There are few filmmakers out there with a style of directing so unique and specific that it’s become an adjective to describe other films. Like Hitchcock or Kubrick, David Fincher has become one of those filmmakers. The director has dived in a few different genres, while always preserving his unique, “Fincher-esque” style, but one genre we probably won’t see him dive into any time soon? Comedies.
Speaking in an interview with Empire, Fincher took the time to answer a ton of fan questions, including one about the darkly comedy in most of his films. Sure, “Gone Girl,” “Seven,” and “Zodiac” are incredibly suspenseful thrillers, but they at times do get into satirization territory, but has Fincher ever considered making a proper comedy? “No, not an out-and-out comedy. I think that when you’re making films that have a lot of… depravity, and are about serious subjects, you have to temper that,” Fincher responded.
“I mean, ‘Fight Club‘ is satire and ‘Gone Girl’ is satire, so the comic side of that is not one of necessarily going, Wah-wah-wahhh,'” he continued. “You’re not doling out jokes. So if that’s what you mean by out-and-out comedy, no.” However, Fincher admits there is one comedy he does wish he had made, though that one too is a bit of a drama. “I mean, I would love to read a script of ‘Being There’, had it not been made, and make something like that. But I guess that’s satire, too. I find a lot of comedy, with air quotes, to be a little obsequious.”
That he won’t make a proper comedy doesn’t mean Fincher doesn’t have a good sense of humor. When asked if we can “get a David Fincher ‘Star Wars’ or MCU movie” the director simply responded: “Yeah, can we?”