I am required by music video bylaws to post almost anything directed by David Fincher. This is not a bad thing.
The Gone Girl trailer has hit the interwebs — based upon the 2012 bestseller by Gillian Flynn — with Ben Affleck as a husband suspected of having something to do with the disappearance of his wife.
As with Fincher's last film, The Social Network, the trailer is synced to an effective and unusual piece of music. Social Network rolled with a haunting, orchestral version of Radiohead "Creep"; Gone Girl goes with Psychedelic Fur singer Richard Butler's verison of the Charles Aznavour classic "She," which was also resurrected by Elvis Costello for the Notting Hill soundtrack.
And just so you see how my brain works, here's some quick thoughts:
- Is it just me, or does the trailer version of "She" sound like something Pandora served up on the same automated playlist as "Creep," thus proving my theory on how to be a successful music supervision works?
- Is the use of "She" a sly dig at Spike Jonze's Her?
- Yes, music video fans, Emily Ratajkowski has a role in Gone Girl. You know Emily as the topless girl from "Blurred Lines".
- The teaser site for Gone Girl is findamazingamy.com and it's quite clever and simple.
- The poster image uses "Don't Know What You've Got Til It's..." as the tagline, which hopefully means that the Cinderella song was likely pitched to Fincher as an end title track, which likely resulted in said person being fired.
Gone Girl opens October 3, 2014.
