JUMP CUT
A REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY MEDIA

1. http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/
deciding-to-hire-a-170000-consultant/. [return to page 1 of essay]

2. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925), Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995 edition, published by Simon & Schuster, at page 189.

3. Unless otherwise noted, this and all other comments by David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin are from the commentary accompanying the 2011 DVD release of The Social Network.

4. Tellingly, Fincher describes Douglas Urbanski in his commentary as a talent manager, identifying the actor Gary Oldman as one such talent. In contrast, Sorkin describes Ubanski as a conservative radio commentator who has filled in on occasion for Rush Limbaugh. [return to page 2 of essay]

5. Sight and Sound, January 2011, Aaron Sorkin in Conversation by Joe Fraser,   
http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/reviews/specials/
aaron-sorkin-jan-2011.php.
The complete interview of Sorkin by Francine Stock may be found at
http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/580.

Mark Zuckerberg's obsessive attempt to friend Erica is also reminiscent of the speech in Citizen Kane by the solitary Mr. Bernstein about the girl in a white dress he saw for a moment in 1896 on a Jersey ferry: "I'll bet a moment hasn't gone by since that I haven't thought of that girl."