David Fincher has up to date Panic Room for 4K in some fairly distinctive methods, together with ironing out curtains and displaying off Coke cans.
The 4K Extremely HD of David Fincher’s Panic Room arrives as we speak. And whereas opinions by and huge are praising the beautiful switch and coloration grading (there’s even a particular function devoted to simply that), some are mentioning different modifications that solely somebody like Fincher would even hassle to “fix.”
As Movie Twitter has been fast to level out, David Fincher has made some fascinating – but very Fincher-esque – modifications to Panic Room for this 4K launch. The 2 which are garnering essentially the most traction and head scratches contain curtains and Coke cans – and also you simply know these have been bugging him for 20+ years!
As you may see, the unique model of Panic Room has curtains which are a bit extra informal, like just about any set you’d have in your house, whereas the 4K exhibits them extra pressed and pristine (that’s, very a lot how they might look in a contemporary Fincher film). Different photos go full product placement, with once-partly obscured Coca Cola labels now utterly on show. And these are simply two examples of what has been executed to the Panic Room 4K; solely extra scouring will uncover Fincher’s different modifications.
Odd, positive. Sudden? Hardly. David Fincher did comparable issues to the switch of Seven, with those that have studied that switch in contrast with the unique theatrical model mentioning loads of different examples of Fincher tweaking so-called imperfections, like a strand of Gwyneth Paltrow’s hair or including a door the place there was as soon as a curtain…This man and his window therapies!
David Fincher is thought to be a perfectionist and this Panic Room 4K is simply the newest instance. However he was pulling this form of factor whereas filming, too, prompting a fairly amusing second between the administrators and his star. After someday of doing take after take after take, he requested star Jodie Foster which was greatest. Her response? “Honestly, you’re a very sick man. There is nothing different between those last three takes.” No phrase on if Foster has picked up her 4K of Panic Room…
What do you consider Fincher’s tendencies to make such modifications? Will you be selecting up the Panic Room 4K launch?
