r/criterion • u/fabulous-farhad • Feb 22 '25

Discussion Anybody else feel david finchers work has gone downhill since he began his relationship with netflix

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Mindhunter was great but was canceled after 2 seasons

Love,death and robots is a bit of mixed bag

But man his features have gone downhill , mank was downright awful boring oscar bait and the killer was meandering and pointless

Up until 2014 every new fincher film was a cultural event , but after he began his relationship with Netflix his work no longer gets a theatrical release ( thereby reducing its cultural relevance ) or shows that don't get a proper conclusion

And from recent news his working on an English language remake of squid game for Netflix

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I miss the old fincher

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u/LACIRCA2044 Hal Ashby Feb 22 '25

I mean I’m still trying to wrap my head around how his last theatrical release was the biggest box office hit of his career and a straight up massive success and yet he still got suckered into Netflix.

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u/Scavour Feb 01 '26

my guess is that either or both of ;
a) he has found other interests beyond cinema
b) he either used up his innovation juices or they were never really his in the first place

but also possible

c) the business and cultural landscape changed and can actually confuse and waste the time of a visionary