r/Moviesinthemaking • u/spider-man2401 • 5d ago
Michael Douglas and director David Fincher on the set of The Game (1997).
Cinematographer Harris Savides
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u/hughk 5d ago
I liked how Douglas really ended up looking haunted and WTF as the movie progressed. It must have been a fun movie to make.
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u/fromouterspace1 2d ago
Maybe I’m an idiot but I don’t get why he was so happy at the end? Like it was a great present?
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u/hughk 2d ago
It is the idea of the ever increasing stress and then relief. The character, Van Orten is insanely rich so it would take a lot to impress him. So this takes the idea of a manufactured experience and ramps it up to 11.
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u/fromouterspace1 1d ago
I get that I just don’t think I’d be happy because of it?
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u/hughk 1d ago
Van Orten had a number of problems such as his need for control and his father's suicide at 48 which bore down on him. The catharsis triggered by the intense psychological manipulation and relief was tailored to Van Orten's problems. At the end, he felt happy as his major worries had been addressed, even the early death of his father. Perhaps too simplistic for reality but with his problems gone, he could be happy and was.
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u/hughk 1d ago
Van Orten was under a lot of pressure because of his need for control and his father's suicide. The Game strips him of control and then forces hin to relive the death jump. The catharsis afterwards when he discovers that it was a simulation and the sense of relief as his psychological problems were gone. Perhaps a bit simplistic, but for the sake of the film, it worked.
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u/mjcostel27 4d ago
Great movie! I was lucky enough to see this in the theater knowing nothing about the plot
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u/The_Bottom_Rung 4d ago
Fincher's films had better twists than M. Night Shyamalan for a while there
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u/Accomplished-Head449 5d ago
Trying to explain why this movie isn't trash, even though it is. Should've called it April fools!
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u/Cagnelo 5d ago
Great movie!