The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 psychological crime thriller film based on the 2005 novel by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was directed by David Fincher with a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Starring Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, it tells the story of Blomkvist's investigation to find out what happened to a woman from a wealthy family who disappeared 40 years prior. He recruits the help of Salander, a computer hacker. A co-production of the United States, United Kingdom and Sweden, Sony Pictures Entertainment began development on the film in 2009.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Introduction
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 psychological crime thriller film based on the 2005 novel by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was directed by David Fincher with a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Starring Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, it tells the story of Blomkvist's investigation to find out what happened to a woman from a wealthy family who disappeared 40 years prior. He recruits the help of Salander, a computer hacker. A co-production of the United States, United Kingdom and Sweden, Sony Pictures Entertainment began development on the film in 2009.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Introduction
The film was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2011 and was a candidate for numerous awards, winning, among others, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, while Mara's performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Introduction
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" received positive reviews from critics, with particular note to the cast, tone, score and cinematography. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 86%, based on 249 reviews, with an average rating of 7.59/10. The site's consensus states, "Brutal yet captivating, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is the result of David Fincher working at his lurid best with total role commitment from star Rooney Mara." At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score, the film received an average score of 71 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
It took the company a few months to obtain the rights to the novel, while also recruiting Zaillian and Fincher. The casting process for the lead roles was exhaustive and intense; Craig faced scheduling conflicts, and a number of actresses were sought for the role of Lisbeth Salander. The script took over six months to write, which included three months of analyzing the novel. The film premiered at Odeon Leicester Square in London on December 12, 2011. A critical and commercial success, the film grossed $232.6 million on a $90 million budget and received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised Craig and Mara's performances as well as the film's somber tone.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Introduction
Fincher said "And we all almost pissed ourselves, we were laughing so hard. No, actually, it’s worse than that. He said, ‘Orinoco Flow!’ Everybody looked at each other, like, what is he talking about? And he said, ‘You know, “Sail away, sail away...”’ And I thought, this guy is going to make Blomkvist as metro as we need."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Filming
This was supported by Morgenstern, who avouched that Craig "nonetheless finds welcome humor in Mikael's impassive affect". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" said the film was given a more assured quality than the original because of Fincher's direction and the lead performances, although he believed this did not always work to the film's advantage, preferring the original version's "less confident surface" where "emotions were closer to the surface."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
"We weren’t working on a finished thing, so everything keeps moving around, scenes are changing in length, and even the order of things are shuffled around, and that can get pretty frustrating when you get precious about your work. It was a lesson we learned pretty quickly of, 'Everything is in flux, and approach it as such. Hopefully it’ll work out in the end.'"
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Soundtrack
Mara's performance, in particular, was admired by commentators. A revelation in the eyes of "Entertainment Weekly" Owen Gleiberman, he proclaimed that her character was more important than "her ability to solve a crime". Her "hypnotic" portrayal was noted by Justin Chang of "Variety", as well as "Salon" critic Andrew O'Hehir, who wrote, "Rooney Mara is a revelation as Lisbeth Salander, the damaged, aggressive computer geek and feminist revenge angel, playing the character as far more feral and vulnerable than Noomi Rapace’s borderline-stereotype sexpot Goth girl." Scott Tobias of "The A.V. Club" enjoyed the chemistry between Mara and Craig, as did David Germain of the Associated Press; "Mara and Craig make an indomitable screen pair, he nominally leading their intense search into decades-old serial killings, she surging ahead, plowing through obstacles with flashes of phenomenal intellect and eruptions of physical fury." Although Puig found Mara inferior to Rapace in playing Salander, with regard to Craig's performance, he said that the actor shone.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
The film grossed more than $10 million in North America in a limited release of 202 theatres. The total gross worldwide is $104,617,430.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Box office
The total international gross for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was $130.1 million. MGM, one of the studios involved in the production, posted a "modest loss" and declared that they had expected the film to gross at least 10% more.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
"The Girl in the Spider's Web" was notably the first adaptation of an installment in the book series to be produced into an English-language film upon its initial release. By March 2017, Álvarez announced that the film would have an entirely new cast, as he wanted the entire film to be his interpretation of the story. In September of the same year, Claire Foy was cast as Lisbeth Salander, replacing Mara. The film released in the U.S. on November 9, 2018.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Sequel
Rene Rodriguez of "The Miami Herald" said that the "fabulously sinister entertainment" surpassed the original film "in every way". The film took two and a half stars from "Rolling Stone" commentator Peter Travers, who concluded: "Fincher's "Girl" is gloriously rendered but too impersonal to leave a mark." A. O. Scott, writing for "The New York Times", admired the moments of "brilliantly orchestrated" anxiety and confusion, but felt that "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was vulnerable to the "lumbering proceduralism" that he saw in its literary counterpart, as evident with the "long stretches of drab, hackneyed exposition that flatten the atmosphere".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo () is a 2009 crime thriller film directed by Niels Arden Oplev from a screenplay by Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, the first entry in his "Millennium" series. The film stars Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace. That same year, two sequels, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", were released in September and November, respectively.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Introduction
She then uses a tattoo machine to brand Bjurman's abdomen with the message "I am a sadist pig and a rapist".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Plot
In 2011, Fincher followed the success of "The Social Network" with "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", a psychological thriller based on the novel by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson"." Screenwriter Steven Zaillian spent three months analyzing the novel, writing notes and deleting elements to achieve a suitable running time. Featuring Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, it follows Blomkvist's investigation to solve what happened to a woman from a wealthy family who disappeared four decades ago. To maintain the novel's setting, the film was primarily shot in Sweden. The soundtrack, composed by collaborators Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, was described by A.
David Fincher | 2011–present
A screening for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" took place on November 28, 2011, as part of a critics-only event hosted by the New York Film Critics Circle. Commentators at the event predicted that while the film would become a contender for several accolades, it would likely not become a forerunner in the pursuit for Academy Award nominations. A promotional campaign commenced thereafter, including a Lisbeth Salander-inspired collection, designed by Trish Summerville for H&M. The worldwide premiere was at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on December 12, 2011, followed by the American opening at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 14 and Stockholm the next day.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Pre-release
In one instance, Blomkvist is strangled by strips of newspaper, a metaphor for the establishment squelching his exposes.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Title sequence
In addition to numerous awards, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was included on several year-end lists by film commentators and publications. It was named the best film of 2011 by MTV and James Berardinelli of "ReelViews". The former wrote, "The director follows up the excellent "Social Network" with another tour de force, injecting the murder mystery that introduces us to outcast hacker Lisbeth Salander [...] and embattled journalist [...] with style, intensity and relentless suspense. Mara is a revelation, and the film's daunting 160-minute runtime breezes by thanks to one heart-racing scene after the next. Dark and tough to watch at times, but a triumph all around." The film came second in "indieWire" list of "Drew Taylor's Favorite Films Of 2011", while reaching the top ten of seven other publications, including the "St.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Accolades
Similar results were achieved in Australia, where it reached 252 theaters. The film's momentum continued throughout the month, and by January 22, it had hit ten additional markets, including France and Mexico, from which it drew $3.25 million from 540 venues and $1.25 million from 540 theaters, respectively. In its second week in France it descended to number three, with a total gross of $5.8 million. The next major international release came in Japan on February 13, where it opened in first place with $3.68 million (¥288 million) in 431 theaters. By the weekend of February 17–19, the film had scooped up $119.5 million from international markets.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
A Tumblr blog entitled "Mouth Taped Shut" was launched on August 20, 2011, releasing behind-the-scenes photographs of the shooting and production of the film. On October 3, the blog posted a YouTube video of custom posters for the film being printed, with backing music by Reznor and Ross. The blog was also used extensively to promote a public preview of the film, and had hosted snapshots of the score in progress.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | "Mouth Taped Shut"
Louis Post-Dispatch", "San Francisco Chronicle", and the "New Orleans Times-Picayune". "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was declared one of the best films of the year by the American Film Institute, as well as the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Accolades
, 1,478,230 units had been sold, grossing $22,195,069.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Home media
Rooney Mara – "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" as Lisbeth Salander "The Tree of Life" – Emmanuel Lubezki
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2011 | Best Actress
Principal photography concluded in Oslo, Norway, where production took place at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Recorded for over fifteen hours, twelve extras were sought for background roles. Filming also took place in the United Kingdom and the United States. In one sequence the character Martin Vanger plays the song "Orinoco Flow" by Enya before beginning his torture of Mikael Blomkvist. David Fincher, the director, said that he believed that Martin "doesn’t like to kill, he doesn’t like to hear the screams, without hearing his favorite music" so therefore the character should play a song during the scene. Daniel Craig, the actor who played Blomkvist, selected "Orinoco Flow" on his iPod as a candidate song.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Filming
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was well received by critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a normalized score of 85% based on 188 reviews, with an average score of 7.27/10 and declares it "Certified Fresh". The critical consensus is: "Its graphic violence and sprawling length will prove too much for some viewers to take, but Noomi Rapace's gripping performance makes "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" an unforgettable viewing experience." Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 76% based on reviews from 36 critics. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film four out of four stars, noting that "[the film] is a compelling thriller to begin with, but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Critical response
By the weekend of January 6–8, 2012, the film grossed $12.2 million for a total of $29 million; this included its expansion into Hong Kong, where it topped the box office, earning $470,000 from thirty-six establishments. The film similarly led the field in South Africa. It accumulated $6.6 million from an estimated 600 theaters over a seven-day period in Russia, placing fifth. The expansion continued into the following week, opening in nine markets. The week of January 13–15 saw the film yield $16.1 million from 3,910 locations in over forty-three territories, thus propelling the international gross to $49.3 million. It debuted at second place in Austria and Germany, where in the latter, it pulled $2.9 million from 525 locations.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
Sony's target demographics were men and women over the age of 25 and 17–34. The film went into general release in North America on December 21, at 2,700 theaters, expanding to 2,974 theaters on its second day. The United Kingdom release was on December 26, Russia on January 1, 2012, and Japan on February 13. India and Vietnam releases were abandoned due to censorship concerns. A press statement from the Central Board of Film Certification stated: "Sony Pictures will not be releasing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in India. The censor board has judged the film unsuitable for public viewing in its unaltered form and, while we are committed to maintaining and protecting the vision of the director, we will, as always, respect the guidelines set by the board." In contrast, the National Film Board of Vietnam insisted that the film's withdrawal had no relation to rigid censorship guidelines, as it had not been reviewed by the committee.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Pre-release
The number of theaters slightly increased to 2,950. By the fifth week, the number of theaters shrank to 1,907, and grosses to $3.7 million, though it remained within the national top ten. The film completed its North American theatrical run on March 22, 2012, earning over $102.5 million. The international debut was in six Scandinavian markets on December 19–25, 2011, securing $1.6 million from 480 venues. In Sweden the film opened in 194 theaters to strong results, accounting for more than half of international revenue at the time ($950,000). The first full week in the United Kingdom collected $6.7 million from 920 theaters.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
I felt I had to really integrate myself into this world to develop a true sense of place for the film. It was not just about understanding the physicality of the locations, but the metaphysics of them, and how the way people live comes out through design." Principal photography began in Stockholm, Sweden in September 2010. Production mostly took place at multiple locations in the city's central business district, including at the Stockholm Court House. One challenge was realizing the Vanger estate. They picked an eighteenth-century French architecture mansion Hofsta located approximately southwest of Stockholm. Filmmakers wanted to use a typical "manor from Småland" that was solemn, formal, and "very Old Money".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Filming
A teaser trailer for the film was released online on June 2, 2011, (previously being attached to certain domestic and international films), featuring a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song", by Reznor, Ross and Karen O (from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs). On August 10, the film's official website was updated to feature background music "She Reminds Me of You", under the filename "Dotcom.mp3". As was the case with "Hand Covers Bruise" from "The Social Network's" official site, this backing music was the first piece from the score to be available for listening. A full-length trailer for the film was released on September 22, featuring music from the score again, the first time the score had been specifically set to footage.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Promotion
Lisbeth calls him again the next day, but when she goes to meet with Bjurman, he handcuffs her to his bed, and beats and rapes her. Lisbeth secretly records the encounter with a hidden device. She later returns to Bjurman, uses a taser to incapacitate him, ties him up, rapes him with a dildo, shows him the hidden camera footage, explains what she really does for a living, and tells him that she is taking back control of her money and her life. If anything happens to her, then the film will be released, and any threat to her will result in the same outcome.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Plot
Fincher's film grossed $232.6 million during its theatrical run. The film's American release grossed $1.6 million from its Tuesday night screenings, a figure that increased to $3.5 million by the end of its first day of general release. It maintained momentum into its opening weekend, accumulating $13 million for a total of $21 million in domestic revenue. The film's debut figures fell below media expectations. Aided by positive word of mouth, its commercial performance remained steady into the second week, posting $19 million from 2,914 theaters. The third week saw box office drop 24% to $11.3 million, totaling $76.8 million.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Craig Moss and starring Kathryn Fiore, Flip Schultz, and Olivia Alexander. The film parodies several films and generally follows the plots of "Paranormal Activity" and "The Devil Inside".
30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Introduction
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film in a DVD and Blu-ray disc combo pack in the United States on March 20, 2012. Bonus features include a commentary from Fincher, featurettes on Blomkvist, Salander, the sets and locations, etc. The disc artwork for the DVD version of the film resembles a Sony brand DVD-R, a reference to the hacker Lisbeth Salander. This caused a bit of confusion in the marketplace with consumers thinking they had obtained a bootleg copy. The release sold 644,000 copies in its first week, in third place behind "The Muppets" and "Hop". The following week, the film sold an additional 144,000 copies generating $2.59 million in gross revenue.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Home media
The success of Stieg Larsson's novel created Hollywood interest in adapting the book, as became apparent in 2009, when Lynton and Pascal pursued the idea of developing an "American" version unrelated to the Swedish film adaptation released that year. By December, two major developments occurred for the project: Steven Zaillian, who had recently completed the script for "Moneyball" (2011), became the screenwriter, while producer Scott Rudin finalized a partnership allocating full copyrights to Sony. Zaillian, who was unfamiliar with the novel, got a copy from Rudin. The screenwriter recalled, "They sent it to me and said, 'We want to do this.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Conception and writing
A disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece who has been missing for forty years. He is aided by the young computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything anyone could have anticipated.
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011)
We will think of it as one thing for now. It's possible that it can be two and three, but let's concentrate on this one.'" After reading the book, the screenwriter did no research on the subject. Fincher, who was requested with partner Cean Chaffin by Sony executives to read the novel, was astounded by the series' size and success. As they began to read, the duo noticed that it had a tendency to take "readers on a lot of side trips"—"from detailed explanations of surveillance techniques to angry attacks on corrupt Swedish industrialists," professed "The Hollywood Reporter" Gregg Kilday.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Conception and writing
Seydoux auditioned to play Lisbeth Salander in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", but the part ultimately went to actress Rooney Mara. Seydoux recalled in an interview: "I got upset, but I don't think I'd be able to do anything to get that part. It was totally against my nature. I worked hard, but Lisbeth was almost anorexic. I wasn't like that".
Léa Seydoux | 2008–2012
Cronenweth commented, "It's always an element in the background and it was very important that you feel it as an audience member. The winter becomes like a silent character in the film giving everything a low, cool-colored light that is super soft and non-direct." To get acquainted with Swedish culture, Burt set out on a month-long expedition across the country. He said of the process, "It takes time to start really taking in the nuances of a culture, to start seeing the themes that recur in the architecture, the landscape, the layouts of the cities and the habits of the people.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Filming
Fincher recruited Reznor and Ross to produce the score; aside from their successful collaboration on "The Social Network", the duo had worked together on albums from Nine Inch Nails' later discography. They dedicated much of the year to work on the film, as they felt it would appeal to a broad audience. Akin to his efforts in "The Social Network", Reznor experiments with acoustics and blends them with elements of electronic music, resulting in a forbidding atmosphere. "We wanted to create the sound of coldness—emotionally and also physically," he asserted, "We wanted to take lots of acoustic instruments [...] and transplant them into a very inorganic setting, and dress the set around them with electronics." Even before viewing the script, Reznor and Ross opted to use a redolent approach to creating the film's score.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Soundtrack
In the 2009 Swedish version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and its two sequels, Blomkvist is played by Michael Nyqvist. In the 2011 English adaptation, Blomkvist is played by Daniel Craig. In "The Girl in the Spider's Web", he is portrayed by Sverrir Gudnason.
Mikael Blomkvist | In film
In December 2011, Fincher stated that the creative team involved planned to film the sequels "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", "back to back." There was an announced release date of 2013 for a film version of "The Girl Who Played with Fire", although by August 2012 it was delayed due to changes being done to the script, being written by Steven Zaillian. By July 2013, Andrew Kevin Walker was hired to re-write the script. The following year, Fincher stated that a script for "The Girl that Played with Fire" had been written and that it was "extremely different from the book," and that despite the long delay, he was confident that the film would be made given that the studio "already has spent millions of dollars on the rights and the script".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Sequel
In March 2017, it was announced that the film would feature an entirely new cast as the director wanted to be able to create his own interpretation of the source material. Production set to begin in September 2017. In September 2017, Foy was officially cast in the starring role. By October, Sylvia Hoeks joined the cast as Camilla Salander. The rest of the cast was announced over the next five months.
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | "The Girl in the Spider's Web"
Bjurman also takes over control of Lisbeth's bank account and refuses to let her access her own money. Lisbeth lies to Bjurman about the nature of her work by pretending that she is just an office assistant. Lisbeth is attacked by a group of drunk thugs in the subway. Although she manages to fight them off, her laptop is broken. She visits a hacker friend of hers, "Plague", who can save the hard drive and let her use his spare PC, but only until she can get a replacement laptop. She goes to see Bjurman, who forces her to perform fellatio on him in return for the money that she needs to buy a new computer; he refuses to give her the full amount she needs.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Plot
Mara was less optimistic about the production of the sequels, though she stated that she was still contractually signed on to reprise the lead role. By November 2015, it was announced that Sony was considering rebooting the franchise, before settling on continuing the film series with an adaptation of "The Girl in the Spider's Web". The story is based on a 2015 novel by David Lagercrantz that was a continuation of the original "Millennium" trilogy after series creator Stieg Larsson died in 2004. Looking for a new lead in the series, Alicia Vikander was considered by the studio. The following year, Fede Álvarez was announced by Sony as director, as well as co-screenwriter with Steven Knight and Jay Basu.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Sequel
An image posted on "Mouth Taped Shut" showed Reznor in the studio, working on the score. On close inspection, however, the monitor of his computer displayed the url, http://www.comesforthinthethaw.com, which when typed in linked to a site featuring an ever-evolving array of further background music accompanied to various film stills.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | "...Comes Forth in the Thaw"
He spends a lot of time with his girlfriend, Leslie. They smoke marijuana, drink alcohol, hike, and fish. Sandoval also visits his infant son, Sid, and his ex-girlfriend, Angela. He gets a tattoo of a rocket with "Sid" written across it. At the tattoo parlour, Leslie flips through a skateboard book in which Sandoval is pictured as representative of "odd".
Dragonslayer (2011 film) | Synopsis
David Denby of "The New Yorker" asserted that the austere, but captivating installment presented a "glancing, chilled view" of a world where succinct moments of loyalty coexisted with constant trials of betrayal. To "USA Today" columnist Claudia Puig, Fincher captures the "menace and grim despair in the frosty Scandinavian landscape" by carefully approaching its most gruesome features. Puig noted a surfeit of "stylistic flourishes" and "intriguing" changes in the narrative, compared to the original film. In his three-and-a-half star review, Chris Knight of the "National Post" argued that it epitomized a so-called "paradoxical position" that was both "immensely enjoyable and completely unnecessary".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
"The Wall Street Journal" Joe Morgenstern praised Cronenweth's cinematography, which he thought provided for glossy alterations in the film's darkness; "Stockholm glitters in nighttime exteriors, and its subway shines in a spectacular spasm of action involving a backpack." Rex Reed of "The New York Observer" professed that despite its occasional incomprehensibility, the movie was "technically superb" and "superbly acted". In contrast, Kyle Smith of "New York Post" censured the film, calling it "rubbish" and further commenting that it "demonstrates merely that masses will thrill to an unaffecting, badly written, psychologically shallow and deeply unlikely pulp story so long as you allow them to feel sanctified by the occasional meaningless reference to feminism or Nazis." The performances were a frequent topic in the critiques.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the score album for David Fincher's 2011 film of the same name, composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. It was released on December 9, 2011, through The Null Corporation in the US and Mute Records outside North America. This is the second soundtrack that Reznor and Ross have worked on together, following the Oscar-winning "The Social Network", also for Fincher. The soundtrack is nearly three hours long, and includes covers of the Led Zeppelin track, "Immigrant Song", featuring Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the Bryan Ferry song, "Is Your Love Strong Enough?", by Reznor and Ross' own band, How to Destroy Angels.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Introduction
Tim Miller, creative director for the title sequence, wanted to develop an abstract narrative that reflected the pivotal moments in the novel, as well as the character development of Lisbeth Salander. It was arduous for Miller to conceptualize the sequence abstractly, given that Salander's occupation was a distinctive part of her personality. His initial ideas were modeled after a keyboard. "We were going to treat the keyboard like this giant city with massive fingers pressing down on the keys," Miller explained, "Then we transitioned to the liquid going through the giant obelisks of the keys." Among Miller's many vignettes was "The Hacker Inside", which revealed the character's inner disposition and melted them away.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Title sequence
Instead of the typical three-act structure, they chose a five-act structure, with Fincher comparing the plot to "a lot of TV cop dramas."
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist once again teamup, only to become involved in a conspiracy of spies, cybercriminals, and corrupt government officials; only to discover the deception runs closer than they understand, with familiar ties to the pair.
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | "The Girl in the Spider's Web" (2018)
Henrik also shows Blomkvist a room whose walls are covered with pressed flowers. The first ones were gifts from Harriet, and since her disappearance, a flower has arrived each year from different places around the world. Henrik believes that Harriet's killer is sending them to taunt him. Salander, who was ruled mentally incompetent as a child, is placed in the custody of a new legal guardian, Nils Bjurman (Peter Andersson), after her previous guardian suffers a stroke. Bjurman makes it clear to Lisbeth that unless she does what he tells her, he will make her life very difficult and even threatens her with incarceration in a mental hospital.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Plot
Fincher recalled of the encounter: "The ballistic, ripping-yarn thriller aspect of it is kind of a red herring in a weird way. It is the thing that throws Salander and Blomkvist together, but it is their relationship you keep coming back to. I was just wondering what 350 pages Zaillian would get rid of." Because Zaillian was already cultivating the screenplay, the director avoided interfering. After a conversation, Fincher was comfortable "they were headed in the same direction". The writing process consumed approximately six months, including three months creating notes and analyzing the novel. Zaillian noted that as time progressed, the writing accelerated.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Conception and writing
A serial killer is about destruction; they get off on destroying something. It's not about having power over something, it's about eliminating it. What thrills them is slightly different." The duo wanted to expose the novels' pivotal themes, particularly misogyny. "We were committed to the tack that this is a movie about violence against women about specific kinds of degradation, and you can't shy away from that. But at the same time you have to walk a razor thin line so that the audience can viscerally feel the need for revenge but also see the power of the ideas being expressed." Instead of the typical three-act structure, they reluctantly chose a five-act structure, which Fincher pointed out is "very similar to a lot of TV cop dramas."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Conception and writing
Daniel Alfredson takes over from Niels Arden Oplev, who directed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", the first part of the trilogy.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Production
Unaware she is secretly recording one of their meetings, Bjurman brutally rapes her. At their next meeting, Salander tasers Bjurman, binds him to his bed, anally rapes him with a metallic dildo, and tattoos "I'm a rapist pig" across his torso. Using the secret recording she made, she blackmails him into securing her independence and having no further contact with her. Blomkvist explores the island and interviews various Vanger family members, learning some were Nazi sympathizers during World War II. He uncovers a list of names and numbers that his visiting daughter, Pernilla, notices are Bible verse references. Blomkvist discovers that Salander had researched him illegally, but rather than report it, he recruits her as his research assistant.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Plot
French premium pay television channel Canal+ aired extended versions of the three films as a miniseries between March and June 2010, before the theatrical release of the second and third films, consisting of six parts of 90 minutes each. The first part attracted 1.2 million viewers, the largest audience of a foreign series at Canal+ that year. The series aired on US pay-for-view cable networks in the weeks leading up to the release of David Fincher's 2011 film adaptation of the novel. A home video set of all six parts of the miniseries was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Music Box Home Entertainment on 6 December 2011.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | TV miniseries
In Stockholm, disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist is recovering from the legal and professional fallout of a libel suit brought against him by businessman Hans-Erik Wennerström, straining Blomkvist's relationship with his business partner and married lover, Erika Berger. Lisbeth Salander, a young, brilliant but antisocial investigator and hacker, compiles an extensive background check on Blomkvist for the wealthy Henrik Vanger, who offers Blomkvist evidence against Wennerström in exchange for an unusual task: investigate the 40-year-old disappearance and presumed murder of Henrik's grandniece, Harriet. Blomkvist agrees, and moves into a cottage on the Vanger family estate on Hedestad Island. Salander's state-appointed guardian, Holger Palmgren, suffers a stroke and is replaced by Nils Bjurman, a sadist who controls Salander's finances and extorts sexual favors by threatening to have her institutionalized.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Plot
The former premiered on KROQ radio on December 2, 2011, and was made available as a download to anyone who purchased the iTunes pre-order of the album. In addition, the file was accompanied with an extended, 8 minute trailer for the film, scored specifically by Reznor and Ross. On December 2, a six-song sampler of the album was made available for free online along with the pre-release of various different formats of the soundtrack. The score was nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe award for Best Original Score – Motion Picture, and won the 2012 Grammy award for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Introduction
The other books, "The Girl Who Played with Fire", and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", may be adapted, depending on box office performance. Fincher initially did not picture her as the character but changed his mind when she auditioned. He convinced executives at Columbia Pictures to cast her for the part. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" began shooting in Sweden in September 2010. Mara did not consider the film to be a remake, but another interpretation of the novel. "I plan on giving my interpretation of the character," she stated to "Variety". Mara's long brown hair was cut short and dyed black, in a style reminiscent of 1970s punk and 1980s goth fashions.
Rooney Mara | 2010–2016: Breakthrough and critical success
Fincher and Zaillian's central objective was to maintain the novel's setting. To portray Larsson's vision of Sweden, and the interaction of light on its landscape, Fincher cooperated with an artistic team that included cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth and production designer Donald Graham Burt. The film was wholly shot using Red Digital Cinema Camera Company's RED MX digital camera, chosen to help evoke Larsson's tone. The idea, according to Cronenweth, was to employ unorthodox light sources and maintain a realistic perspective. "So there may be shadows, there may be flaws, but it's reality. You allow silhouettes and darkness, but at the same time we also wanted shots to counter that, so it would not all be one continuous dramatic image." Sweden's climate was a crucial element in enhancing the mood.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Filming
At times tender but mostly pretty terrifying, this needs to be heard somewhere loud, and preferably with an exit in easy reach." Conversely professional film music critics like Christian Clemmensen, of Filmtracks, and Jonathan Broxton, of Movie Music UK, dismissed it entirely, the latter considering the score as: "little more than a series of ambient drones, overlaid with various industrial sound effects and staccato rhythms – de-tuned piano chords, plucked bass notes, and the like." He also stated: "When the score isn't jarringly distracting, it's virtually inaudible or indistinguishable from the film’s sound effects, begging the question of why the music is there in the first place."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Critical reception
"The Swedish are very good at the modern and the minimal but they also have these wonderful country homes that can be juxtaposed against the modern city—yet both speak to money." Principal photography relocated in October to Uppsala. On Queen Street, the facade of the area was renovated to mimic the Hotel Alder, after an old photograph of a building obtained by Fincher. From December onward, production moved to Zurich, Switzerland, where locations were established at Dolder Grand Hotel and the Zurich Airport. Because of the "beautiful" environment of the city, Fincher found it difficult to film in the area.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Filming
In November 2015, "The Hollywood Reporter" announced that Sony Pictures Entertainment was planning to develop a new film series based on the "Millennium" novels, starting with an adaptation of "The Girl in the Spider's Web" by David Lagercrantz. In the same announcement, it was confirmed that Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig, nor Fincher would return to the series. Steven Knight was announced in early negotiations to develop the adaptation, while the producers would be Scott Rudin, Amy Pascal, Elizabeth Cantillon, Berna Levin, Søren Stærmose, and Ole Sondberg. By November 2016, Sony had entered negotiations with Fede Álvarez to direct the film, with Eli Bush slated to act as an additional producer.
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | "The Girl in the Spider's Web"
Credits for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" adapted from liner notes:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Personnel
The album's art was created by Nine Inch Nails and How to Destroy Angels' creative director Rob Sheridan and Neil Kellerhouse.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Packaging
The futuristic qualities in the original designs provided for a much more cyberpunk appearance than the final product. In creating the "cyber" look for Salander, Miller said, "Every time I would show David a design he would say, 'More Tandy!' It's the shitty little computers from Radio Shack, the Tandy computers. They probably had vacuum tubes in them, really old technology. And David would go 'More Tandy', until we ended up with something that looked like we glued a bunch of computer parts found at a junkyard together." Fincher wanted the vignette to be a "personal nightmare" for Salander, replaying her darkest moments.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Title sequence
The film lost to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Siwe, however, won the Guldbagge Award for "Best Director", and Anki Lidén (Jenna's grandmother) was awarded with "Best Actress in a Supporting Role". The film also won awards at international festivals, including the Canadian "Students Choice Award" at Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children and the Norwegian "Don Quijote Award" at Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival.
Glowing Stars | Reception
Following a hidden clue on "...Comes Forth in theThaw", the website http://www.whatishiddeninsnow.com was found, which led to a series of treasure trails around the world, finding pieces from the film as part of an Alternate Reality Game promotion.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | "What Is Hidden in Snow..."
After living in a psychiatric hospital, Dana (Kathryn Fiore) along with her husband, Aaron (Flip Schultz) attempt to move into their new house where her father (French Stewart) has murdered the entire cast of "The Artist" during his exorcism. Dana finds herself dealing with various others who live in the house, including an evil spirit and a teenage daughter (Olivia Alexander) who is infatuated with their neighbor Abraham Lincoln (Ben Morrison).
30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Plot
Dragon () is a 2011 Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts film directed by Peter Chan, and starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tang Wei. Yen also served as the film's action director. It premiered on 13 May 2011 at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight Screenings category. Donnie Yen and Peter Chan presided over the lighting of a 3591-square-metre billboard for "Dragon" that broke the record in the Guinness Book of World Records for its size, a record previously held by a poster for a Michael Jackson album.
Dragon (2011 film) | Introduction
"It ties everything together other than the black on black." The title sequence includes abundant references to the novel, and exposes several political themes. Salander's tattoos, such as her phoenix and dragon tattoos, were incorporated. The multiple flower representations signified the biological life cycle, as well as Henrik, who received a pressed flower each year on his birthday. "One had flowers coming out of this black ooze," said Fincher, "it blossoms, and then it dies. And then a different flower, as that one is dying is rising from the middle of it. It was supposed to represent this cycle of the killer sending flowers." Ultimately, the vignette becomes very conceptual because Miller and his team took "a whole thought, and cut it up into multiple different shots that are mixed in with other shots".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Title sequence
She uncovers a connection between the list and numerous young women brutally murdered from 1947 to 1967, indicating a serial killer; she also notes that many of the victims have Jewish names, theorizing that the murders could have been motivated by antisemitism. One morning, Blomkvist finds the mutilated corpse of his adopted cat on the doorstep. Another night, while walking outdoors, a bullet grazes his forehead; after Salander tends his wounds, they have sex. Blomkvist begins to suspect Martin, Harriet's brother and operational head of the Vanger empire. Salander also uncovers evidence that Harriet's late father, Gottfried, and later Martin, committed the murders.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Plot
It's possible that it can be two and three, but let's concentrate on this one.'" Fincher, who was requested with partner Cean Chaffin by Sony executives to read the novel, was astounded by the series' size and success. Fincher stated: "The ballistic, ripping-yarn thriller aspect of it is kind of a red herring in a weird way. It is the thing that throws Salander and Blomkvist together, but it is their relationship you keep coming back to. I was just wondering what 350 pages Zaillian would get rid of." Because Zaillian was already cultivating the screenplay, the director avoided interfering.
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
The success of Stieg Larsson's novel created Hollywood interest in adapting the book, as became apparent in 2009, when Lynton and Pascal pursued the idea of developing an "American" version unrelated to the Swedish film adaptation released that year. By December, two major developments occurred for the project: Steven Zaillian became the screenwriter, while producer Scott Rudin finalized a partnership allocating full copyrights to Sony. Zaillian, who was unfamiliar with the novel, got a copy from Rudin. The screenwriter recalled, "They sent it to me and said, 'We want to do this. We will think of it as one thing for now.
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 We Need to Talk About Kevin "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo": opening credits
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2011 | Best Visual Effects
She then uses a tattoo machine to brand him as a rapist.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Plot
The film was nominated for two awards at the 38th Saturn Awards, but lost to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "", respectively.
The Thing (2011 film) | Accolades
The title is inspired by the novel and films "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".
The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo | Introduction
The album debuted on the UK Albums Chart on 7 January 2012 at position 199.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Introduction
After discussing with Fincher the varying soundscapes and emotions, the duo spent six weeks composing. "We composed music we felt might belong," stated the Nine Inch Nails lead vocalist, "and then we'd run it by Fincher, to see where his head’s at and he responded positively. He was filming at this time last year and assembling rough edits of scenes to see what it feels like, and he was inserting our music at that point, rather than using temp music, which is how it usually takes place, apparently." Finding a structure for the soundtrack was arguably the most strenuous task.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Soundtrack
Lady Dragon is a martial arts film starring actress and martial artist Cynthia Rothrock.
Lady Dragon | Introduction
An alternate album "For Your Consideration" (FYC) was sent by Sony Pictures to awarding bodies. It features the actual film cues, which have alternate titles, edits and mixes from the versions on the commercially available soundtrack, along with one composition not on the soundtrack release at all. The same album was made available on the Sony Pictures FYC site as of February 6, 2012. Here, it was presented in chronological order from the film, and did not feature the Led Zeppelin cover performed by Trent Reznor and Karen O:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Award FYC album
The Girl Who Played with Fire () is a 2009 crime thriller film directed by Daniel Alfredson and the sequel to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, the second entry in his "Millennium" series. The film follows Lisbeth Salander as she returns to Sweden after spending a year abroad. She falls under suspicion of having murdered a journalist and his girlfriend, as well as her own social services guardian, Nils Bjurman. Mikael Blomkvist has to do what he can to find her before the authorities do.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Introduction
I didn't change anything just for the sake of changing it. There's a lot right about the book, but that part, I thought we could do it a different way, and it could be a nice surprise for the people that have read it." Zaillian discussed many of the themes in Larsson's "Millennium" series with Fincher, taking the pair deeper into the novel's darker subjects, such as the psychological dissimilarities between rapists and murderers. Fincher was familiar with the concept, from projects such as "Seven" (1995) and "Zodiac" (2007). Zaillian commented, "A rapist, or at least our rapist, is about exercising his power over somebody.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Conception and writing
The Dragon Tattoo Stories, are psychological crime thriller films based on the "Millennium" novels which were written by Stieg Larsson and David Lagercrantz. The films centers around the novels' primary protagonists, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, as the investigate criminal injustices; with Salander being a vigilante, computer-hacker that takes matters into her own hands. The film series is distributed jointly by Sony Pictures through Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing.
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | Introduction
She then explains that she will release the video recording of him raping her if he does not do exactly what she orders, or if anything happens to her. She demands that he annul her legal incompetence and restore her sole access to her bank account. She tells him that she will visit him when she pleases, and if she ever finds him with a woman, even if she's there voluntarily, she will release the tape and destroy his life. Finally, she tattoos the words "I AM A SADISTIC PIG, A PERVERT, AND A RAPIST" on his abdomen, unlocks his handcuffs, and departs.
Lisbeth Salander | "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
He also enjoy reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and would like to read the whole trilogy. In an interview with Celebuzz he said that he prays before every fashion week and have a girlfriend.
Jae Yoo | Personal life
Justin Chang of "Variety" describes the film as "a satisfyingly sinewy fusion of martial-arts actioner and brain-tickling noir from busy producer-director Peter Ho-sun Chan. Channeling David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" by way of 1917 China, this clever if over-amped thriller tackles themes of identity, honor and the latent killer instinct with a playful spirit that's never at odds with its underlying seriousness." Maggie Lee of "The Hollywood Reporter" describes it as "an exhilarating martial arts entertainment that modernizes the genre while re-emphasizing its strong points."
Dragon (2011 film) | Reception
Yellow Bird and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer partnered with Columbia Pictures to produce an English-language adaptation of the first novel. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was written by Steven Zaillian, directed by David Fincher and produced by Scott Rudin, with Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander. Along with "Dragon Tattoo", Fincher and Zaillian signed a two-picture deal to adapt "The Girl Who Played with Fire", and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", which would possibly have been shot back to back. In January 2012, it was announced that Sony was "moving forward" with the adaptations of "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest".
Millennium (novel series) | American films
"Exclaim!" gave the film a two out of ten rating, stating that "Somewhere buried underneath all of the terrible references and non-sequiturs are maybe one or two chuckles that weren't elicited without a fair amount of shame and guilt."
30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Reception
"As soon as you start making decisions," he explained, "you start cutting off all of the other possibilities of things that could happen. So with every decision that you make you are removing a whole bunch of other possibilities of where that story can go or what that character can do." Given the book's sizable length, Zaillian deleted elements to match Fincher's desired running time. Even so, Zaillan took significant departures from the book. To Zaillian, there was always a "low-grade" anxiety, "but I was never doing anything specifically to please or displease," he continued. "I was simply trying to tell the story the best way I could, and push that out of my mind.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Conception and writing
Specifically the track "An Itch."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Promotion
Age of the Dragons is a 2011 fantasy film directed by Ryan Little and starring Danny Glover and Vinnie Jones. A fantasy-themed reimagining of Herman Melville's classic 1851 novel, "Moby Dick", it was released in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2011.
Age of the Dragons | Introduction
Due to its limited theatrical release, "Dragonslayer" was not widely reviewed. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 88% based on reviews from 17 critics. It was a Critic's Pick by "The New York Times", and the "Los Angeles Times". Lisa Schwarzbaum of "Entertainment Weekly" gave it an "A−", the Village Voice called it 'A new kind of youth movie for these uncertain times' and indieWire described it as 'the cinematic equivalent of punk rock candy.'
Dragonslayer (2011 film) | Reception
Meanwhile, Tai and his friend Duc (Tran) find themselves enamored with two female refugees. Tai falls for Thuy Hoa, the daughter of a discredited Vietnamese general. Duc falls back in love with a former girlfriend from Vietnam who is an unhappily married second wife.
Green Dragon (film) | Plot
The Dragon Knight () is a 2011 Chinese animated film directed by Shengjun Yu. The film was released on September 30, 2011.
The Dragon Knight (film) | Introduction
The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, although some noted it a step down from its predecessor. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 69% based on 156 reviews with an average rating of 6.2/10. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gives the film three and a half out of four stars, describing the film as a step down from "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", but only because the first film was so "fresh and unexpected". A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" praises Rapace's performance, stating, "tiny and agile, her steely rage showing now and then the tiniest crack of vulnerability, belongs to another dimension altogether.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Critical response