175 minutes of Fincher obsessing over Brad Pitt's CGI wrinkles. You know you want it.
A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, from the project's attachment to numerous other directors during the 1990s, to its shoot in 2006 and 2007 in New Orleans, to its complex, CGI-intensive postproduction process.
Direction
Fincher's obsessive detail will simultaneously inspire and terrify you.
Visual Effects
The aging tech breakdown: how they built Brad Pitt from polygons up.
Production
New Orleans shoot stories that have nothing to do with Katrina.
Director
David Prior
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This doc was originally planned as a short bonus feature but ballooned when Prior realized how much footage existed. Fincher reportedly never wanted it released this long.
The film's decade-long development hell included attachments to Ron Howard, Spike Jonze, and even a planned 1990s version starring Tom Cruise.
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