Three years after Fight Club, David Fincher decided to create a “small
movie” that steered him heavily back into suspense thriller territory.
Starring Jodie Foster, Panic Room situated itself in a single house,
with a terrified mother and daughter, as they worked to outwit and
outlast a gang of thieves hell-bent on capturing the lost money from
the previous owner. Despite the supposedly small scale, your hosts
explore how Fincher pushed the envelop with effects, camerawork, and
performance to create a memorable and entertaining film that helped
refine his techniques afterward.