Jenny Slate & David Fincher

Studio 360

David Fincher filled movies like Seven, Fight Club, Zodiac, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and even The Social Network with existential dread. His latest, Gone Girl, begins as a mystery and becomes a horror film about marriage. He tells Kurt Andersen his work is "lascivious, and merciless --- but tastefully done." (He's only sort of kidding.)And we hear from Marcel the Shell, YouTube's most popular snail, whose viral video launched the career of actor Jenny Slate.

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