Anonymous
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It tells you its own philosophy (keep in mind I'm quoting the movie not the book).
"You are not your job. You are not how much you have in the bank. You are not the contents of your wallet. You are not your ******* khakis. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. What happens first is you can't sleep. What happens then is there's a gun in your mouth. And what happens next is you meet Tyler Durden. Let me tell you about Tyler. He had a plan. In Tyler we trusted. Tyler says the things you own, end up owning you. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Fight Club represents that kind of freedom. First rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club. Second rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club. Tyler says self-destruction might be the answer."
Cecille
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How could the philosophy of Fight Club be summed up?
johnmfsample
Ha, you obviously watched that last night on SpikeTV like the rest of us, lol. Fight Club has a simple message: The things you own start owning you. Yes, I know Tyler Durgen said this in the movie (and in the book, which if you haven't read, I suggest you do so immediately), but it remains true. Our main character was actually Tyler, and this part of "Jack" (theunnamed narrator) is the one that realizes material goods cannot mean happiness. It's only when we've lost everything do we realize how much we have; a very Buddhist philosophy, which is what the author was intensely inspired by. But I suggest you read it, and any other books by Chuch Palahniuk. But smoke drugs before you do so.
DeanPonders
• Nihilism - destroying on physical and mental levels
• Buddhism - the student/teacher aspect, standing outside for 3 days without food or water is directly taken from monasteries. Shaving the head. Life having meaning only in death.
• Taoism - lose material possessions, deny physical connection to the world
• Anarchist - blowing up credit card co.'s
• New Age - meditation, power animal (Tyler)
-then there's the gay undertones.
-the lack of our generation's connection to the world.
-the absentee father syndrome.
-the whole strange attraction/repulsion thing going on with Marla when he just wanted to bone her in his subconscious.
-the feeling of not knowing one's worth because we've never had a real challenge to overcome.
-conscience/restraint vs. bitterness/aggression
- Calvin and Hobbes correlation of Tyler being his inner child grown up. http://www.metaphilm.com/philm.php?id=29_0_2_0
It's hard to summarize the whole thing. There's a lot of philosophy info on the DVD extras. Didn't catch the SpikeTV thing.
Marie
No, Rule #1 is you do not talk about Fight Club.