We've come to the last of my movie homage pieces... for now. I present to you: Fight Club, available framed and as a print only. Perfect for your single serving friends.
Fight Club is the perfect picture of Gen X apathy mixed with a heavy dose of anti-consumerism, with a bit pf psychosis to boot. It features superb performances by Brad Pitt, Ed Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. A dystopian classic of my generation.
Here are some interesting facts about Fight Club:
- Tyler's recipe for explosives, as described in the movie, does not actually work. The one from the book, however, does.
- In an interview, David Fincher claims there is a Starbucks coffee cup visible in every shot of the movie. You'll have to check it out and let me know.
- There's a scene where a Fight Club member sprays down a priest with water. The camera shakes a little because the cameraman couldn't help but laugh.
- Brad Pitt went to a dentist to get one of his front teeth chipped to play Tyler Durden.
- The packaging for Avery 8293 Matte White High-Visibility Labels (the real product, not in this movie) shows a letter with an address label attached. The label is made out to Tyler Durden.
- The producers' first choice of director was not David Fincher, but Peter Jackson. Jackson, however, was too busy prepping for the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
- Ed Norton was a final contender for three leading roles at the same time: Fight Club, Man on the Moon, and The Talented Mr Ripley. Man on the Moon went to Jim Carrey only because he was a bigger box office draw, and The Talented Mr Ripley went to Matt Damon. Without these two twists of fate, Ed Norton may not have starred in Fight Club in one of his most best-known roles.
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