Fincher's style of work theory, which reminds him of the assassin in "The Killer" *Note! Contains spoilers

*This article contains spoilers about the ending of the movie, so we recommend you read it after watching the movie.

The Killer Synopsis

After a mission goes wrong, an assassin finds himself fighting against his employer. As he chases around the world, he battles with himself to make sure he doesn't let personal feelings get in the way of achieving his goal, even if it means taking revenge on his employer.

Index

• The Smiths as stained glass windows
• Depicting a tedious process
• A tale of revenge not swayed by personal feelings

The Smiths as stained glass windows

The love story of the movie " (500) Days of Summer) begins to spin with a bang when Summer (Zooey Deschanel) says to Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who is listening to music on headphones, "I like The Smiths too." The band The Smiths, which swept through the 80s like a tornado, completely destroyed the macho rock image with their introspective lyrics and delicate guitar sound. The boys who love The Smiths are introverted culture types, and the girls who love The Smiths are like muses who save them. Their music is wrapped in a certain symbolism.

In David Fincher's The Killer (23), the mysterious assassin played by Michael Fassbender also listens to The Smiths all the time. While preaching his own rules: "Plan it, predict it, don't improvise," he plays " How Soon Is Now? ", " Bigmouth Strikes Again ," and " I Know It's Over " on heavy rotation. And David Fincher himself was a fan who had been listening to their music for a long time.

"How Soon Is Now" Music Video

"I knew I wanted to use ' How Soon Is Now ' and I liked the idea of ​​him listening to music to help with his anxiety. I liked it as a meditation tape and it's a light-hearted, funny song. I don't think there's a collection of music by a recording artist that has such a deep personality and such wit at the same time. I thought it would be fun to give people a window into him through the mixtape." (*1)

Originally, post-punk bands like Joy Division and Siouxsie and the Banshees were also planned to be used, but due to copyright issues, songs that were dropped were replaced with songs by The Smiths, and before you know it, the film is filled with their music.

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Edgar Wright's " Baby Driver " (2017) was also a story about a getaway man who always listens to music with headphones. The playlist of the main character, Baby (Ansel Elgort), includes Simon & Garfunkel, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Beach Boys, T. Rex, Beck, Blur, and others. However, in "The Killer," only The Smiths plays. As a result, this choice makes it clear that the assassin is an introverted, non-macho person.

In the words of David Fincher, "The Smiths are a stained-glass window into who this man was."(2)

Depicting a tedious process