the two-sided soul of the no-generation

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2005)

first: sorry for my English... This movie is one of the most important ones of the '90: it is a sarcastic portrait of the no-generation, the generation that has been educated by the television, the first generation obsessed by advertisement and futile consumer items, the generation obsessed by body care. The main character is split, as anyone who belong to this generation: on one side the cynical integrated assurance worker, on the other side, the wild soul of Tyler. The most interesting thing is that the critic is not only spotted on our "inhuman" consumer society, but also on the "social terrorist", the trained monkeys. A generation with no hopes, no dreams and no goals but the ones described by TV advertisement can be easily manipulated: you only needs to show them a "leader" (as Tyler) and they'll do anything for him...just like Germans during the NAzi era, or the Italians during fascism. It is a movie (and a book) that makes you think a lot about our society, but doesn't give you any answer...very interesting.