Mayhem in the Streets

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2010)

Fight Club is a straight in the face, brutal allegory to the contemporary society.Edward Norton plays the role of an average American who lives in the invisible cage of capitalism trying to complete himself by buying CK T-shirts, yin-yang coffee tables, etc.- he is 'the by-product of a life style obsession'. He considers himself a self-made man , not knowing that his life is beyond his control, mastered by corporations. He suffers from insomnia and the only way of getting some peace of mind is by attending certain groups with terminal diseases9 tuberculosis, testicular cancer, etc.)His life changes when he meets white trash Marla and Tylor Durden.
The script is based on Chuck Palahniuck book, Fight Club, a novel that was at first rejected because it was considered too dark and too risky. It is an innovating film, Fincher uses slow motion, freeze frame shots and jump cuts. It is one of the most original and mind challenging movies of the 20th century, a strange experiment that turned out to be a masterpiece.