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The defintion and representation of reality in David Fincher's Fight Club.

“Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who have ever lived. I see all this potential…God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas and waiting tables; they’re slaves with white collars. Advertisements have them chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so that we can buy shit they don’t need. We’ve all been raised by television to believe that one day we’ll all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars…but we won’t. And we’re learning slowly that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.”
-Tyler Durden, Fight Club


Is David Fincher’s Fight Club a movie about the release of violent tensions through disobedience and systematic rebellion against authority? Yes it is. In the words of the narrator
(Edward Norton), Fight Club is a “terrorist organization responsible for numerous acts of vandalism and assault.” It is a group t...

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