purchasing the May 2007 "online" version at the

website if you're more than curious).


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