Yes. The nice thing about literary theories is they are also open to interpretation, in addition to the work they might cover.Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
The Narrator never tips his hand, tho, the way, say, Nick Carroway does or Humbert Humbert does --- you don't get any indication that what you're seeing isn't what's really happening.
The filmmakers wanted to protect the reveal at all cost, so I sorta understood why they took that approach, but otoh I don't think the reveal was worth it, either.
Consider the ways Fincher covers the murders in "Zodiac," where he dwells on detail in multiple ways, as opposed to the way Bong Joon Hoo covers the killings in "Memories of Murder," where he's almost shy about showing a single dead body.
Fincher is absolutely fascinated by the mystery, the empty hole of not knowing who Zodiac is, that he completely forgets there were real people involved. That's what makes it gross (in multiple senses of that word).
Okay?