We continue forward with our David Fincher season. We got off to a somewhat easy start last episode with Alien³ & Seven, but today’s conversation is a lot more interesting, at least as far as rankings go.

Danny has a curveball up his sleeve and I have a feeling he’ll be able to argue that curveball well, but that is a topic for later on. In the meantime, I’m Evan Miller. Joining me today to talk about the worst birthday party of all time and to break the first two rules of Fight Club are. 

The Game is the third film from David Fincher. It was released on September 12, 1997. Production executives initially announced at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival that Jodie Foster would co-star alongside Michael Douglas. Fincher expressed discomfort regarding the casting of an actor of that stature in a supporting capacity, which prompted script revisions to transform the character of Conrad from the brother of Nicholas into the daughter of Nicholas. Douglas opposed the parental dynamic due to the 18-year age difference between the performers, which led to subsequent script adjustments transforming the character into the sister of Nicholas. Foster rejected the sibling modification on the grounds of the age disparity, noting that Douglas previously portrayed her character's adult guardian in the 1972 Disney production “Napoleon and Samantha” when she was nine years old and Douglas was 28 years old.

Fight Club is Fincher’s fourth film. It opened in theaters on October 15, 1999, but we don't talk about it (except we do). 

Our current collaborative ranking so far:

  1. Seven
  2. Alien³