Challenging film about the disarming power of charisma and how it can render people forgiving to a suicidal degree. Like his previous films, more an observation of life on the margins of society than an overt political statement, but certainly affords the audience an understanding of how people who should know better can be easily seduced by a good showman.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008
What I love about this is that even the bit parts remind you that everyone has a unique individual history and no matter how different we may seem, we find commonality in certain universal, shared experiences—love, loss, mortality etc.—Fincher ultimately weaving this tapestry of interconnected lives across multiple years to profound effect. And if that sounds like uncritical fawning it’s only because this is the kind of film that inspires it. Disarmed and astounded by this every time I rewatch it.
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Killer Joe 2011
Even at the ripe old age of 75, Friedkin has lost very little of his ability to shock