Movies that people still talk about
Which films do you consider underrated or overrated, yet still remain classics?
Can you guess the movie we're going to discuss today based on the themes it explores?
- Consumerist society
- Office work
- Toxic masculinity
- Identity issues
To be pissed off
Spiritual
Advertising
White collar / blue collar
To Pump gas/ to wait tables
To squander
If you've watched the movie or read the book, what are your overall thoughts on Fight Club?
Who is your least favorite character in the movie, and why?
What makes a bad film different from a good one — and not just a film, but art in general
What do you consider to be the criteria for a good film, apart from personal tastes and preferences?
Psychological
Tyler Durden is a projection of the Narrator’s repressed personality. The film shows an internal conflict between his passive, socially dependent side and his aggressive, rebellious side
Social
The film criticizes consumer society. The Narrator tries to create his identity through his job, furniture, clothes, and other possessions, but gradually realizes that material things cannot give him a sense of meaning
Philosophical / existential
One of the main questions is: Who am I if I remove my job, money, possessions, and social status? The Narrator tries to find his authentic self by destroying his old life.
Political: Fight Club begins as a rebellion against consumer society, but Project Mayhem turns this rebellion into a new system of control. The people who wanted to become free eventually become part of an authoritarian organization
Political: Fight Club begins as a rebellion against consumer society, but Project Mayhem turns this rebellion into a new system of control. The people who wanted to become free eventually become part of an authoritarian organization
Film or artistic approach
David Fincher uses dark colors, fast editing, visual distortions, and an unreliable narrator to make the audience question what is real and what exists only in the protagonist’s mind
