All The Takes It Takes

To be perfectly frank: I am not the least bit surprised that Fincher continues to do what he does — shooting each scene with as many takes as he sees fit to get the performances he envisions. What I am more than annoyed by at this point is the media trying to spin a story out of this every damn time.

Is there seriously nothing else to report than Fincher doing a shitload of takes? He has explained his process before, and with some good sense. And even if his process were absolutely ridiculous and non-sensical — as long as he keeps delivering work on a level of mastery beyond most other productions, I couldn't care less.

Fincher is exacting. He is after memorable and authentic performances, and if he has found his surefire way of arriving at these performances by exhausting the actors' self-awareness and pretense? Way to go!

Come on people, I really wish you'd find new insights to report. I'm going to be a prick and say this is just lazy reporting.

Cheers to Pavlov, and pardon my rant.

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