Ripley on a foreign prison planet to battle the aliens yet again. Script problems and studio over-involvement were painfully obvious; however, Fincher brings his trademark vision to the set helping to salvage the film into an "okay" picture. No one could have done any more with it. www.thedigitalbits.com (Interview site) (09/09/2003).
In 1995 Fincher climbed out of the sewer and into the city for a remarkable, urban thriller called Se7en. Detective David Mills and Lt. William Somerset embark on a dangerous trail to find a serial killer that uses the seven deadly sins as his motivation for madness. One of Fincher's best films to date, it is being hailed as one of the best films of all time. Fincher's follow up to Se7en was The Game (1997). It followed the life of a wealthy man through some extraordinary circumstances after he is given a mysterious birthday present by his estranged brother.
Fight Club (1999) was an incredible piece of work that detailed the life of a man so enslaved by today's society that when he partners up with the mysterious Tyler Durden only dark and hilarious consequences can possibly come about. It was based closely on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. His latest film Panic Room (2002) pits Meg Altman and her young daughter against three burglars. Sealed in a structurally impenetrable "panic room", Meg and Sarah are forced to face their darkest fears. .
Much like a writers" short stories prepare them for novels, director David Fincher's early work in commercials and music video provided sufficient experience for his feature films, most notably Se7en, The Game, and Fight Club. Fincher's stunning visual forms have consistently followed function as his film style becomes progressively more experimental and self-reflexive. Fincher's manipulation of film stock to make it appear damaged remains one of his signature and most interesting visual techniques. Se7en's opening credits look as if they were attacked with razor blades and bleach.
