The FiFi Report 171

Zodiac…Directed by David Fincher, director of SEVEN and FIGHT CLUB
Based on: An adaptation of the Robert Graysmith book
Genre: scary Hairy macleary Thriller
Subtitles: For the mumbles of American cops
Who: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey,Mark Ruffalo, Chloe Sevigny Dermot Mulroney
The Plot: San Francisco 1960’s, 7o’s: Young couple are murdered. Killer sends notes to newspapers. Kills again randomly. City struck with fear. Everyone is scared. Especially me. Evil, mean and wicked Killer sends more notes to newspapers. Leaves Zodiac signs on the notes. Handsome Jake Gyllenghaal is a cartoonist on newspaper. Was a boy Scout. I believe that. Becomes obsessed with the murders. Someone calls handsome Jake breathing heavily. (Clue: it wasn’t me). Who is the killer? How could Jake’s wife leave HIM? A mystery . The end.
Acting: Jake is great, Robert Downey plays himself drunk and on drugs, Mark Ruffallo is his usual cop, Chloe Sevigney her usual bored self.
Photography: Interesting 70’s style
Design: Cool 70’s, kitsch interiors. 
Wardrobe: Love the 60’s shifts, the 70’s groovy safari suits and the crazy check pants Salon de Beaute: Not a lot in a scary thriller about murders. Apply eye cream later.
Botox: bring it on. Then swallow Valium. All that frowning ages 10 years. Perhaps ditch the botox it’s so scary you are frozen anyway.
Waterproof Mascara: No crying or laughing…but apply lashings just for Jake.
Blood ’n’ Guts: Oh my lord. Close eyes.
Mind drifted to shopping: in the boring bits where men talk about statistics
Smokin’ smooches: I wish
Car chases: it’s a cop movie.
Rename It: Obsession
Movie Mistake: In the scene the morning after the taxi driver murder, the detectives were driving on a San Francisco street where a ‘bus lane only’ diamond was visible/painted on the street. These did not exist then. So there.
Best Review: “ David Fincher’s magnificently obsessive new film Zodiac is part police procedural, part monster movie, a funereal entertainment that is a testament to this cinematic savant’s gifts.” New York Times
Best Worst Review; “ This movie just goes on and on and on, with a marked lack of dramatic tension. Two hours forty minutes, but if you blink you miss the guy they blame for the killings.” tonymedley.com
See it or donate to the Prada Bag fund: Intelligent, mysterious and as stylish as a Prada bag. It makes your heart beat just as fast and gives you the same sweaty palms Why do we love Prada? It’s all just a mystery.
http://www.zodiacmovie.com/