Gone Girl.
Key Cast: Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Gillian Flynn
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Themes: Murder, Mystery, Relationships, Family
Release: October 2014
Budget: $61,000,000
After his wife disappears, Nick Dunne becomes the focus of the police investigation as all the evidence points to him being his wife's killer even though he insists that he is innocent.
One of the most important scenes within the film is shown right at the very end where Amy Dunne is in the hospital being question by all the police along with the lead investigator of the case. In the scene it shows Amy Dunne explaining her version of the story of what happened to her. In this scene the lead officer, detective Rhonda Boney, is trying to ask her about the expensive "goods" that was found in Margo's shed. Amy tries to ignore the question by continuing with the story. She avoids the question because she has no answer. This is important as none of the other police officers are asking about the things that don't add up. They see her as the victim and they do not think that she has anything to hide. Because they think that they know what she is like, they do not question her role within the crime. This shows that she has managed to manipulate everyone into thinking that she is the victim. This is an important scene as it shows that the police want an easy way out of it. They have been given an explanation into the event but fail to look deeper into it.
This scene is followed by the husband talking to one of the officers in the case about the event. Nick questions how she manages to escape but the officer replies "cant you just be happy that your wife is back". The officer thought that the husband was behind the disappearance, so when the husband comments on the strange event the officer dismisses what he has to say. The police are ignoring the evidence as they believe what the wife says even though the event is far-fetched. This is important as it shows that because she was portrayed in the media as kind and loving, everyone doesn't know the other side of her personality. Everyone feel sympathetic towards Amy so they don't question what happened to her because they don't feel as if she would lie about the event as she has no reason to. Because they believed that the husband was behind the wife's disappearance they do not fully trust him, so when he questions his wife's story the police are annoyed that he his not happy that his wife is back. The husband doesn't trust the wife but the police do (all except Rhonda Boney).
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Performance is important in this film especially towards the end of the film. When Amy returns home, she desperately has to become the perfect wife to back up her story and take away suspicion from her husband, Nick. Because she is the focus of the media she has to become the sweetheart everybody thinks she is. This is important as it shows how she is able to turn on and off her sadistic personality. The performance is important in this film because it is used to trick both the people in the film and the audience. This achieves this by showing the nicer side of Amy at the beginning of the film by showing her to be a caring and kind. This sets up the film as it makes the audience question why she has disappeared and why anyone would want to harm her, ultimately forcing the blame on the husband. Then towards the end of the film the audience sees her sadistic, evil side by the film showing how the events unfolded. It shows that she she has meticulously planned her disappearance and death in order to get back at her husband. This makes the reveal all that more twisted as no one could believe that such an innocent person could be so deceiving.
Overall, this film achieves its desired affect of surprising the audience as they go to see the film expecting to see what the beginning of the film gives them, which is a classic missing persons story when in fact the ending is completely different and unexpected.
Performance is important in this film especially towards the end of the film. When Amy returns home, she desperately has to become the perfect wife to back up her story and take away suspicion from her husband, Nick. Because she is the focus of the media she has to become the sweetheart everybody thinks she is. This is important as it shows how she is able to turn on and off her sadistic personality. The performance is important in this film because it is used to trick both the people in the film and the audience. This achieves this by showing the nicer side of Amy at the beginning of the film by showing her to be a caring and kind. This sets up the film as it makes the audience question why she has disappeared and why anyone would want to harm her, ultimately forcing the blame on the husband. Then towards the end of the film the audience sees her sadistic, evil side by the film showing how the events unfolded. It shows that she she has meticulously planned her disappearance and death in order to get back at her husband. This makes the reveal all that more twisted as no one could believe that such an innocent person could be so deceiving.
Overall, this film achieves its desired affect of surprising the audience as they go to see the film expecting to see what the beginning of the film gives them, which is a classic missing persons story when in fact the ending is completely different and unexpected.
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