Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Daryl Zero (A) on September 30, 2005 at 14:50:45

In Reply to: Re: Explain how Category 6 is Different from 1? posted by Audiophilander on September 3, 2005 at 01:00:53:

My take on Fight Club is that it showed an over-the-top story of a reaction to the numbness of daily life. The fighting and sabotage were a return to basic instincts in a world where people are basically turned into cattle and where values have disappeared. It was shown as an absurd vision with the dual nature of the main character and the Tyler Durden alter ego. It was a real criticism of daily life but also a criticism of the solution. I find that kind of contradiction very compelling and I thought it was a scathing commentary on both the routine life and the rebellion. I saw little realism which was especially pointed out with the camera direction which made it more cartoonish and the scenes where the main character fought with himself.

It is different from Sin City in that it is more a social commentary like (someone else pointed out) American Psycho than simply film noir which Sin City was. But it wasn't intended to be realism in any sense that I saw.