A film both timely and prescient, David Fincher’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010) was honored with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “THE SOCIAL NETWORK captures the zeitgeist of 2010, a world defined by the difference between ‘friending’ and being a friend. A whip-smart screenplay by Aaron Sorkin unfolds at a pace as lightning-quick as the creation of the society-changing technology it chronicles. David Fincher’s beautifully realized direction syncs all the talents and tools at his fingertips to provide a penetrating look at the dark undercurrents of monumental success and the discontent it can ensnare in its web. Jesse Eisenberg’s deeply resonant performance as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg updates his status to America’s fastest rising star.”
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