Doors at 11:30 p.m. Movie starts at midnight. All ages, 21+ to drink.
In 1999, this David Fincher-directed surreal satire only made $37 million — just over half the film’s budget. That and the big-time political backlash to “Fight Club” contributed to the head of 20th Century Fox resigning later that next year. Our very own Kansas senator Sam Brownback went on CNN to talk about how violent the movie was and how it was an example of Hollywood brutality for titillation’s sake. Back then, critics were polarized, and while most noted its technical innovations, few thought its in-your-face, anti-everything message was anything extraordinary.
Since its theatrical run, society’s increasing cynicism has served the movie well. The movie has been frequently cited for changing attitudes towards corporate alienation and mass advertising/brainwashing. U.K. film magazine Total Film recently ranked “Fight Club” as ‘The Greatest Film in Our Lifetime.’ The movie also single-handedly propelled Chuck Palahniuk, who wrote the novel, to great success.
Comments
Lawrence.com does not necessarily agree with comments posted below - responsibility lies with the relevant user alone. Read our full policy.
OonlyBonly (anonymous) says…
One heck of a good flick!
hankscorpio74 (anonymous) says…
i always thought reducing the movie's message as "anti-everything" sort of missed the point.
while certain characters in the film/book may espouse such beliefs, such nihilism is in no way endorsed by the actual events/consequences of either work (despite the fact that the endings of each are different).
if anything, the story exposes how empty nihilistic sloganeering ("you are not your ____" fill in the blank) is not that different from the shallow, advertisement-driven world those very characters mocked.
art can depict something without endorsing it.
unfortunately for this movie, most people probably did not walk away with that message, and many probably took away the opposite (ie: that movie was awesome... let's go start a fight club... i am not my khakis! etc...)
its awesome that liberty puts on these sorts of screenings - keep it up