Gone Girl

Gone Girl

Amy and Nick Dunne were, from the outside, an exemplary couple. During the crisis, they leave Manhattan, where they lived, and move to Missouri, Nick's hometown. Having lived together for five years, the husband and wife are going to celebrate their wedding anniversary, which should be attended by their relatives and friends. However, the guests are in for a surprise - an exemplary man declares that Amy has disappeared. Clouds of reporters and policemen, black fame for the husband of the missing woman and a huge amount of suspicion that it was Nick Dunn who killed his lover. After all, all the evidence, which seems to have been left on purpose, indicates that this is not just a disappearance, it happened together with violence. Nick's attempts to conduct his own investigations and prove to the people that he is innocent are shattered by secrets and skeletons in the couple's closet. Read more The manuscript of Gillian Flynn's novel, even before its official publication, was already of interest to one of the Hollywood agents. After reading the script for the book, future film producer Leslie Dixon wanted Reese Witherspoon to play the female lead. The actress was also interested in this plot and for some time she was listed as the future performer of the novel's heroine. Later, she was replaced by Rosamund Pike, who overtook Rooney Mara, Abbey Cornish, Natalie Portman and other Hollywood stars in the race for the role. Ben Affleck, who played Nick Dunne, postponed the shooting of his film specifically to work with David Fincher on "Lost". Shooting of the thriller began in September 2013. Gillian Flynn, the author of the book, was the sole screenwriter of the film adaptation. While working on the story for the film, he himself changed a lot, which he talked about at the stage of initial work. David Fincher's team mainly worked in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. However, some scenes for "Lost" were also shot in Los Angeles. As a working tool for the operator, it was decided to turn to RED Epic Dragon 6K cameras, the resolution of which exceeds HD by nine times. Such cameras were used for the first time in cinematography.