The shot appears to be some sort of homage to the famous Rolling Stone cover featuring Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Only it’s a sock-wearing Ben Affleck awkwardly cuddled up to a scantily clad Rosamund Pike. They’re in character, and she’s dead (complete with toe tag) and he looks like he’s about to start giggling from sheer awkwardness, and they’re in a morgue on top of a gurney. It’s weird.
Granted, the movie’s about a man suspected of killing his missing wife, but still—”99 movies, TV shows, albums and books to die for” is laying it on a little thick.
Also, for the record, Fincher doesn’t give a crap about “likable characters” (which certainly explains why he took this particular project):
“I don’t know what ‘likable’ is. I know people who are doting parents, who give to charity, drive Priuses, all those things, who are insufferable a- -holes,” he says. “I like people who get s - - - done.”
I never want to be stuck in an elevator with David Fincher.
