David Fincher's 'Gone Girl' Starring Ben Affleck

[Black Narcissus]

Every time I watch this, I notice that a lot of Rosamund Pike's lines are looped in post-production, and it makes her performance seem really bland and jarring, almost robotic... artificial. And I was initially shocked by this in the theater because Fincher is notorious for doing 50 takes for every shot.

... But really, Rosamund's performance is intentional. There is no real Amy. She is essentially non-human, so being bland, robotic, and artificial is the character. Plus, her whole persona is a peformance.

I think this was a legendary performance, maybe one of the best female performances of all-time. She's essentially breaking all the rules of acting by being uninteresting and purposely acting "bad", but it's because that's who the character is.

Pike is acting like a character who is acting, but that's an act too. That's mindblowing.

Maria Falconetti is crying from her grave.

 

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