Fight Club Assignment

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Fight Club Assignment
The meaning of Fight Club, the movie has been argued , analyzed and interpreted in a variety of ways since its inception in 1999.
What are some of the main themes and topics in Fight Club?
e.g. Anti-consumerism? Questions of masculinity?. Questions of Identity? Violence? Death? Is it a critique of Nihilism? Of Existentialism? Are there others?
Ask yourself questions like -What is the relationship between the narrator and Tyler Durden?
*What is the role of the character, Marla Singer in the movie?
*What does Fight Club stand for? What is Project Mayhem? What does it mean in the context of the narrative? There are many more.
There also many significant quotes from the movie: Here are some. There are many more.
“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”
“Losing all hope was freedom.”
“I am Jack’s smirking revenge.”
“I am Jack’s cold sweat.”
Narrator: I am Jack’s wasted life.
Narrator: I am Jack’s inflamed sense of rejection.
“After fighting, everything else in your life got the volume turned down.”
Tyler Durden: Do you know what a duvet is?
Narrator: It’s a comforter…
Tyler Durden: It’s a blanket. Just a blanket. Now why do guys like you and me know what a duvet is? Is this essential to our survival, in the hunter-gatherer sense of the word? No. What are we
then? You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
Tyler Durden: Right. We are consumers. We’re the bi-products of a lifestyle obsession.
“She’s a predator posing as a house pet.”
PRESENT A TION/ASSIGNMENT
Take one or more of the topics above or some you’ve chosen for yourself, then attempt an analysis and interpretation of the movie.
Your presentation should use video clips from the movie and/or film stills.
Your analysis should take into consideration the use of film language.( see the film language attachment). How do the elements of film used in the movie (i.e. shots, angles, mise en scene, establishing shots etc. determine your analysis and interpretation of the movie. Your analysis should also include some quotations as examples of the argument you are making.
Talk about the philosophical and psychological meanings in the movie.