"Fight Club" (1999) Directed by David Fincher

“...and this is how I met Tyler Durden”.

Where do you start with Fight Club? A film that continues to split opinion between a violent, sweary, semi misogynistic wrap of a film that glorifies violence and wants a violent rebellion, to on a subconscious (dare I say more enlightened?) level, a rallying cry against modern living, of fractured lives, of a brighter future and a new beginning away from “Planet Starbucks” perhaps?

Based on the excellent (and thoroughly recommended) book of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk and a wonderful screenplay from Jim Uhls, Director Fincher also relied heavily on some wonderfully frenetic editing from James Haygood and in particular stellar cinematography from Director of Photography Jeff Cronenweth. Combine this with some wonderfully diverse and surreal characters, brilliant portrayals from some of cinema’s finest character actors and mix in a pulsing and unrelenting musical score from The Dust Brothers and you have Fight Club. But please remember before you proceed:

“The first rule of Fight Club is — You do not talk about Fight Club”.

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The above opening paragraphs are taken from my original spoiler free review of "Fight Club" originally penned and published over a decade ago, transferred to my Medium blog site on 26th December 2022 and which can now be read in full and for free via my Substack blog site and original updated article linked immediately below:

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/fight-club-1999-6740bc65f0d1

This spoiler free review and love-in appraisal of an all time classic film is also integral to volume 2 of my 7 volumes of "essential film reviews collection". Currently only available as an e-book on Amazon, each volume is priced at £4.99 however should you have an Amazon Kindle "Unlimited" package, you can read each and every volume for free:

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