The Films of Fincher — Part 4: Panic Room (2002)

In anticipation of David Fincher’s new film, Mank, I am revisiting and reflecting on (almost) his entire filmography. The previous entry was Fight Club (1999).

In an interview or director’s commentary (I can’t remember which) David Fincher, making reference to a filmmaker’s legacy, said that, “some films are simply a footnote.” Panic Room, the 2002 thriller, is Fincher’s footnote. In some ways, the simple story of Panic Room breaks away from the dualistic themes found to be most common in Fincher films (either a meditation on evil or a crisis of…