David Fincher: Mind Games: A Critical Survey of the Filmmaker in Bloomington, MN

Adam Nayman’s
David Fincher: Mind Games
is the definitive critical and visual survey of the Academy Award– and Golden Globe–nominated works of the celebrated director.
Foreword by Bong Joon-ho
From feature films
Alien 3
,
Se7en
The Game
Fight Club
Panic Room
Zodiac
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Social Network
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Gone Girl
, and
Mank
through his MTV clips for Madonna and the Rolling Stones and the Netflix series
House of Cards
and
Mindhunter
, each chapter of
weaves production history with original critical analysis, as well as with behind the scenes photography, still-frames, and original illustrations from
Little White Lies’
international team of artists and graphic designers. The book also features interviews with Fincher’s frequent collaborators, including Jeff Cronenweth, Angus Wall, Laray Mayfield, Holt McCallany, Howard Shore, and Erik Messerschmidt.
Grouping the director’s work around themes of procedure, imprisonment, paranoia, prestige and relationship dynamics,
David Fincher:
Mind Games
is styled as an investigation into a filmmaker obsessed with investigation, and the design will shift to echo case files within a larger psychological profile.