Three years after Fight Club, David Fincher decided to create a “smallmovie” 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 andoutlast a gang of thieves hell-bent on capturing the lost money fromthe previous owner. Despite the supposedly small scale, your hostsexplore how Fincher pushed the envelop with effects, camerawork, andperformance to create a memorable and entertaining film that helpedrefine his techniques afterward.