A differenza di molti, non grido al capolavoro, al riguardo di
Zodiac.
Per due ore e mezza ci si cala nelle investigazioni su un serial killer che per quasi venti anni terrorizzò la California, con una serie di omicidi raccapriccianti e difficilmente inquadrabili in un unico
modus operandi.
Da una parte ci sono le investigazioni classiche della polizia (con tutti i suoi problemi di coordinamento e le difficoltà a raccogliere prove sufficienti), dall'altra la curiosità di un giornalista di nera - che finirà anche con l'essere minacciato dallo zio
Zodiac - e soprattutto l'ossessione di un collega di quest ultimo, vignettista che finirà col proseguire le indagini da solo, quando ormai nessuno sembra credere più alla possibilità di catturare il colpevole.
La prima parte, nella quale le indagini della polizia porteranno all'identificazione del principale indiziato, è molto buona e mantiene la giusta coesione: il mistero sull'identità del killer tiene abbastanza alta la tensione ed i molti dettagli lasciano allo spettatore la possibilità di farsi una propria idea ed al tempo stesso di nutrire dei dubbi; anche il presentare tutti gli errori commessi dagli investigatori contribuisce alla giusta atmosfera.
La seconda metà invece presenta il miliardesimo tizio qualunque che si ossessiona talmente tanto a qualcosa da mandare tutta la sua vita a puttane (e che puntualmente risolve il caso - o forse no, ma quanto meno ne esce) che io abbia visto al cinema.
Niente di tragico, intendiamoci, ma pecca di scarsa originalità e si fa fatica ad esserne davvero coinvolti.
David Fincher a me piace molto, e sulla regia c'è ben poco da dire: non intrusiva, ma sempre impeccabile; bella la fotografia e notevole la selezione musicale.
Bravini gli interpreti, anche se a me
Jake Gyllenhaal dice il giusto; per tutta la prima parte
Robert Downey Jr. procura il loro bel da fare ai tecnici degli effetti speciali e della computer grafica, che sono riusciti a farlo sembrare sobrio.
Nella seconda parte invece si limita a recitare se stesso.
A dir poco inquietante vedere un
Anthony Edwards con una marea di capelli in testa, almeno rispetto agli standard a cui ci aveva abituato.
Nel complesso, un film anche pregevole e confezionato con cura, ma a cui manca quel
quid che gli avrebbe fatto fare il salto di qualità.
Voto: 7.
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Downey Jr., Robert
Nome di battesimo: Jr., Robert John Downey
Data di nascita: 4 April 1965
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Downey, Susan (I)::(27 August 2005 - present), Deborah Falconer::(29 May 1992 - 26 April 2004) (divorced) 1 child
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Robert John Downey Jr. was born in Greenwich Village, New York City at 1.10 pm. He's the son of underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.. His first part in a movie was in his father's Pound (1970), where 5-year-old Downey played a puppy. When he was 20 years old, he joined "Saturday Night Live" (1975) for one season. After that, he went to Hollywood. In 1987, he got the leading role in director James Toback's film The Pick-up Artist (1987), where he was up against Molly Ringwald. The same year, he played drug addict Julian Wells in the movie Less Than Zero (1987). In 1992, he played Charles Chaplin in Sir Richard Attenborough's film Chaplin (1992). For his astonishing performance, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In the year 2000, guest starred in the comedy series "Ally McBeal" (1997), where he portrayed the attorney Larry Paul, who became Ally's love interest. For that performance, he won the Golden Globe for "best supporting actor in a comedy series". On "Ally McBeal" (1997), Downey got to show he can sing as well as act when he sang Joni Mitchell's "River", "Chances Are" as a duet with Vonda Shepard, and also "Every Breath You Take" together with Sting. He released one song of his own, "Snakes", on the "Ally McBeal" (1997) album "For Once In My Life", and a full album of his work titled "The Futurist" in 2005.
Trivia random: At the age of 10, while living in London, Robert attended the Perry House School in Chelsea and studied classical ballet.
Citazione random: "I'm not used to feeling like I belong where I am."
Salario massimo: $100/day, per Game 6 (2005)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Edwards, Anthony (I)
Nome di battesimo: Edwards, Anthony Charles Planck
Data di nascita: 19 July 1962
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Jeanine Lobell::(5 September 1994 - present) 4 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Born to a well-blended family, Anthony Edwards was born in Santa Barbara, California, on July 19, 1962, the youngest of five children. Growing up as the son of an architect and an artist, his parents encouraged him to act at age 16, which eventually led him to attending a summer workshop in London before graduating from high school. Returning to the United States, Edwards worked in commercials, jobs that helped him pay his education at The University of Southern California, where he studied acting. However, he dropped out of college, and in that same year, he had a small role in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), starring Sean Penn. The movie was a box office smash and Edwards was looking forward to doing more films. His first movie role was that of teen-aged John Muldowney in Heart Like a Wheel (1983), and his first starring role as nerdy Gilbert Lowell, in Revenge of the Nerds (1984).Edwards didn't need to worry about being typecast as a socially-challenged loser. After starring in The Sure Thing (1985) and Gotcha! (1985), he landed another big-time successful movie Top Gun (1986), in which he played Tom Cruise's ill-fated easy going navigator/best friend, Lt. Nick "Goose" Bradshaw. As Cruise rode Top Gun into the Hollywood stratosphere, Edwards also found his flight to stardom, at the same time. After Top Gun, he reprised his role as Gilbert in the movie Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), before he starred in Summer Heat (1987). He also starred in Mr. North (1988), and Miracle Mile (1988), although they weren't too successful.Edwards began working in TV movies and continued to star in more box office movies such as Hawks (1988), How I Got Into College (1989), Downtown (1990), Pet Sematary II (1992), Landslide (1992) and Delta Heat (1992). The '90s won Edwards his best reviews for his recurring role of the quirky "bubble man" Mike Monroe on the popular television series "Northern Exposure" (1990). He was nominated for a Cable Ace Award in HBO's Sexual Healing (1993), and the following year, he starred in Charlie's Ghost Story (1994), before he played law clerk Clint Von Hooser in the John Grisham movie The Client (1994). This led to his most prominent role, as easy-going charismatic physician Dr. Mark Greene on the very popular TV series "ER" (1994).For his work on "ER", he was nominated for an Emmy Award four times For Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but has never won. However, he has won a Golden Globe Award For Best Performance by an Actor-In a TV Series, and was nominated four times, and also has two Screen Actor's Guild Awards. Prior to playing Dr. Greene, he also played bank breaker turned cold-blooded killer, Dick Hickock in the TV movie remake of Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood (1996) (TV)_ , which was the best TV movie of the 1996-97 season. During Edwards' hiatus on "ER", he went back to the box office circuit to star and to produce the movie Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999), a complex movie which wasn't a big hit. Edwards, once again, returned to the set of "ER", and this time, he signed up for a salary that almost no actor could be paid, so his decision was to stay on the show for 3 more years and possibly to save the money in order to spend a lot of family time and to work on directing later.His first big roles after "ER" were that of Brains in the movie Thunderbirds (2004), and as Jim Paretta in The Forgotten (2004). In the many years that he starred on "ER", that show gave him more success in working on and off the set. Also it gave him a spiritual blessing that so many popular actors have had over the years.
Trivia random: Left his role in the 8th season of "ER" (1994) to spend more time with his family. Co-star, Noah Wyle did the same in the 10th season (though he has returned sporadically since).
Citazione random: "There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac
Regista: David Fincher Scrittore: James Vanderbilt,
Robert Graysmith Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.2/10 (13265 voti) [#151 nella top250]
Durata: USA:158 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's book, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people.
Trivia random: Phillip Baker Hall had also previously starred in The Zodiac (2005), another film adaptation of the Zodiac Killer. He played Frank Perkins.
Citazione random: Arthur Leigh Allen: I am not the Zodiac. And if I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Gyllenhaal, Jake
Nome di battesimo: Gyllenhaal, Jacob Benjamin
Data di nascita: 19 December 1980
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Jacob "Jake" Gyllenhaal (last name pronounced jill-en-hall) was born in Los Angeles, California, on December 19, 1980 to director Stephen Gyllenhaal and producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner, and is the brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who played his sister in Donnie Darko (2001). His father is of partial Swedish heritage and his mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.Jake made his film debut at age eleven in City Slickers (1991) playing Billy Crystal's son and began to establish himself as an up-and-coming actor in films like as October Sky (1999) before being cast in the title role in Donnie Darko (2001), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best actor. Gyllenhaal's performance as a troubled psychotic won him excellent reviews, and the film quickly received cult status. He played opposite Jennifer Aniston in another Sundance favorite in The Good Girl (2002) and once again earned good reviews. Gyllenhaal also starred in the Walt Disney romantic comedy, Bubble Boy (2001) and in the science fiction blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow (2004) which also starred Dennis Quaid.Making his theater debut, Gyllenhaal appeared on the London stage with a starring role in Kenneth Lonergan's revival of This Is Our Youth. The play, which had been a critical sensation on Broadway, ran for eight weeks in London's West End. Gyllenhaal's performance in Jarhead (2005) with Jamie Foxx came as a surprise to critics and fans alike. Gyllenhaal played a markedly hostile, masculinely violent Marine during Gulf War I, while balancing this with the sensitive, vulnerable qualities of the lead character. Brokeback Mountain (2005), in which he co-starred with Australian actor Heath Ledger as sheep herders who fall in love in the 1960s and depicts their relationship over the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. The film went on to win four Golden Globes, four BAFTA Awards and was nominated for a leading eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Brokeback Mountain. Jake is also the godfather of Matilda Rose Ledger, daughter of actor Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams,Gyllenhaal's most notable relationship has been with actress Kirsten Dunst. He is friends with Maroon 5 front-man Adam Levine, having known him since kindergarten. He is close with his sister's boyfriend and Jarhead (2005) co-star, actor Peter Sarsgaard. Jake has two dogs: a German Shepherd named Atticus and a Puggle named Boo Radley after the characters of his favorite book, To Kill A Mockingbird.Gyllenhaal's career is booming and he is considered one of the most promising actors of his generation.
Trivia random: As of 2007, has starred in three movies where he played not only a real person, but the person who wrote the book upon which the film was based: Homer Hickham (October Sky), Anthony Swofford (Jarhead) and Robert Graysmith (Zodiac).
Citazione random: "The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making films that no one remembers."
Salario massimo: $3,000,000, per Jarhead (2005)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Fincher, David
Nome di battesimo: Fincher, David Leo
Data di nascita: 28 August 1962
Coniuge: Donya Fiorentino::(? - ?) (divorced) 1 child
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old, he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981 - 1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials and music videos after signing with N. Lee Lacy in Hollywood. He went on to found Propaganda in 1987 with fellow directors Dominic Sena, Greg Gold and Nigel Dick. Fincher has directed TV commercials for clients that include: Nike, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Heinekin, Pepsi, Levi's, Converse, AT & T, and Chanel. He has directed music videos for: Madonna, Sting, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, George Michael, Iggy Pop, The Wallflowers, Billy Idol, Stevie Winwood, The Motels and, most recently, A Perfect Circle.As a film director, he has achieved huge success with Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999) and, most recently, Panic Room (2002).
Trivia random: While growing up in Marin County, one of his neighbors was George Lucas.
Citazione random: "Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't know what the point was. The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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