Macho posturing? The whole film was an attack on notions of masculinity. That's like saying Dr Strangelove is a war-mongering film. And yeah, it was exaggerated. Most comedies are.
I believe it will become influential, for exactly the same reasons people are citing for Citizen Kane. What Fincher did from a technical standpoint in that movie had only been hinted at in previous films. The shot behind the fridge, the camera move through the bullet-hole in the glass windscreen, the drop down from the skyscraper window to street level...
Why, when people appreciate the technical innovations in old movies, are they considered cinephiles when people who appreciate the technical innovations in modern ones are just fools being dazzled by eye candy?
Perfume V - he tries, bless him.
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