Favorite Love Story In A Movie: Fight Club
A film made in 1999 by David Fincher starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Boham Carter. Edward Norton stars as the depressed loner riddled with angst trying to come to terms with his life or lack thereof. Seeking to deal with his pain he seeks out ways to cope by going to meetings for problems he doesn't have such as testicular cancer and post op tragedies. The meetings work as a coping mechanism but the situation goes awry when he meets Marla(Bonham Carter) who is also a "tourist" who finds solitude in these meetings.
Now at this point this is where Fight club separates the average movie goer is separated from the avid connoisseur. Most people tend to view Fight Club as a violent movie about anarchy, sex and violence. However if you really pay attention, the whole movie is based off Norton's love for Marla.
The conflict between Marla and Norton is one of a tragic beauty. Norton feels threatened by Marla's appearances at the meetings he finds so important yet he feels oddly infatuated by her and her ways. Another key encounter that Norton experiences is on a plane, he meets a man that seems to understand everything he's going through, Tyler Durden. After Norton's apartment goes up in flames, Norton seeks solace in Durden. He gets more than just a place to rest his head, he gets a meeting of his own, Fight club. The brain child of a drunken exchange between Durden and Norton, Fight Club is a secretive fraternity of men who meet in order to find themselves and seek a means of understanding and brotherhood through senseless beating.
Durden is able to instill a philosophy into these men through Fight Club that "Only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything." The men take up arms under there new leader and wreak havoc on the world through destroying the material possessions that normal people find essential. From destroying computer stores to robbing store owners in a way of bringing a radical idea that the day to day routine can bring almost drug like numbing effects. The movie seems a strong test to the overbearing ways of capitalism.
To elaborate on the love story you have to understand Norton and Durdens relationship. Norton creates Durden. He is his alter ego, Durden is the side that Norton creates to win over Marla. Marla thinks that Norton is a recluse and a whiny bitch, whereas Durden is the embodiment of man to Marla. Marla was a women free of materialism and lived by her own rules. So he creates Durden. He didn't need anything, and he especially didn't need Marla. This cause Marla to fall in love with Norton and created the free time for Durden to go off and be "free" to impose his will on the world. It took me a while to come to this conclusion, only after I reread the book did I realize; regardless of the obvious text; to fully understand this modern greek tragedy.
Now at this point this is where Fight club separates the average movie goer is separated from the avid connoisseur. Most people tend to view Fight Club as a violent movie about anarchy, sex and violence. However if you really pay attention, the whole movie is based off Norton's love for Marla.
The conflict between Marla and Norton is one of a tragic beauty. Norton feels threatened by Marla's appearances at the meetings he finds so important yet he feels oddly infatuated by her and her ways. Another key encounter that Norton experiences is on a plane, he meets a man that seems to understand everything he's going through, Tyler Durden. After Norton's apartment goes up in flames, Norton seeks solace in Durden. He gets more than just a place to rest his head, he gets a meeting of his own, Fight club. The brain child of a drunken exchange between Durden and Norton, Fight Club is a secretive fraternity of men who meet in order to find themselves and seek a means of understanding and brotherhood through senseless beating.
Durden is able to instill a philosophy into these men through Fight Club that "Only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything." The men take up arms under there new leader and wreak havoc on the world through destroying the material possessions that normal people find essential. From destroying computer stores to robbing store owners in a way of bringing a radical idea that the day to day routine can bring almost drug like numbing effects. The movie seems a strong test to the overbearing ways of capitalism.
To elaborate on the love story you have to understand Norton and Durdens relationship. Norton creates Durden. He is his alter ego, Durden is the side that Norton creates to win over Marla. Marla thinks that Norton is a recluse and a whiny bitch, whereas Durden is the embodiment of man to Marla. Marla was a women free of materialism and lived by her own rules. So he creates Durden. He didn't need anything, and he especially didn't need Marla. This cause Marla to fall in love with Norton and created the free time for Durden to go off and be "free" to impose his will on the world. It took me a while to come to this conclusion, only after I reread the book did I realize; regardless of the obvious text; to fully understand this modern greek tragedy.
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