00:35 🔄 Fight Club's real twist is deeper than Tyler Durden being imaginary; Marla, Bob, Fight Club, Project Mayhem, and even the house on Paper Street only exist in Jack's mind. 01:31 🤔 The movie explores a man's struggle with identity and masculinity, stemming from a testicular cancer diagnosis, leading to the creation of personas like Tyler and Marla. 03:37 🔍 Visual cues, like slow zooms and inconsistencies, reveal instances when Jack is imagining events, providing evidence that much of the narrative occurs inside his fractured mind. 05:46 🔄 Jack likely suffers from dissociative identity disorder (DID), triggered by the fear of cancer, leading to the creation of Tyler and Marla as coping mechanisms. 07:14 🤯 Bob's death, Project Mayhem, and Fight Club are all products of Jack's imagination, with inconsistencies and symbolic elements pointing to their non-existence. 09:21 🌐 The elaborate network of Fight Clubs, Project Mayhem, and even the involvement of detectives is a construct of Jack's subconscious, serving as a validation for Tyler's perspective. 10:34 ☕ Marla's coffee consumption becomes a clue indicating Jack's dual life; her presence exacerbates his insomnia, reinforcing the idea that she, too, is a creation of his mind. 14:50 🔄 The peculiar visual style of sex scenes involving Tyler and Marla hints at Jack's internal struggle, where self-improvement is metaphorically portrayed as masturbation. 15:49 🏠 The house on Paper Street doesn't physically exist; it's Jack's mental safe space, and he actually resides in the hotel, representing a symbolic struggle for control between Tyler and Marla. 17:00 ⚖ The tension between Marla and Tyler reflects the battle for dominance in Jack's mind, requiring separate spaces to maintain the illusion of their individual existence. 17:29 🚻 Jack interacts with Tyler and Marla separately, only realizing their imaginary nature when ready; their interaction aligns with Jack's unconscious awareness. 18:15 🔄 Accepting one theory, like Bob not being real, leads to accepting all interconnected theories, such as Project Mayhem, Marla, and the house on Paper Street also being imaginary constructs. 18:28 📞 Inconsistencies with phone details, like Tyler's call on a pay phone that doesn't accept incoming calls and Marla's number on a small paper piece, reveal the fabricated nature of these elements. 19:11 🏠 The paper Street house phone and Marla's phone number are fictional, highlighting the movie's intricate web of constructed details within Jack's mind. 19:43 🩳 Fight Club is not about men regaining masculinity but explores the rejection of it. Jack losing his pants signifies the rejection of traditional masculinity, contrasting earlier scenes with Marla taking control. 20:09 🧠 Tyler represents a man-child manifestation, lacking emotional maturity, engaging in unproductive and immature behavior that doesn't contribute to personal growth or purpose. 20:37 🤔 The movie critiques the lost and unproductive behavior of men, showcasing the rejection of traditional roles without offering a constructive alternative.
@ROBBOBBYJUNIOR
7 ай бұрын
Jack does not have camcer
@Daily_Llama
6 ай бұрын
Here’s the story. The entire story occurs while he is on an operating table. He is under anesthesia. The Xanax comes from a memory of taking it before going under, as that is commonly used just before surgery to calm people. Everything is an unconscious dream at the very moment he is having his Testicles removed. The end is when the surgeon plunges the scalpel into the testicles and releases him from his manhood. The buildings coming down is the moment when he has lost his manhood. All structure is gone & he is left with nothing but a woman's hand keeping him from touching himself ever again. He has no mental illnesses. He is sedated & his mind is trying to calculate how he will wake up. When the buildings fall and his manly structure is no more, he grasps reality (her hand) to understand he has another day to live but he his days as a man are over and her days are just beginning. #LlamaLogic. There’s more to it but I'm right and you'll rabbit hole it until you realize I am
@dameanvil
6 ай бұрын
@@Daily_Llama cute.
@Daily_Llama
6 ай бұрын
@@dameanvil That's what I thought when saw it in theatres & that's still what I think. It seems obvious to me as everything fits. Even this video's interpretation fits within my theory. He is lying there thinking about how he got there, if he made right choice to opt for surgery & wondering who he is going to be when he wakes up. The figh ting is all about figh ting off the thoughts of who he could become after he wakes up. What's your take on it?
@dameanvil
6 ай бұрын
@@Daily_Llama that he is a nut imagining his friend while being a bit strange to the other people who don't question his strange behavior. but, indeed, fincher's version is quite a departure from the book. and when things are taken more in detail, marla is also imagined.
@Baboonery_
Жыл бұрын
Whether it's factual or not, the fact that you can piece together such a theory based on so many things in the film is what makes it such a masterpiece.
@Mayelito7
Жыл бұрын
Agreed! I think the director took certain liberties to adhere and stray from the book in order to create his own narrative where ultimately the film is whatever you as the individual viewer believes it is. But so many great points made here in such a coherent and connected manner give it gravitas as a theory…
@youknowwhoyouare2269
Жыл бұрын
But why even get into an argument about subjective art from 1999? Where were you back then when people thought it promoted actual fight clubs @weiners
@shaycase1834
Жыл бұрын
Fight club is a staple from my youth…loved the movie…rad soundtrack…loved the book more… nostalgia
@vauhner81
Жыл бұрын
Dropped in to say exactly this. Wonderful interpretation. It makes sense in a societal context. The introspective nature of humanity appears to be waning. The new generations are now so distracted they forget to find themselves. I know many who are afraid to even consider their existence. The concept scares them. To truly understand your place in the world, you first must face yourself. You must face your own mortality. Modern society has distracted us away from this. Without it, conditions like this (DPD) would seem to become more common. As humanity loses touch with itself the mind may splinter. Think of the "right of passage to manhood" in so many cultures. They had to face themselves and their own mortality. Modern men are lost and needing that passage. Keep thinking hard. "It's not that I am smarter, it is that I stay with problems longer." ~Einstein (paraphrased)
@JonnyBlowpipe
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely this is writing at its finest. That's why it will forever be a cult classic.
@enigma1863
9 ай бұрын
Bigger twist: not even the main protagonist exists. It was a movie the whole time.
@James-lh7rj
6 ай бұрын
Woah man you are blow my mind with this theory!
@RoNLIoc
6 ай бұрын
The creator of the book was on Joe Rogan podcast,so good episode, and all this was in the head of the protagonist that doesn't exist.Protagonist is you., watching the movie.Legendary stuff only.
@criskp6861
6 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@lord_oblivion666
6 ай бұрын
"Reality" itself isn't real. That's the real kicker.
@cjchavez19
6 ай бұрын
Get the f... no way.... but... I mean... damn man..... mind BLOWN
@mycroft000
4 ай бұрын
One problem is that you’re looking at this through post 9/11 mindset. Pre 9/11 getting on a plane was significantly less restrictive
@BigRichardsGentlemensClub
Сағат бұрын
Yep. Used to you could carry knives on a plane, and guns if you had the right papers
@tanmaypanda14
3 ай бұрын
There is a point in the beginning where jack tries to confront marla in his mind and later when he actually confronts her, she says i saw u getting ready to confront me. This actually cements the fact that she was just in his mind
@SlottingFloppies
2 ай бұрын
He could have been wearing his emotions on his sleeve when he was daydreaming about it. It never showed us what he was doing while he was imagining.
@sskspartan
7 ай бұрын
You said there was nothing too traumatic in his life, yet his job is to look at brutally killed in car crashes corpses...
@uriamudeltoro5075
2 ай бұрын
Actuaries are a MF
@timrounse5186
Ай бұрын
True. But regardless, this is a sound theory and actually makes the most sense
@mattygee79
Ай бұрын
There weren’t actually bodies in the wrecked cars. He was never at a crime scene/at an accident site and likely checked out the cars weeks after initial crash when the bodies would have went to a hospital or a morgue. They don’t keep victims in wrecked cars indefinitely. Edit: the other ppl he works with just talk about what happened, noting the details. There are remnants of fat but that’s not the same as a corpse.
@djenon
Ай бұрын
DID tends to develop when you’re a kid, when they get traumatized, they don’t really have a way to cope with it, so their brain tries to by raising dissociative barriers like amnesia and switches altars so they can handle whatever trauma is being thrown at them!
@themoosehoof
25 күн бұрын
The movie (nor the book I don’t think but I haven’t actually read the whole thing) doesn’t give any knowledge of his childhood but DID can only be developed in early childhood so something had to have happened then, the cancer diagnosis couldn’t cause the split. That said it’s well within the realm of possibility that the writers just didn’t know that and didn’t accurately depict it, probably not worth applying real world logic too, just a slight grievance
@JohnDoe-vi1im
Жыл бұрын
Finally an explanation for the scenes that always bugged me about this movie. He wasn't an underdog becoming super-alpha becoming humbled and free of his inner fight. He was a broken person from the begining to the end.
@jamesmack3645
Жыл бұрын
yeah anyone that acts like Tyler is his inner Sigma trying to wake him up needs to sit down
@TheSuperappelflap
11 ай бұрын
@@jamesmack3645 Tyler is him uninhibited. Not afraid of pain, of death, of losing people. Of being the kind of man that society rejects. Tyler doesnt need a society. That doesnt make him alpha or sigma or beta. The entire point of Tyler is he doesnt give a shit about that. The "is that what a real man's supposed to look like" line while looking at the boxershort advertising on the metro made that very clear. Now of course you have numbskulls thatll say "thats exactly what a sigma male is" dont get the point. Tyler doesnt need a label. Tyler is just Tyler. He would punch you in the face if you called him a sigma male. Because that would imply he is conforming to some role, some stereotype of a man.
@spintillimdizzy2340
11 ай бұрын
@@TheSuperappelflap This is some real ass shit
@TheSuperappelflap
11 ай бұрын
@@spintillimdizzy2340 where it gets really interesting is, that the conclusion is, that you do need some idea, some stereotype of what a real man is supposed to be. you dont want men to reject society and responsibility. so what is the stereotype that we should be trying to emulate? it certainly isnt one of the alpha/beta/sigma stereotypes that a lot of men are now classifying themselves and each other by. it also isnt the "metrosexual" stereotype from the 90s when this movie was made. its an open question, i dont really have an answer either, except that a man should strive to improve himself physically, spiritually, intellectually, and that you should seek to bear responsibility for others insofar as you are capable. on the other hand, other people should also make it worth your while to seek responsibility. its difficult to do the right thing in a society that actively tries to punish you for it. so just telling men to be better men isnt the solution either. what Tyler represents is the complete rejection of this question.
@bottlebrush
11 ай бұрын
@@TheSuperappelflapMy 20's have taught me the real meaning of being a man. Firstly, to get your head out of a stereotype. Be the person, rather than man you want to be. Be strong, apply your intellect, be wise, be kind, be healthy, be generous. Be opposite of what other men believe in. Greed, possessiveness, domineering, unemotional, judgemental.
@roguecalvinist
4 ай бұрын
Triple plot twist: everyone is real and they are playing an elaborate prank on him
@diggininthecrates91
Ай бұрын
Nah, that's The Truman Show
@gsma4413
24 күн бұрын
Nah , that’s The Game
@diggininthecrates91
23 күн бұрын
@@gsma4413 Yeah, it applies.
@stickybuns8626
6 ай бұрын
I was not expecting to have my mind completely blown
@JuanPablo-vz7xd
5 ай бұрын
You expected your tiny mind would only get a handy with your twenty bucks, right?
@sinia556
3 ай бұрын
@@JuanPablo-vz7xd what?
@Schrodingers_Kat
2 ай бұрын
You thought having no mind would protect you, I'm assuming.
@jeffriley2308
Жыл бұрын
I think that after walking down this rabbit hole for 24 years then suddenly realizing you haven’t even taken your first step is what makes this movie a masterclass piece of filmmaking.
@gbas76
Жыл бұрын
It's quite an epiphany, isn't it? I saw the film in theaters twice when it was released, and a number of times since. I didn't put it together like this. Sounds like it's time for another viewing.
@russdenshuick7622
Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree more
@peterroberts7684
Жыл бұрын
It’s the Most impactful film on The Real world,it was a Movie,then Walked into Our Real world,it touched on something in society That Was Not Quite Right,and Oh yes How People cheered when Norton/Tyler Darden kinda changed the universe in his confrontation with his Boss...
@dubb7777
Жыл бұрын
The Lil Boosie drop made me subscribe. 🌚
@BygoneZenith
Жыл бұрын
@Guitarzen spoken like a true nihilist
@Seer43450
7 ай бұрын
"If I had a tumor, I'd call it Marla." Counterpoint. There is some Jungian themes going on and Marla is Jack's anima. And he doesn't have testicular cancer, but organic brain dementia. Which is the one support group he reacts aggressively to when he and Marla divide them up. He is going through a crisis as all these subconscious elements come out but he hallucinates it because of his brain disorder.
@DiscoFang
6 ай бұрын
Yes! And the first rule of men's mental health is that you don't talk about men's mental health. Certainly moreso than testicular cancer.
@DiscoFang
6 ай бұрын
The more I think about that the more it makes sense. That Fight Club is as much about men's mental health within societal roles as it is a critique on that society, fits the narrative techniques and stories far, far, far better.
@elLooto
6 ай бұрын
He also says to Marla in the support division scene "You cant have the whole brain," perhaps (in the vids interpretation) telling us, again, that Marla and Tyler are battling each other for his sanity.
@StephenS-2024
6 ай бұрын
Yes! My point exactly.
@CeeesS
6 ай бұрын
You stole my comment....😂😂😂 What about Marla and not being fucked like that since 4th grade.... Also, don't all males have this collective unconscious myth about what masculinity should be like, when in reality we all the relatively amasculated like the narrator...
@marciomorais7517
6 ай бұрын
This video raised more questions than answered. The woman behind the counter at the used clothes store does interact with Marla. She looks at her dead in the face and hands her money. Then the woman looks in a different direction, towards Jack, when he says he wants bowel cancer. Was that whole scene part of his imagination too or there were two people actually there? Also when Jack tries to talk to Marla for the first time, they are not outside the hotel as mentioned in the video, they had just walked out of the support group meeting. Who gave laxatives to the pigeons? Why do the driver and passenger airbags deploy when they are hitting the cars? The fight club cops aren't real? What about the detective and the apartment explosion investigation? The IDs and security in the rigged buildings not real? Is Jack the only one picking up random fights for the "fight and lose" assignment? Lou and his bodyguard walked into the basement and said "who told you mothafuckas could use my basement", was Jack alone? Was that all imagination? Did jack blow up the art installation, trashed the coffee shop and painted the giant smiley face all by himself? The waiter at the restaurant looks at Jack and Marla separately and takes the food order from Marla. Was that imagination too? I literally watched the movie dozens of times and I am still finding new things and enjoying it.
@Damnboii134
22 күн бұрын
Yep you're right Marla is mostly real Tyler isn't movie is pretty straightforward people like over complicating things because it gets interesting
@MrSeedi76
2 күн бұрын
Also - the cars honk when Marla crosses the street and simply walks into traffic. So, yes, she's real.
@DavidPopeOfficial
6 ай бұрын
Beautifully put. I've been trying to tell people about some of these things for years because I watch this movie like once every two weeks. When I was like 15-17 I was kind of stuck in a house in the middle of nowhere with no internet access or a phone and just a small box of movies, so I would throw this one on a lot as background noise while I tinkered on things. It's become kind of a comfort thing, as odd as that sounds.
@JuanPablo-vz7xd
5 ай бұрын
You have Stockholm Syndrome and your abuser is a mediocre movie about how consumerism neuters men until they are transgender. Question everything you feel to be true but seek trust and help from a treasured loved one, like your mom or a therapist who specializes in deprogramming Stockholm syndrome victims
@Lo-Delfi
2 ай бұрын
We are a quantum entanglement.
@Dylan23-
26 күн бұрын
That’s literally what I’m doing right now
@amthatdad3450
2 күн бұрын
I have done that with the Shawshank Redemption for years.
@msp720
Жыл бұрын
I like this theory because it gives the "we gotta get his balls" scene in the police station SO much more context. That's the main thing he's afraid of. Even when he tries to escape his fantasy of Project Mayhem by turning himself in, he still can't run away from the very real threat of losing his testicles. So that threat manifests as his own people trying to cut them off.
@TheSuperappelflap
11 ай бұрын
He isnt trying to escape the fantasy by turning himself in. Turning himself in and then losing control of project mayhem is him coping with the fact he is losing control of his mind. And at the end he finally accepts it and shoots himself in the head, with the last bit of control he has left. Alternatively, he isnt actually killing himself and even the gun is imaginary, and that scene is a metaphor for the narrator personality "dying" in the mind of a madman, along with Tyler, and him becoming, well, something else.
@rickyalan1227
11 ай бұрын
@@TheSuperappelflap Well said, it seems like it's a symbolic portrayal of the integration of his shadow, or at least a part of it.
@tbirddddd
11 ай бұрын
@@TheSuperappelflap One way the movie improves on the book is the book makes that ending completely clear, or at least that the shot may not have killed him. Minor spoilers if you have any intention of reading the book. Jack ends up in an assumed mental hospital getting treatment, but there are employees in the hospital who can't wait to have him back. The book also makes it clear the planned explosives were real, but never happened because he wasn't good at making them. It would be interesting to reread the book to see if there's any evidence that Marla is not real.
@Paulito941
10 ай бұрын
Holy sh#$ good point
@SheffKane
10 ай бұрын
agreed
@illuminatipizza7968
Жыл бұрын
The idea that Marla was a figment of his imagination was a red herring put in the book (and movie) to keep you from realizing Tyler was the alter ego.
@dancarter482
Жыл бұрын
Marla is THE most important character - she really is living Tyler's philosophy .. . .. ..
@Freakazoid12345
Жыл бұрын
He calls his left hand, "Marla". She's a, "stranger".
@ericcouch
Жыл бұрын
In the hotel scene, when both of them are going down the hall, you only see the narrator in the mirror, not Marla.
@Freakazoid12345
Жыл бұрын
@@ericcouch hotel scene?
@ericcouch
Жыл бұрын
@@Freakazoid12345 when she calls him after overdosing and the police are showing up. There is a mirror in the hallway, as the two of them pass, she's not visible.
@matejcerny207
3 ай бұрын
Whether it's factual or not, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IT!!!! Great video, enjoyed the hell out of it. Awesome work!
@willparrot528
7 ай бұрын
oh my god I actually love this theory and marla being jack's third personality would just make soo much sense
@bitterbold
7 ай бұрын
Up to this day, this is Fincher's arguably best work by far. When I watched this movie for the first time, I was blown away. Then a couple of months later, I rewatched it and discovered details that made the story even more compelling. I love The Fight Club. Period.
@richizzle39
6 ай бұрын
You should read the book too
@Tusk-ruk
6 ай бұрын
I remember when it came out, I was slacking at the university with no direction in my life. I went three times in the first week. I was blown away.
@SgtCroaker
6 ай бұрын
Yes. This and Se7en are Fincher's best!
@johnobrien8773
6 ай бұрын
All the different commentary tracks are worth listening to if you're into that. I also slacked at university.
@JuanPablo-vz7xd
5 ай бұрын
Se🖕en is the movie equivalent of a lackluster director finishing on your face! Have some self-respect! That rejected ending doesn’t work retroactively with the (lackluster and contrived) scrimp, but no one notices bc brad Pitt yells a little bit. That movie is trash and it’s only been enshrined in creepy movie history bc the bad guy (Kevin someone) is so convincing as a crazy deviant and serial sexual predator
@Jake_DapperInsideJoke_Nelson
Жыл бұрын
Palahniuk wrote this book based on some events in his life. It started as a story about people being uncomfortable with traditional masculinity, but he has said that it ended up more like a song. Where, the listener (observer) is free to interpret it in their own way. It's like a poem, where your interpretation is a mirror into your own mind. That being said, I really dig your interpretation. There's a very deep, thoughtful, and empathetic angle to your assessment. That is exactly what Palahniuk was going for. Well done, sir.
@arcticwaddle
Жыл бұрын
Dude stole this video from one done about 10 months before it: kzitem.info/news/bejne/0a9o06yib6qFqKg
@artoriasentertainment4004
Жыл бұрын
the word might be allegory
@Pete-Prolly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! FINALLY....at long last...another person who read the book!! You made my day!!! (and now I'm sad again, cuz this is the high point of my day) 😔 Just kidding, lol, maybe my date won't stand me up 2 nights in a row? 🤷🏻♂️ Any-who..... I have almost all Chuck Palahniuks books and have read most of them, (on my way to reading them all,) and he's SOOO fuckin talented. All of his books mention castration in some form or another too. (Hmm. Weird.) But, yeah..... he's exactly what male readers have needed for so long: a male author, i.e. a male author who behaves male, who writes FOR other males, who is a bad-ass male role model, who is unapologetically masculine. Every other book you read feels like it could've been written by a woman. Or like it was written FOR a woman. NOT CHUCK! You read FIGHT CLUB and you just know this was written by a dude: A dude who jerks off. A dude who fights. A dude with testosterone. A dude who's in touch with his inner-dude and as such, he is displeased with all of the feminine estrogen-pumped pussy-ass men in 1990's society, (and have grown in numbers since then,) but at the same timeㅡChuck Pㅡthis primal man is also educated, witty, and enlightened to a certain degree. Anyway, done rambling, just pleased to find a fellow reader of FIGHT CLUB cuz he's my favorite author.
@dancarter482
Жыл бұрын
@@Pete-Prolly RIGHT up until watching this, I've always considered the film to be style over substance considering the source material. Love certain aspects of the film but it missed the mark as far as the book as its screenplay. This is genius and shows Finch to be a genius too!
@songsthatarecatchy
Жыл бұрын
It's not even his best book.
@masonr1666
4 ай бұрын
Please remember that "Fight Club" came out pre-2001. This airline procedures for boarding we not as strick as it is today.
@masonr1666
4 ай бұрын
To piggyback off of the points discussed in this thesis, note I haven't watched the film, what counter example Disproves that Tyler is actually the Host personality. In otherwords, what if the Narrator personality was made to take in the information about cancer, but the original personality is really Tyler D's?
@robcohen7678
6 ай бұрын
Really cool instrumental cover of Where is My Mind going on in the background here.
@Detman101
6 ай бұрын
YEAAAAAH!!! You noticed it too!!!! 😃😃😃😃
@Kinesiology411
9 ай бұрын
This movie was pre 9/11 and you could absolutely get your boarding pass without an ID. I used to do it often.
@c.f.pedraza4057
6 ай бұрын
Glad my childhood was in the 90s pre 911.
@schrodingersmechanic7622
6 ай бұрын
Back when air travel didn't suck
@MrStimpson38
6 ай бұрын
@@c.f.pedraza4057Kids will be saying the same thing about being a kid pre 2020/COVID.
@johnobrien8773
6 ай бұрын
Hunter Thompson flew home with his .357 magnum inside his satchel in the "Fear and Loathing" book. But not in the movie.
@nards6932
6 ай бұрын
@@MrStimpson38it’s true holidays have really not been the same, halloween especially, and not just holidays really everything seems off it’s weird as fuck
@McKennaBates
Жыл бұрын
I watched another KZitemr who discussed this exact same twist, but this video goes deep and shows the extent of how fractured the protagonist's mind is.
@whatisantilogic138
Жыл бұрын
Great minds think alike 🤓
@curiousBPM
Жыл бұрын
can you link that video as well ?
@Alex_Escribe
Жыл бұрын
Please link the other video 🙏
@yochior
11 ай бұрын
Vid
@christianhackl474
10 ай бұрын
Which youtuber you talking bout? Can you please send the Link or say the title of the video? I would love to watch that video :)
@GonzoPandora69420
3 ай бұрын
Marla's number ends in 0134. Tyler's business card shows his number as 0135.
@salehipour
Ай бұрын
Close, but unfortunately not the case. Tyler’s ends in 0153, and Marla’s ends in 0134.
@ilikeknives1000
Ай бұрын
ever look up the numbers dialed in movies ...
@treyharshaw7276
4 ай бұрын
I don’t get it tho how was he in that bar alone? Did he break in? Was it in his head? Did he have an apartment that blew up? Was the detective also fake? Where was he when he shot himself? Did he shoot himself? Was he not in that building? Did literally the entire movie just take place in the hotel room in his mind? Did he really have that job? If there was no fight club how was he so beaten up? Was he going to the hotel and beating himself up and coming to work and threatening his boss? Was the boss real? Were the scenes on the planes real? Did he actually travel to these other cities where he didn’t make any fight clubs? Hell, how do we know the support groups were real? Was the soap actually real? How did he learn to make the soup if he was spending his nights as Marla? Are the odd jobs real? Was the car accident real or did he just crash the car alone?
@amthatdad3450
2 күн бұрын
The actual events were him in the doctor's office getting his diagnosis and then the rest of the movie was his imagination running away from him. He never left the exam room.
@sstaners1234
Жыл бұрын
I did find it interesting about how Cancer is mentioned a lot in the movie: “If I had a tumor, I’d name it Marla.” I also find it interesting how the narrator “Jack” uses every single aspect of every support group he’s attended to build up Fight Club. From the language. “I look around and I see men. We help each other” / “I look around and see a lot of new faces.” To how each of them interact with each other. I think Chuck Palahnuik modeled a lot of his characters after Travis Bickel in Taxi Driver. A lot of the characters seem like they’re a mirror image of him.
@DarkSideOfTheBrightSide
Жыл бұрын
Interesting perspective, I can see it too.. I felt there’s a little inspiration from Jeff Spicoli too..
@RonnieJamesOsbourne
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't all the support group names that, the narrator (Edward Norton used, "all" Martin Scorcese characters/influenced? Ex. Travis (Travis Bickel) Rupert (Rupert Pubkin) Cornelius (Martin Cornelius Aemilianus Scorsese) etc.
@sstaners1234
Жыл бұрын
Another thing I noticed is how the female narrative is used. In the first part you see “Jack” going to the support group for testicular cancer. Most of the men (aside from the narrator Jack) have lost their testicles to cancer thus emasculating them. One man talks about his former fiancée in which she has moved on with her life and had a child leaving the man to reflect on his loss. In the second half we are introduced to Marla, the poster child of toxic feminism (if only in the narrator’s mind). Then we are introduced to Tyler who is the opposite of all of that who asks the question: “I wonder if a woman is what we really need?” All of this paints a picture of why Fight Club exists.
@hoosthere
Жыл бұрын
@@sstaners1234 he was unable to connect with people that's why he went to the support groups, he was in love with Marla but couldn't come to terms with it because Tyler was in love with Marla, in the end he realizes the fake connections to people were real even though he was a pretender
@sstaners1234
Жыл бұрын
@ uutuu - I was thinking Travis as in Travis Bickel Rupert (Murdock) And Cornelius from the planet of the apes.
@xhawkenx633
Жыл бұрын
The doctor didn't give the sleeping pills because he believed that tyler would want to go the "easy way" out after his terminal testical cancer diagnosis
@m4rke11a
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Strong sedatives and etc. only after checking with psychiatrist. You right
@savy1917
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be a better end tho
@aesop2733
Жыл бұрын
@@savy1917you have to be pretty careful though with that kind of thing. Sometimes people beat cancer, their mental health improves. Some may find that preferable but there needs to be consideration not just for a vulnerable state of mind but who you allow to have that kind of power. Do you trust every doctor you meet? I sure as hell don't.
@SaintedPIacebo
Жыл бұрын
maybe, sometimes, but in many countries particularly the usa where this movie takes place thats not an option that you are allowed to take even if you wanted it. @@savy1917
@BenPat88
11 ай бұрын
@@aesop2733I trust very very few medical personnel at any level. They aren’t allowed to think beyond the limitations of the fda, hospital manager, insurance masters, etc and unfortunately for all Americans the limitation on the top and bottom, left and right, begin and end with big Pharma…
@user-zb6rh6kw5m
6 ай бұрын
It's s very compelling video. I may have to watch Fight Club again with this new lens. Thanks for making me think about a movie I thought I already knew so well.
@knowEyeDeer
Ай бұрын
I stumbled upon this, it brought back all the discussion and thought my friends and I put into this movie. For the record, it's very nice to hear someone else saying the things I was saying at the time. Clever analysis, keep it up... keep it right up....
@mr.moonthegoon4178
Жыл бұрын
Him saying it all comes back to Marla is a reference to how she invaded all his support groups, pushing him further and further down the rabbit hole to get relief
@NoConsequenc3
Жыл бұрын
@@georgec5212 if your church wont help you maybe it's you
@dc-qr8by
Жыл бұрын
Marla and tyler were the only white people at the sickle cell meeting. I think the theory is bunk for ball cancer.
@ataridc
Жыл бұрын
this video is stupid and bad and relies on logical leaps that would be a difficult task for superman
@QuikVidGuy
Жыл бұрын
@@georgec5212 okay we're in Las Vegas and you're in the Indian sea
@amandamccormick5009
Жыл бұрын
They weren't his support groups. He was faking it. And wanted to deprive someone else from getting catharsis tge same way he did
@bluesoman
Жыл бұрын
This is mind blowing. I always thought it was weird that the two guys saw someone beating themselves up and decided to join in.
@fernandomaron87
8 ай бұрын
Yes, or a woman entering a cancer pacient supporting group with a lit cigarette on her mouth blowing smoke, and nobody shouting her to leave.
@Nikoutlaw0
3 ай бұрын
@@fernandomaron87i thought about it too but found a reason, she could say her husband Has cancer and she wants to understand him from other perspective
@chriswarner5158
6 ай бұрын
But there is a Papermill Rd. In Newark Delaware, which was a very rundown neighborhood at the time. Plus they make reference to Newcastle having a fight club (same county), as well as Penn's Grove, which is directly across the river. Jack knew a lot about where I grew up, even if it was a figment of his imagination.
@TNChernabog
4 ай бұрын
Also consider that maybe Project Mayhem and the destruction of the credit companies were Tyler’s desire to drop his credit debt down to zero before dying.
@DarkSideOfTheBrightSide
Жыл бұрын
I expected some generic take we’ve heard a million times, but it’s very refreshing to be caught off guard w/ a unique perspective that works on every level.. I’m gonna watch the movie again, because this gives it a new life.
@mapu1
Жыл бұрын
Another stupid "It was all a dream" theory. How the heck is it fresh? Every story ever has a "it was all a dream" and "they are in purgatory" theories. They don't need any proof, just show something that's not consistent and boom, it was all a dream. This is the most overdone theory ever.
@itwasaliens
Жыл бұрын
@@mapu1 except it actually makes sense in this case.
@DarkSideOfTheBrightSide
Жыл бұрын
@@mapu1 “it was all a dream” I kind of feel like you didn’t watch the video, or zoned in & out while viewing it- because, the theory(a couple, out of numerous examples of this theory being worthwhile) about Cancer, the name Tyler Durden being… I’m just saying, you’re not being charitable at all, not in the slightest.
@jasonrhodes9726
Жыл бұрын
now I understand why people came over when he and Tyler were fighting in the street. Since Tyler isn't real, I would avoid someone beating the shit out of himself on the street.
@DantesGrill
Жыл бұрын
@@DarkSideOfTheBrightSide The problem is that the theory creates a bunch of other plot holes. Like if The Narrator is Tyler Durden and everything is written out to Tyler Durden, why is Marla's medication written out to "Singer" instead of Durden if they are the same person? Or the "no one interacts with these people. Except for here, here and here" argument. It's like "Here's my theory, but the movie contradicts it, but you can't trust the movie so my theory is still valid". Or when Bob dies. "how were they able to bring him back? Because he's not real". But then nothing was real, so nothing mattered. He's just tying straws together, claiming that the movie's plot holes or whatever strengthens his theory, completely disregarding his own plot holes. His theory also makes the movie so much less interesting to watch.
@DD-zb3kl
Жыл бұрын
It’s easy to overlook how Fight Club begins amidst the chaotic firing of the Narrator’s very synapses. In fact the entire title sequence is a virtual fly through, zooming out from the inside of his head. I think this almost blatantly illustrates the location from which his story truly unfolds. You give a fine analysis of a brilliant film. 🥴👍
@MrJeffcoley1
Жыл бұрын
and the song, the pixies “where is my mind“
@GlorifiedGremlin
Жыл бұрын
I agree, and I like your comment, but why'd you have to use that God forsaken emoji lmao
@robindro1961
Жыл бұрын
Woow
@lifeimitatingdeath3608
Жыл бұрын
I've pointed this out to friends for years!
@geecee12
Жыл бұрын
It starts in the fear center of the brain
@janulrichfalkspenster4994
3 ай бұрын
That’s a great fucking analysis my man. Thanks for taking the time to explain to the rest of us❤
@HaloDieHard
4 ай бұрын
A lot of this theory really hinges on Marla not being real and she is real. You need to realize that this whole movie is about questioning everything and explaining nothing.
@peterpike
Жыл бұрын
It's definitely not the conclusion of the book, but fits in with the movie bits. I was never really sold on Marla being real (mainly because of being a traffic-ghost), but you did make it plausible that Bob wasn't real too. And whether it deals with testicular cancer or not, I'm surprised you didn't include the iconic: "If I did have a tumor, I'd name it Marla" when mentioning those bits.
@AmramGames
Жыл бұрын
may i ask what is the conclusion of the book?
@youknowwhoyouare2269
Жыл бұрын
Why not read it for yourself to enjoy the satisfaction of the knowledge you're asking a stranger for? @@AmramGames
@tommyt7555
Жыл бұрын
There’s a lot of differences in tone of the movie and book. The movie was unironic in its “men need this” assertion. The movie was ironic. Subtlety, but ironic. A commentary. I wouldn’t put it past one of the team making this.
@sclark615
Жыл бұрын
@Peter Caldwell he didn't think he was in heaven he thought he was the leader of a rebellious freedom faction and the orderlies were a part of project mayhem who were in the asylum with him.
@SavageGerbil
Жыл бұрын
@@AmramGames Another difference to the book in general is scale, the movie dials everything up to 11. Never felt quite right from a realism perspective, which this theory helps out. Ending specifically is one of the bigger examples. In the film, they blow up 7 credit card headquarters, they manage to clear all the buildings, it goes off perfectly. One of my favorite ending scenes, but the context of this theory makes it work better. In the book, his hairbrained scheme is blowing up just the one skyscraper, with himself in it, thinking that he'll get it to fall just right and destroy the museum just down the road. Bomb fails, he gets locked up with the outcome Peter Caldwell laid out
@scale_e
Жыл бұрын
I've watched fight club at least a hundred times, without exaggeration at least a hundred times. Ive read dozens upon dozens of essays on it, watched a tonne of reviews, explainers, etc etc. This is, by far, the most succinct, well put together analysis of the film from this or any other angle. You spoke well, at a good pace, chose great clips, edited it fantastically and used great bg music. Well done. 10/10.
@SeymourClearly86
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I'm in a similar position and have nothing to add to that. 👌
@ChestZeroeski
Жыл бұрын
I was just about to add a 'finally, someone gets it!' then I read yer comment. I couldn't agree more
@scrappyanimations4096
Жыл бұрын
No you haven't
@SeymourClearly86
Жыл бұрын
@@scrappyanimations4096 how can you tell? That's just 5 times per year over a period of 20 years and when you love this movie and watch it 2-3 times a year (maybe only as 2nd screen or while doing chores or work at your PC) and in addition to this you show it to 2 other people (on an average) you meet per year who still haven't watched it before - easy af. No problem.
@MichaelSmith420fu
Жыл бұрын
Do you also think that Tyler split because he actually had ball cancer? Cuz that's dumb
@azzarox6661
6 ай бұрын
While I disagree with the overall thesis of your video you definitely gave me a lot of stuff to think about. Very good video!
@mikaelbiilmann6826
3 ай бұрын
I bet, even the writer says: “Huh… I see you digging deeper into my subconscious! Well done!” 👍
@pyjamacritic1171
Жыл бұрын
I'm typically not a fan of "all in this character's head" theories, because how easily they could be applied to literally any work of fiction renders them meaningless, but this was well thought out and went much deeper than simply stating it was a dream. Very convincing case.
@nicocee2431
Жыл бұрын
The only thing that makes "it's all in his head" justifiable is that Jack is directly shown to be imagining Tyler. It's like when you introduce magic into a world, if you know magic is real, then magic could be the answer to some questions while in other world that would be unheard of
@jupitereye4322
Жыл бұрын
I think even David Fincher watching this would be like "How the f did I do this??"
@DIYuntilDAWN
Жыл бұрын
All works of fiction do start out as just in someone's head. However, not all of them get written down or turned into a movie.
@DaxterL
Жыл бұрын
I think it works in this case, because it doesn't ruin the story, it doesn't make you go "then what's the point", instead it transforms the story about a dude becoming a terrorist to a story about how a mental breakdown looks like. The inner workings of a mind, like looking into the brain with a microscope and watching the engine break down. A train wreck given human form.
@youknowwhoyouare2269
Жыл бұрын
Love how you evoked literally to help validate your flimsy claim, you can apply whatever you feel, that doesn't make the concept universally applicable
@dickstryker
Жыл бұрын
Chronic insomnia can cause a psychotic break too. If you've ever experienced it the way this movie portrays disassociation and hallucinations rings hella true. Like Tyler is just way off the deep end with it. A movie, cartoon character version of a real insomniac.
@lupo10
Жыл бұрын
That’s true, when I was 17 I took speed for a week straight, was being chased through my village in my head. A friends mum called an ambulance and I spent a few days in hospital. Never gone through again 25 years later.
@Freakazoid12345
Жыл бұрын
Multiple personality is not a real mental disorder. People pretend to be other people all the time, sure. But yeah, obviously this was all brought on by sleep deprivation.
@beneathawell
11 ай бұрын
@@Freakazoid12345 People pretend to be other people all the time, sure, but DID is definitely a real thing LMAO.
@GeneralBulldog54
11 ай бұрын
I'm not sure about a psychotic break, but I do know 4 weeks doing a 2200-0430 sleep schedule with little to no time to eat and being in mostly constant motion did have me seeing things when I finally had the time to sit down. Black streaks looking like legs standing up that tilted whenever I did. It was disconcerting to say the least.
@Freakazoid12345
11 ай бұрын
@@beneathawell "DID is definitely a real thing LMAO" ? What is that based on? Being gullible and watching people on youtube act out things that only exist in movies and scam children with anime profile pictures? DID may exist in textbooks and to a small degree in behavior, but there is nothing like the way Fight Club or movies portray it. You're wrong if you think that is the case. edit: lol, why am I wasting time on comments on a channel full of idiots?
@johnemsley2893
16 сағат бұрын
I’ve been a massive fan of fight club since it came out and it definitely spoke to me as a disaffected young man. Just shown it my son(15) who sent me your video. What a thoughtful and compelling take on the movie. Top content, thank you
@winespringinc.9447
3 ай бұрын
I love this because it deepens the perspective on why Jack imagines himself as Tyler in any given situation. With the new layers of what else is imaginary the narrative feels way more cohesive.
@MaisDennis
Жыл бұрын
I've always considered this possibility of Marla and everyone in Project Mayhen to not be real... but never took it this far down the rabbit hole... great work my friend!
@brainfloss9710
Жыл бұрын
This. Exactly the same here. Always 'knew' it, but never spelled it out.
@nickpetrillo8300
Жыл бұрын
tyler thought marla and tyler might have been the same person.
@randomdude189
Жыл бұрын
The twist was Tyler was 2 inches shorter so Marla couldn’t handle the truth
@randomdude189
Жыл бұрын
@@brainfloss9710 cause it’s a cop out. Obviously any movie could be “oh they just imagined it the whole time” but it’s lazy if done poorly. Joker did it decently but it was obvious. The movie Filth does a better job at hiding the twist than fight club if you haven’t seen that jakes Macavoy really captures darkness and despair with the crazies thrown in.
@88goodluck88
Жыл бұрын
like 10 years ago it was considered one of the main twist too, i remember reading about it everywhere
@DaveAPyper
Жыл бұрын
I've seen Fight Club upwards of 70 times and this is one of the most brilliant interpretations of the film I've ever seen
@bobjohnson1096
Жыл бұрын
Do you have insomnia as well?
@indigosurf
Жыл бұрын
I agree 100%
@asues420
Жыл бұрын
70 times bro? Tf?
@DaveAPyper
Жыл бұрын
@@asues420 Yeah, freshman year of high school I got sick and missed like 40 days of school and somewhere in those 2 months I watched Fight Club every day for 30 days and watched it plenty of times since then (I'm now in my 30s) so I'd guess my view count is somewhere above 70. I actually haven't seen FC in a few years and this video makes me want to take another dive.
@DaveAPyper
Жыл бұрын
@@bobjohnson1096 Nope. Sleep like a baby
@brianferreira7277
7 ай бұрын
I watched this all the way through and had to come back to like and comment. My brain rejected your theory at first but I gotta say, you laid out the argument masterfully and even if that’s not what the filmmaker intended, I think I like your version better. What many people don’t get is that the movie is a subversion of the message of the book. If you get that, it goes from a fun movie to a really clever movie. Your interpretation takes the themes to its furthest extremes and if you look at it that way, it goes from clever to kinda brilliant. The this movie has been enjoyed on two levels with two different interpretations and over 20 years later you introduced a third that brings it to another level shows how good the movie is and how good your analysis is.
@thomgizziz
7 ай бұрын
No he didn't. It is a reach in a ton of places.
@brianferreira7277
7 ай бұрын
@@thomgizziz How is it a reach to extend the thought that a person who hallucinates to see a second personality outside of themselves and has a warped perspective of what is real is doing that with other people they present as real. The main character is called the narrator a reason, because he is the one telling the story. We know by the end that he is unreliable so why should we assume that any of it is real?
@shivyyz
7 ай бұрын
Great theory but still a few holes.... - Wouldnt Rupert be kind of surprised that the person sitting next to him on the airplane had the exact same name as him? - This movie is pre-911 back then you didnt need ID to fly domestically (this is how some of the 911 hijackers were able to board). - His employer gave him "flight coupons" and due to them being pre 911 they could be used by whomever. - Marla is real. People react to her like how they all looked her way when she first showed up at the mens support group or how the waiter nods at her after she orders in the restaurant. Also cars react to her when she walks aimlessly across the street.
@MyDudeGuy
3 ай бұрын
If he can imagine a whole person walking around and interacting with him and the world, you don't think he can imagine people giving looks in a specific direction? xD
@plo617
Жыл бұрын
I remember one of my coworkers telling me that he thought Marla wasn't real like Tyler. Then I told him that if that was the case, we really don't know if the majority of things that happened in the movie even happened.
@nich0la5
Жыл бұрын
Yup. That's usually the problem with unreliable narrator movies or rather, their interpretations and critiques. Basically, it often boils down to "...wHaT iF nOtHiNg'S tRuE?"
@darthbane2669
Жыл бұрын
Of course it's not true it's a movie.
@phishinround420
Жыл бұрын
“It was all a dream.”
@blasthardcheese8601
Жыл бұрын
@@phishinround420 Used to read Word-Up magazine
@jamescheddar4896
Жыл бұрын
@@nich0la5 I feel like the people speculating what's real and not in a fictional universe might be losers
@ericwilliams626
11 ай бұрын
Fight Club wasn't about masculinity, that was simply a part of the ingredients. It was about how men are treated in modern society and their path, how the end up, dead end job, Ikea, fast food, no friends. The novelist wrote this as an illustration into the male disease all men fall for; the disillusionment of expectations.
@shanazblacksun7201
11 ай бұрын
Damb
@bostonteapartycrasher
11 ай бұрын
Yes we have been living in a gynocentric society for like 40 years now. Men are even more unhappy than back in the 90s
@Killkillkilldiediedie
11 ай бұрын
It’s ABSOLUTELY about masculinity. The whole thing. Again. Written by a gay man, wrestling with his identity in the modern world yes. And at the focus of that. Masculinity.
@TheSuperappelflap
11 ай бұрын
@@bostonteapartycrasher Actually, men now report being more happy than in the 90s. Coincidentally more men are not married. Women on the other hand, have never reported being less happy on average. So we have finally gotten to the point where the whole thing is coming full circle. Not that thats going to change anything because women dont care about logic and statistics. But it is funny. By trying to completely emasculate and put down men, they have in the end mostly hurt themselves.
@martinbeaubien440
11 ай бұрын
I never knew he was gay! It makes a lot more sense now.
@robbiedagostino4919
4 ай бұрын
Bro I analyze the crap out of movies. This one in particular. But man you caught all kinds of things I didn’t. Well done sir!
@MrReganomics1
4 ай бұрын
3:08 you didn't fly pre 9/11 I see... you absolutely can get a flight in an alias no ID required... you only needed ID for international flights
@shadyss96
Жыл бұрын
Very well done! Never saw this but Marla and Bob always stood out to me based on the subtle lighting differences and could never figure out why. You've sold me!
@ChaelSonnenOfficial
8 ай бұрын
Wrong. You did not need ID for flights until 9-11. Movie was made in 1999.
@2MinuteHockey
7 ай бұрын
spot on--I am Jack's 1990's nostalgia
@TornadoOfSouls777
6 ай бұрын
It was great to party like it's 1999
@dooomswear303
6 ай бұрын
No way chael sonnen is still watching fight club theory vids😂. Did you imagine the chael persona too
@drophammer776
6 ай бұрын
@TornadoOfSouls777 I been saying the same since 1999 "Were gonna (Fill in blank) like it's 1999!"
@Rozza2k
6 ай бұрын
Jack never lost a round
@adamfantasm8480
29 күн бұрын
I watch a lot of these critiques/analyses, and I've got to admit, this is one of the best I have ever seen. Well done.
@adamfantasm8480
29 күн бұрын
I get why you probably didn't want to add this in, but Bob's casting and physical attributes seem to directly personify his fear of emasculation on an entirely visual level. The preconceived answer to the syllogism he is wrestling with the entire story.
@jessegifford7913
7 ай бұрын
...the Narrator is never diagnosed with Testicular Cancer, he's told to go to the Testicular Cancer support group so he "can see what real suffering is like". Hell, his entire initial problem with Marla is that she's an "imposter", just like him...
@bingbong6861
Жыл бұрын
This actually gives alot of credit to how much detail and cues were put into this masterpiece of a movie.
@judeannethecandorchannel2153
Жыл бұрын
TRUE‼️‼️ SO TRUE‼️‼️
@michaelhutchings8599
Жыл бұрын
Not to take away from the details but at 5:27 that prescription is so out of wack. 300mg of Xanax? In one pill? One swig of bourbon and you're breathing stops. Unless it's XR 3mg and there is 100 tablets, simply not possible. The only logical explanation is 100 3mg XR tablet's..
@CookedAF2
Жыл бұрын
It Was! A book bro
@StarPunkBIC
Жыл бұрын
And the protagonist does not ask for Xanax (Alprazolan) which is a benzodiazepin derivative used for anxiety. He asks for Tylenol (paracetamol) which is used to treat pain ("I'm in pain") or Seconal (Secobabital) which is used for treating insomnia ("I can't sleep"). So no, he is not asking for a treatment for anxiety.
@OcultaManu
Жыл бұрын
The book was amazing.
@metalmesa
Жыл бұрын
What is truly fascinating about the film is how it is written filmed and edited. The slow burn and subconscious elements that are subtle yet directly placed in front of you as the viewer, both audibly and visually. The actors portray their characters like they believe they are individuals and the director blends Jack's experiences in a way that leaves the viewer trying to comprehend each of the scenes and the dynamics and complexity of them all while moving on into the next part of the story so quickly the viewer has little time to process what is real. Brilliant film in every way! Great analysis and theory!
@jellabean
Жыл бұрын
I also feel like the subliminal messages hint towards mass consumerism. The ikea, the starbucks, tyler durden flashing in and out like some commercials and movies actually have done (albeit less consciously noticeable) specifically for sublimal marketing purposes..
@lukearts2954
Жыл бұрын
@@jellabean yes. If I remember correctly, there are also 2 or 3 frames where a word appears. That's a clear link to subliminal messages. It ties into the idea that society has used media to subconsciously destroy the idea of a man and turning it into something to be despised and bad by definition, giving only short term material gratification for it in return.
@jellabean
Жыл бұрын
@@lukearts2954 i forgot about the words that pop up! It's been years since i watched that movie but I've seen it sooo many times and analyzed it a lot lol i need to watch it again. But yeah, i agree with you 100%
@Diccolo91
15 күн бұрын
Legit, this blew my mind. Great video man
@OB1cannolli
3 ай бұрын
Except he wasn't diagnosed with testicular cancer. That's why she said she had more right to be there...
@tylerphillips503
Жыл бұрын
This has to be the best analysis video about Fight Club I've ever seen. I try to find something new every time I watch it but you had so much detail with things like the human waste that I've never seen on an easter egg list. Bravo, instant subscribe from only seeing one of your videos. Plus, the vaporwave version of "Where Is My Mind?" Playing throughout the video was the cherry on top.
@danielczako4910
Жыл бұрын
I was wondering why I watched this movie so many times and it never really made sense. I think I caught it in parts (the in the house, the guy seeing them fight, all his jobs, the guy behind the bar) but was never able to put it together like that. Mind blown
@cantubloodaxe768
Жыл бұрын
Same. Something about this movie has always bothered me. I couldn't find the issue. I wasn't seeing a message how others would tell me they found. It turns out the only issue was Tyler himself.
@imj3688
Жыл бұрын
I have been a raging fan of this flick since 1999. I've got the actual promotional bar of glycerin soap right here by my desk in a case and a 1st printing hardcover of the book has been on my bookshelf for about 20 years now. And there was a lot in this video that I hadn't given consideration to before. Such a strong case made here for many of these points and a great way to go back and re-examine the material. Great, great work on this video.
@moonandstars1677
Жыл бұрын
What stops someone from making a copy of it and passing it off as the original???
@imj3688
Жыл бұрын
@@moonandstars1677 I'm going to have to assume now that you mean the soap and not the book after wracking my head as to why anyone would actually consider the effort for that 🤣. I suppose if someone really wanted to copy the mold and then ACTUALLY sit around and make Glycerine Soap with the FC logo, they could. But A) it would be a ridiculous thing to put any effort into and B) they'd have to basically also figure out and copy it's original packaging, wrap style and printed matter that was included. Not impossible, but again - a ridiculous thing to target to a limited audience for a bill or two. I suppose there is SOME prop-replica basement dweller out there who would try. I mean hell - paper street soap company business cards have been available for download online for 20 year or more now, sooo.... 😂
@louispconstant6624
Жыл бұрын
@@imj3688 Good luck at trying to get the supplies to make soap also 😛
@j0hncon5tantine
Жыл бұрын
@imj3688 Im just curious, how much does that soap go for on ebay these days? Did you ever read the fight club 2 comic books?
@imj3688
Жыл бұрын
@@louispconstant6624 Exactly. And that was my point - someone is going to try to make glycerin soap with the right mold and the right pink dye lot, etc JUST to counterfeit a movie promo?!?!? Better to just buy one in this market if limited FC collector's, lol
@jsbmx2039
10 күн бұрын
Dude you absolutely made me buy your idea. Such a well made video
@hubey
7 күн бұрын
Fight Club is about how some people respond to a society built on toxic masculinity, with a pointed form of toxic masculinity. Doubling down. I like your insight of the woman being an embrace of feminine energy. That's 50% of the answer in real life. The other 50% is to embody actual masculine energy (not the toxic misinterpretation). And to have both in harmony, yin and yang, and let them dance together. The problem with making movies too subtle is that they have the opposite effect on the auidence. What the movie condemned, actually inspired millions to adopt.
@hunterwolf12345
7 ай бұрын
Another detail, the narrator gave his house number to Marla because he hadn't gone to the paper street yet. However, Marla called the paper street house even though she didn't know the number there, because it was never given to her.
@TheCoppoy
7 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@piningbuck
7 ай бұрын
Didn't he give here the business card?
@blanchequizno7306
7 ай бұрын
Good catch!
@katzenjamma
7 ай бұрын
Another thing with the phone at Paper Street, which has *always* bugged me, is how did the detective get the number for it? I always put it down to an off-screen interaction, but this theory would play into him never having done it, on or off screen.
@jasonselph6968
7 ай бұрын
You left that forwarding number, remember?
@ZillMob
Жыл бұрын
Not sure if any of this was intended by the movie or the book, but it sure is a fun and well thought out and explained theory. Good job
@ChicCanyon
Жыл бұрын
It wasnt. This is pure fanfic
@technologicalsociety
Жыл бұрын
I am not saying that you, but certain people, seem to forget that the director of a film can change whatever they want about the story they turn into a movie... There are plenty of examples where a director takes an amazing story and creates something almost completely different and equally appreciable to watch. Brilliant job by Fincher and by the guy posting this video.
@ChicCanyon
Жыл бұрын
@technologicalsociety you can download the screen play and read it for yourself. We're not dealing in hypothetical, speculation or conjecture. This "theory" is not in any version of this IP.
@technologicalsociety
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of how all of Kubrick's movies were interpreted flawlessly through looking at his scripts. Now I understand.
@michaelfahl7017
Жыл бұрын
I actually Love this video maker's idea here. It's grounded, it can be evidenced. And the Chuck doesn't have a monopoly on interpretation. Just like a song maker doesn't have a monopoly on a song's meaning. During the time any individual accesses any media or context, they themselves can ascribe meaning to what they just registered.
@RND_ADV_X
Ай бұрын
You should also notice that the "other city chapters" in Fight Club are based on TV sitcom tropes. The bar is similar to Cheers, and the bar tender with the broken neck represents Tyler watching Cheers and noticing that "the stupid character" Woody is not played by an actor who is stooped over with a bent (or "broken" ) neck aka "actually stupid looking". So Tyler is " hallucinating" information based off of watching TV. Why would Tyler be obsessed with appearances like that? Remember what his notebooks were filled with ... Descriptions of physical features and personifications of aspects of his life. He was trying to figure out what he SHOULD be like... So naturally part of his narrative is to attempt to correlate the appearances of others. This FITS with his introduction, where he is ranting against the unnatural and facades. There are more examples of that in the film. It's truly inspired.
@candacesmith9970
23 күн бұрын
Another brilliant video. I am so happy I found this channel.
@Merciful_Angel
7 ай бұрын
I think the secret to Fight Club is that most of these interpretations are valid and thus no single answer can be true. Fight Club, I have learned, means so many things to so many people and the truth is the answer that works for you. There will be some people whose truth is men being stripped of masculinity and so they see a call to arms. For others, it's about Tyler being the easy path and the one we need to fight against. Personally, I feel your version is my new truth now that I see it. That doesn't stop anyone else from having their own truths, just that you gave me a new one...
@Napalm6b
7 ай бұрын
I've read a number of books by Palahniuk and this interpretation is probably closer to the author's intention than anything else I've heard. A brilliantly devious mind.
@percyblok6014
7 ай бұрын
@@Napalm6b So that's why Chuck Palahniuk , himself, describes Fight Club as a "love story"? The book is a simpler work of fiction from the very trendy and popular at the time transgressive literary genre. I tend to take what Palahniuk says regarding this piece at face value. Sure, there's pithy social commentary along the way, but at the end of the day it's about two damaged, mentally broken, world weary people finding each other. Now, as far as the movie is concerned, all bets are off until I rewatch to validate this theory. The movie and the book are ultimately separate pieces of work to be evaluated on their own merits.
@JuanPablo-vz7xd
5 ай бұрын
The Secret To Fight Club is that it isn’t a very good movie. It really just sucks. I was in a fight club king before this movie and when it came out my other friends started calling the cops on us. Also, my college roommate raised his own personal army by creating a communist club based on this movie’s rhetoric, 200 deep. Also my exGF started a soap-making operation with her bff…? and everyone missed the gender-identity politics all together somehow? For real. And how did none of you know Marla isn’t real?! Article A Dildo is on her dresser!
@JuanPablo-vz7xd
5 ай бұрын
I didn’t say king, that’s some sort of autocorrect. The only Kings I will ever recognize on this earth are tekken characters! Armor King, Wang Jinrei (Wang mean King yo)
@Napalm6b
5 ай бұрын
@@percyblok6014 I think Palahniuk said that as a satisfying concise answer to an interviewer and an audience. In a sense it's totally reasonable and correct but it is incredibly reductive. All those other layers of commentary are what make the story interesting. I get the same feeling reading the great Philip K Dick books. Yes the core of the story can be very simple but it's the complexity of the larger world characters inhabit that make the story compelling.
@Turtlefaceful
Жыл бұрын
This weird new wave synth non vocal version of The Pixies “Where Is My Mind” is quite fitting. Well done!
@rogerwennstrom6677
Жыл бұрын
Probably this one? kzitem.info/news/bejne/12Zn12RnhZSIrX4
@paintheskywithcosmos
Ай бұрын
Jack's legal name isn't Tyler Durden. In the confrontation scene, Jack tries to understand Tyler logically and he says "you have a house" Tyler responds "Rented in your name" Tyler is a separate consciousness really, although displayed in a hallucination. Like yeah, Jack can see Tyler, and to Jack, Tyler is real, but he is more separate and real than a hallucination as Jack says that Tyler speaks for him, and Jack watches himself as Tyler outside of his own body (classical disassociation.)
@joeflowers9084
11 ай бұрын
I've been teaching this since the DVD came out. There are a lot more hints in the book as well. MARLA Singer is an anagram for ALARM Singer, and you'll notice the alarms, sirens, phone rings, and bells (to tell you to buckle your seatbelt on the plane) are always going off with Tyler/Marla. :)
@Flexyourmemes
9 ай бұрын
Alarm Ringers
@kratosgodofwar4584
9 ай бұрын
@@FlexyourmemesAlarm Siren G 😂
@bretthernan7589
9 ай бұрын
Alarm Signer?
@aphonic2276
9 ай бұрын
I wish we could be learning about this dvd in my school! 😭
@codyx8273
8 ай бұрын
correlation does not equal causation. you are teaching bullshit.
@Diogenes_43
11 ай бұрын
Fight club isn’t just Nietzschian, it’s also Jungian. Marla is Jacks anima, his repressed feminine shadow self. The end of the film is him integrating this part of his personality and also accepting and becoming the Ubermensch, aka Tyler. It’s about him integrating the powerful and repressed parts of himself into a cohesive whole.
@codybua1731
11 ай бұрын
Interesting take
@ionutgrigore7110
11 ай бұрын
But one of the points of this theory is that Tyler is a child throwing a tantrum, which is the opposite of an Ubermensch
@MegaMido29
11 ай бұрын
@@ionutgrigore7110"Tyler" is the Baby, yeah. But I guess the comment refered to the Narator as he exepts himself to be the actual Tyler. Aka "Jack", "Marla" and "Tyler" all integrated to form the Übermensch-Tyler
@ionutgrigore7110
11 ай бұрын
@@MegaMido29 oh i got it now, jungian indeed, very good take 🤔
@neelyohara88
10 ай бұрын
this this this! so glad you said this. i love jung.
@robertolinsky6165
6 ай бұрын
God damn it. That was a lot to think about. Good job. I've subscribed.
@miyannaable
6 ай бұрын
Now I must watch this movie again with these concepts in mind - brilliant video!! (I'm actually watching it now with your observations and concepts in mind, and the film I thought I knew so well is new and exciting again)! My whole disposition tonight has improved after seeing your video - TY.
@wesleywatson9193
Жыл бұрын
Another theory could be the whole movie is the narrator experiencing death. Durden keeps trying to get him to “let go” when bob sees the narrator after he stops going to the classes he says we all thought you were dead. The biggest hint towards this is the ending where he shoots himself in the head and “survives” the world then collapses around him
@joeshmoe12301230
10 ай бұрын
His doctor doesn’t tell him to go to support groups for people with terminal illnesses. First he tells him that he “needs to lighten up”. After being denied medication for his insomnia and narcolepsy, Jack tells him that he’s in pain. His doctor then responds by saying “you wanna see pain? Swing by First Methodist on Tuesday nights and see the guys with testicular cancer. That’s pain…” So if his doctor is being dismissive about Jack’s situation and tells him to go see people who are actually dealing with real problems so that Jack can get some perspective on things; then Jack clearly does NOT have testicular cancer. But your theory is otherwise very interesting. I like it. The mind exercises that are made possible by this movie are what makes it so good.
@ConfuciousDragon
7 ай бұрын
If we accept the narrative that Jack wasn't able to accept his testicular cancer diagnosis when he was first told, he could have created the plausible scenario for why he might be visiting that group instead. Especially if we view Bob as the manifestation of his grief with his diagnosis.
@tsp988
7 ай бұрын
@@ConfuciousDragonif you accept that bs, NOWHERE in the movie does it say that he has cancer of any kind, this guy just made that up to create a false narrative that his opinion is truth when it’s clearly wrong
@blanchequizno7306
7 ай бұрын
WOULD a Dr - a REAL Dr. - do that, though? Tell a rando patient to go play voyeur in a sufferers' support group just to gain perspective? That sounds pretty EW to me!
@josephasbury4492
7 ай бұрын
That slow zoom on Tyler's face happens before this convo takes place. Given what we've seen, this means that the convo with doc wasn't told by a reliable narrator.
@ryanhorvath1308
7 ай бұрын
@@tsp988 The convenient plot device of an unreliable narrator unfortunately makes everything presented in a book or movie up for grabs. He could have cancer and just be in denial. The whole movie could be in a snowglobe in some kid's head. They don't mention it but that doesn't mean it isn't a possibility. That is also the unreliable narrator's biggest liability- you can't trust anything being shown or told once that hand is played.
@StanDuppenshout1
3 ай бұрын
I’ve still only seen Fight Club one time, way back when it came out in theaters. This explanation is very thorough, articulate, and well-presented. Will definitely give me a clearer perspective on my second viewing. Kudos. 🤔👌
@ninjunc
28 күн бұрын
Most of the "well actually" comes from having read the book. However, the movie is Fincher's interpretation and re-envisioning of the story...not a cinematic copy. Your theory is absolutely perfect for the movie version. Well done.
@GnrMilligan
7 ай бұрын
You put an impressive amount of work and research into this. Great job!
@TheNagroth
4 ай бұрын
In 1999 you didn't have to show ID to fly, or buy a ticket, for domestic flights. Hell, you could walk right up to the boarding gate and if they still had open seats, hand them cash and get on the plane. Also, his boss gave him coupons, not tickets, and when you redeem the coupon you can put any name on it you wanted to. The rest of his ideas show a similar level of "impressive" research and thought.
@YaBoyJRock42069
4 ай бұрын
LMAO he literally made it all up
@BiffTech05
Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that Marla had even invaded his original safe space in the ice cave when she showed up instead of the penguin. Also, the lye incident when Jack attempts to go to a safe space but Tyler refuses to let him, because Tyler knows Marla already has control over those.
@PumpkinSpicePretzels
Жыл бұрын
"I need a woman, they're ruining everything." is what I heard a lot in that movie and from analysis.
@justind7211
Жыл бұрын
@@PumpkinSpicePretzels if that's all you heard you obviously weren't listening.
@TekniCaliSpeakin
Жыл бұрын
@@PumpkinSpicePretzels more like government and corporations.. But both of them would love to put the average man against the average woman and hope they are both too busy fighting to realize who the real enemy is.. If you're safe from threats from the other side of the world and the other side of town... They need to give you a new threat from inside the dating pool or your own marriage
@davehenry9995
Жыл бұрын
@Random Offensive guy yep
@toportime
Жыл бұрын
@@PumpkinSpicePretzels As that was never implied at all in this analysis.. I suspect you heard it cause that is what you want to hear.
@berky1976
7 ай бұрын
Wouldn't we just ask the director and writer what it was about and what they say would be what it is about? In an interview with The Guardian some time back the director of Fight Club, David Fincher, stated the following: "I’m not responsible for how people interpret things... Language evolves. Symbols evolve," he said during the interview. He (David Fincher) acknowledged that the film has indeed become "one of many touchstones in their lexicography," but he was adamant that this was never the intention. Fight Club, after all, is meant to show the descent of a group of fed-up men including Edward Norton's depressed office worker and Pitt's charismatic Durden who fight each other into a homegrown terrorist group. Regarding those individuals who find that story inspiring, Fincher plainly says "We didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica." That means all this other stuff that you're claiming the movie was about is all created in your own mind and now you want others to believe the fiction with you. Which is fine, but don't imply it was the intent of the director when he clearly states why he directed the movie the way he did. To me, you are reading waaay too much into this movie.
@operationeight-ld5kd
Ай бұрын
Damn… This is probably the best theory I’ve seen for this movie. I love hearing different people’s thoughts on what is undoubtedly my favorite movie.
@RemnTheteth
11 ай бұрын
As someone whose read the book and seen the film a couple of times, I was honestly surprised watching this video. I can't unwatch this, and it's very convincing. The film evidence alone you bring up is staggering. Really cool breakdown of the film, furthering my appreciation for the art of film, and Palahniuk.
@TheRealNormanBates
Жыл бұрын
I had the same suspicion that Marla wasn't real when she effortlessly walked through traffic. In regards to your theory, I dig it. I guess if it _IS_ about testicular cancer or "how I learned to stop worrying and embrace demasculation", does this mean the buildings collapsing represent his phallus being taken down (and the last image in remembrance of his lost member/masculinity)?
@adambandurak8913
Жыл бұрын
It was 2 buildings, right? So his balls.
@sasquatchhunter86
Жыл бұрын
@@adambandurak8913 the corporate art destroying a Starbucks…a round object being removed from its normal place = losing a testicle
@bobjohnson1096
Жыл бұрын
Marla represents chaos so I believe she is real.
@youknowwhoyouare2269
Жыл бұрын
@@sasquatchhunter86 only thing about this theory that disturbs me is the similarities with Freud's theories of sexuality, it feels basic, unsophisticated, psych 101 on shrooms typesht
@TheRealNormanBates
Жыл бұрын
@@youknowwhoyouare2269 that is still okay. At least the peanut gallery will get it... eventually. Anything that can get people to think about things bigger than themselves is a "plus".
@tinashemandizvidza6730
3 ай бұрын
The biggest twist… you made up ur own movie 🤩
@user-mu9uj8fh3m
11 ай бұрын
20+ years after watching this movie and enjoying the hell out of it and realizing so many layers existed...still more to see and watch for....thank you for this.
@triton7705
Жыл бұрын
Rewatched Fight Club after this video and it dawned on me that when Jack and Marla exchange numbers it was before his condo blew up. So he would have given her his condo number. So how then weeks later would she call him out of the blue at the paper st house? She would not have had that number. This seemed to lend a little more credence in my mind that she was a fiction of his imagination. Well thought out video, really had me searching for clues on a rewatch.
@HelloTardis
Жыл бұрын
He would’ve called her in his alter ego mode first. The exchanged numbers remember. He had hers.
@A_Box
Жыл бұрын
Assuming the paper house is real, he could have just asked the phone company to transfer his line to the new location.
@wileepeyote27
Жыл бұрын
She says he left a forwarding number
@Jester_The_Jynxster
Жыл бұрын
There's still one scene that really seems to contradict most of this theory. The scene where Lou comes down to the basement of the bar. He acknowledges "everyone" down there and mentions them a few times. So either Lou is also a figment of "Jack's" imagination as well, or at least some of the other members of fight club, and hence project mayhem must also be real. It's possible that the idea of fight club may have attracted at least a few actual members besides Jack/Tyler? Or as I said, Lou himself is also not real. But that doesn't really add anything to the narrative if that is the case though? I guess this scene may just remain one without answers that will continually bug me every time I watch this movie. Still a great watch either way though! Cheers!
@TheAnarchysAvatar
Жыл бұрын
He left a forwarding number. She literally says that in the movie.
@prunt23
6 ай бұрын
A few points: when a doctor had a patient in front of them with testicular cancer it would make little sense to say to that patient who just exclaimed "I'm in pain!" "You want to see pain? swing by first methodist Tuesday night to the testicular cancer support group, that's pain" The doctor was simply responding to the drug-seeking behaviour he perceived from someone complaining of insomnia, the doctor told him what he needs is natural healthy sleep and prescribed exercise and chewing valerian root, exercise and chewing valerian root is not something a doctor would prescribe to a cancer patient. I don't think the idea that 'Jack' has testicular cancer holds up to even mild scrutiny, personally I just this one scene is enough to discount this idea entirely. There is a far more obvious explanation for why Tyler and Marla are never in the same room, if they were Jack might ask the question "Why don't you two just talk to each other instead of using me as a go-between?" At which point Marla might just say something like "Two of who? there's only me and you in this house." Saying that could very quickly lead to a conversation in which Jack/Tyler realise they're the same person. The first time Marla walks through traffic cars beep at her, later in this scene they beep at Jack/Tyler when he walks into traffic after she just sold some clothes she stole from the laundromat, later multiple cars beep at her again when she's standing in the road talking to 'Jack'. If Jack and Marla were the same person why are cars beeping at both of them? when you actually watch the film without confirmation basis I think your twist falls apart.
@RobertMunro-wb6jb
Ай бұрын
Great video ! All of your points make sense and I have watched a few fight club analysis videos and I enjoyed yours the most !!!
@hawk8403
Жыл бұрын
The things you own end up owning you. I’ll watch this movie 100 more times just to hear that line.
@randumthoughtz
Жыл бұрын
Real talk
@ahobimo732
Жыл бұрын
It's an extremely valuable insight. Thank you for reminding me of it.
@j-bob_oreo
Жыл бұрын
look into buddhism
@boxxyroyal5019
Жыл бұрын
I also love that line another way I've heard it said is from a song by phoenix..it says " We let our possessions posses us too"
@roddo1955
Жыл бұрын
The movie owns you.
@MaximvanWijk
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Before this analysis, I had always seen FC as a love story, where 'Jack' had to get rid of Tyler, to be able to have a healthy relationship with Marla. And in a way, looking at it from this new perspective, that still is a valid point of view. The only difference now being that a healthy relationship with Marla now means coming to terms with his diagnosis.
@ohheyemmi
Жыл бұрын
The followup graphic novel, Fight Club 2, seems to support your love story theory as it begins with Tyler and Marla married with a child. Tyler (Jack/Narrator/Whatever) goes off his meds and Tyler capital T comes back. It gets super weird and bizarrely meta after that, but thats how it starts.
@khaolamnoi2023
11 ай бұрын
@@ohheyemmiThat's the reason Marla emerges victorious in the end. Feminism challenges male dominance in this story, with the narrator Jack portrayed as a vulnerable character who faces health challenges. This movie, ahead of its time, foreshadows contemporary woke themes. Initially, I enjoyed this film, but as I grasped its deeper meaning, I decided to halt it. It made me question everything, much like the movie itself - a Fight Club of imagination.
@campbell1446
11 ай бұрын
There are a couple of Jungian terms that might add some insight: anima/animus. Marla is the narrator's anima (or inner female) and Tyler is his animus, or inner male. That's why at the end the narrator got rid of Tyler and was making peace with Marla. His original male self didn't need a second animus. He only needed to work it out with his anima.
@Patrick-pc3vq
11 ай бұрын
@@khaolamnoi2023A movie you enjoyed but stopped enjoying because of a made up ideology you sprinkled into the meaning of the film, both pitful and funny. There is no war between femininity and masculinity, you only join it once you think it is real.
@fictionjunkie
5 ай бұрын
It's a super interesting theory that makes me want to rewatch, so mission accomplished. I'm not entirely sold on it though. I thought the point of Marla was actual human connection from someone just as messed up as him. Her imperfections are what made her real. I actually thought the paper street house was his abandoned childhood home, it's where he talks about his parents. And when it comes to land lines as long as there isn't damage to the physical line the telephone company telephone company doesn't have to install anything they just remote activate it no inspection needed.
@garwynrosser8907
3 ай бұрын
That's interesting. Because if the start of the movie is true. Its all about "Marla"... Marla is the name given to his cancer. Hell! Her first words are "this is cancer, right?" She's always showing up to intrude in his life and she dresses in black the colour associated with death and mourning. Which contextualizes the start of the movie with him having a gun in his mouth. Its like this movie is about the seven stages. He even gives money to Marla and tries to make her leave (bargaining) only to have her return after he thought she was gone. Now that I think about it, that part where he's checking for lumps was probably "John" was checking himself and feeling touching "Marla" was confirmation the lump was there.
@Randomguynumber3
Жыл бұрын
Heard the "what if Marla isn't real" theory before, never had it broken down and explained this intricately and never heard the unreliable narrator having testicular cancer theory. Makes so much sense. Well done. Definitely earned that like and sub.
@ChicCanyon
Жыл бұрын
It shouldnt make sense because its verifiably false.
@wujekstalin1
Жыл бұрын
I saw cancer theory years ago on the net
@patrickmcdaniel2048
Жыл бұрын
@@ChicCanyon agreed. Imagine being told you have testicular cancer and the the doctor prescribes valerian root and exercise. What a load of crap
@prybarknives
Жыл бұрын
@@ChicCanyon what is the proof the idea is false?
@jonathantillian6528
Жыл бұрын
@@prybarknives The author of the book says it's false.
@ctakitimu
Жыл бұрын
For some reason I never looked any deeper once it was revealed that Tyler was imaginary. That's odd. I must have been satisfied with the twist and left it at that. But after your hypothesis, my mind just got blown again like it did back in the day when the film came out! Thank you sincerely for that!
@ChicCanyon
Жыл бұрын
You stop looking because you were supposed to. The video is fan fiction. Read the book.
@lookupverazhou8599
Жыл бұрын
@@ChicCanyon Can't make me.
@ChicCanyon
Жыл бұрын
@lookupverazhou8599 you are correct. I cannot make you less gullible.
@lookupverazhou8599
Жыл бұрын
@@ChicCanyon Nice straw man.
@briankeeley6464
Жыл бұрын
Yup, mind blown twice now. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
@ColinFox
6 ай бұрын
Fascinating vid! You've earned my sub. I'm not sure if I buy your theory just yet, but you've given me a lot to think about! Nice one!
@PeterParker-status
4 ай бұрын
Agreed, the best breakdown I’ve ever seen, man why don’t they make movies like this anymore.
@gudwaffle2677
9 ай бұрын
Great video! Given all of the information presented, I'm now wondering if the whole "The first rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club" is actually meant to signify men never talking about their health. "The first rule of testicular cancer is you don't talk about testicular cancer" sort of thing. particularly because this was back in the late 90's.
@13THPR0PH37
8 ай бұрын
Oh wow... That hits hard
@newMania23
8 ай бұрын
Damn this feels so on point. The first rule of men's mental health is you do not talk about men's mental health. This is society in a nutshell
@richarda3764
7 ай бұрын
Whoa, great connection you made there.
@oneoranota
7 ай бұрын
That hits hard. Or should I say, as a man who struggled with mental health issues, that hits hard !
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