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<b>Adam Nayman's</b><i><b>David Fincher: Mind Games</b></i> <b>is the definitive critical and visual survey of the Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated works of the celebrated director.</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Foreword by Bong Joon-ho</b><br> <br> <br> <br> From feature films <i>Alien 3</i>, <i>Se7en</i>, <i>The Game</i>, <i>Fight Club</i>, <i>Panic Room</i>, <i>Zodiac</i>, <i>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</i>, <i>The Social Network</i>, <i>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</i>, <i>Gone Girl</i>, and <i>Mank</i> through his MTV clips for Madonna and the Rolling Stones and the Netflix series <i>House of Cards</i> and <i>Mindhunter</i>, each chapter of <i>David Fincher: Mind Games</i> weaves production history with original critical analysis, as well as with behind the scenes photography, still-frames, and original illustrations from <i>Little White Lies'</i> 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.<br> <br> <br> <br> Grouping the director's work around themes of procedure, imprisonment, paranoia, prestige and relationship dynamics, <i>David Fincher:</i><i>Mind Games</i> 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.