David Fincher’sadaptationofChuck Palahniuk’snovelis remarkably faithful considering how different it is — which is to say, it keeps more or less everything in the novel but imposes a more traditional structure on it. Palahniuk’s novel is a primal scream of rage and frustration, while the ...
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31. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club is a cult phenomenon that’s made the leap to mainstream hit, helped along by the success of the great screenwriting featured in the Hollywood movie version of the book. Just because the hero’s journey genre is as old as time doesn’t mean ...
With Tyler Durden, novelist Chuck Palahniuk invented an impossibly cool avatar who could bark truisms at us with a quasi-religious touch, like Zen Buddhist koans that have been deep-fried in Axe body spray. With Brad Pitt, David Fincher found the perfect specimen to make that man as real to...
Writer: Chuck Palahniuk Artist: Cameron Stewart Publisher: Dark Horse Comics When this book was first announced no one knew what to expect. Sure the original novel was brilliant and the movie adapted from it often winds up in best film conversations. But could a follow up more than a decade...
“American Psycho” by Bret Easton Ellis vs. “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk: What similarities do these books have? Both of these books were written in the 90s and represent consumerism that was boosted after the Cold War. How have the two authors described materialism in their novels? Ho...
Writer Chuck Palahniuk himself has applauded Fincher’s adaptation – while acknowledging that some simplifying had to take place. Fight Club presaged a decade of magazine articles debating man’s emasculation. It was visceral, inflammatory and, above all, entertaining. A brilliant book, and film....
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