BBC article David Fincher

iconoclastic

strongly opposing general accepted beliefs

searing

extremely strong; pain, feeling, temperature

aficionado

someone who is really interested or enthusiastic about particular topic

biopic

biographic film

contender

sb who competes with his opponent

oversight

mistake made by not noticing sth

visceral

emotion approach

set sth apart

show that sth differ from other things

peer

too look carefully or with difficulty

callous

unkind, cruel

fallacy

sth that people think it’s true but it’s not

meticulously

in a way that shows attention to details

bearings

things that show you where you are

mesh

join two things in a correct way

savvy

practical knowledge and ability

prescient

correctly saying what will happen in the future

dissect

cut open dead body/study something with precision

takeaway

thing you learn from sth you heard or read

upfront

straightforward, candid

output

work you’ve done/ number of things that sb/ factory produced

craftmanship

skill of making things

granted

you put it to state a fact, and after express opinion