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Life is short. It’s ending one minute at a time. Why waste it on fulfilling other people’s expectations? This is just one of those questions presented in a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk named Fight Club.
The film version of Fight Club directed by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter, could be considered one of the best and most impactful movies ever made when looking at its reception and ongoing popularity.
Fight Club isn’t shy of over-the-top violence, contains a fair amount of explicit language, and, of course, the obnoxious behavior of its characters. However, it’s definitely more profound than just men coming together to beat each other up.
The story is built on several thoughtful concepts that are interesting and possibly applicable to our own lives.
It tells a story about a generation of people without a clear purpose, without hope, raised with false expectations, and repressed by ever-tightening social norms. What if our existence is pointless? What if God doesn’t like us? What if we’re nothing more than a compost heap? How do we find meaning in a meaningless existence?
This video explores several philosophical ideas that Fight Club presents us. For those who aren’t familiar with the story: this analysis explains and reveals the plot.
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Jesse Gallagher - Maestro Tlakaelel
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pATCHES - Because For Everything There Is Someone
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Chuck Palahniuk: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Chuck_Palahniuk_%2821955%29.jpg/1024px-Chuck_Palahniuk_%2821955%29.jpg
David Fincher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher#/media/File:David_Fincher_(2012)_3.jpg
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Fight Club cover: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Fightclubcvr.jpg
Still from the movie Fight Club:
Scene Ikea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYd2dHnJqyg
Tyler saves Marla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be9QrbahYJ4
Lou Scene: https://youtu.be/sD_hanI9jWg
Fight with a total stranger: https://youtu.be/iUwsvZF5cXo
#lettinggo #tylerdurden #fightclub
00:00 - Intro
01:34 - Meeting Tyler Durden
04:34 - Anti-consumerism
07:04 - Non-conformity
09:02 - Physical violence
10:58 - Self-destruction
13:15 - A near-life experience
15:44 - Wrap-up
📝 Transcript
Transcribing... This may take a few minutes.
Top Comments
@Einzelgänger
Check out my novel - The Urge: Fall of a Stoic: https://einzelganger.co/urge
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@nate7249
The pain of regret is far greater than the pain of discipline.
14906 likes
@tylerdurden2150
You clearly ignored the first rule
32463 likes
@NashDayZ
"We work jobs we hate, to buy shit we don't need, to impress people we don't like" - Never did I realise how this had stayed in my head and shaped my worldview.
382 likes
@JFreez
I still believe one of the best scenes was when Tyler held the store clerk at gunpoint and told him to follow his dream or he would die. This just proves how we self limit our entire lives. What could you accomplish if you were held at gunpoint?
11120 likes
@thomasandersen2534
I’m turning 30 in a few weeks. Getting divorced I think it is time I start life over. A fresh start. “ It’s only after we lose everything. We are allowed to do anything “.
5912 likes
@JaiPrakash-bc8mg
That car scene when he ask ‘’what would you wish you done before you die’’ that line hits hard.
1601 likes
@ak9200
Stop trying to control everything and just let go.
2436 likes
@Ogiiishred
This movie still being spoken about 21 years after shows how brilliant it really is
5420 likes
@sagarthakkar900
This movie taught me to sublimate the ego. There’s no need to define yourself and prove yourself to others. Once you accept yourself and are content along with not giving a shit about other people’s opinions, you are free
283 likes
@blase3121
"things that you own end up owning you" thats one of the best quotes i have ever heard! i remember it ever since i have seen Fight Club
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@lijinknr5684
"I see in the fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables, slaves with white collars, advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of the history man, no purpose or place, we have no Great war, no Great depression, our great war is a spiritual war, our great depression is our lives, we've been all raised by television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars, but we won't and we're slowly learning that fact. and we're very very pissed off"..
4219 likes
@mrwho.7163
"everything you have , will have will be gone . its just a matter of time. learn to let go. or die never learning " : Durden
515 likes
@stadtbekanntertunichtgut
I watched Fight Club as a teen or young adult and it was like thoughts and feelings that I could not put into words were explained to me. Fight Club is one of those films that change you positively everyone should have seen it at least once. Films with such a powerful message are no longer made.
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@andy00grant
"It's only after you have lost everything your free to do anything" This film has some of my favourite quotes in all films.