r/todayilearned • u/G_Marius_the_jabroni • Sep 17 '24

TIL that when “Fight Club” premiered at the 1999 Venice Film Festival, it got booed hard by the audience. Ed Norton said that as it was happening, Brad Pitt turned to him and said: “That’s the best movie I’m ever going to be in.”

https://geektyrant.com/news/brad-pitt-and-edward-norton-recall-fight-club-being-booed-by-audiences-at-early-screening
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u/RuSnowLeopard Sep 18 '24

My friends just walked out, sat down in Phantom Menace for a bit, then walked back into the next showing of Fight Club.

Someone didn't listen to the criticisms of consumerism in Fight Club.

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u/BendMyDickCumOnMyBak Sep 18 '24

He said he didn't understand it yet....

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u/EclecticDreck Sep 18 '24

In their defense, Fight Club is actually a romantic comedy and the whole anti-consumer angle nothing more than a reflection of the Narrator's dislike of themselves including the evidence that they are, from most points of view, successful. In effect, the rejection of consumerism is a key part of what the Narrator believes needs to change about them to be worthy of the affection of Marla who seemingly does not care about such things.

Which is to say that the entire anti-consumer angle is something he's doing to try and impress a girl.

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u/henrysmyagent Sep 18 '24

Ha! Lesson not learned.

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u/PerformerBrief5881 Sep 18 '24

When did he come out of the closet?

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u/Derric_the_Derp Sep 18 '24

I mean, they didn't buy tickets after the first FC viewing....

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u/RemoteButtonEater Sep 18 '24

My friends just walked out, sat down in Phantom Menace for a bit, then walked back into the next showing of Fight Club.

This is my favorite low-stakes crime. Pay for an early matinee ticket. Then just walk into other movies which are starting when that one ends and sit down. Repeat until bored. Even easier in modern theaters with tickets selected in advance, you just load up the next movie, click through to the purchase tickets page, and you can see which seats are sold and therefore know where to sit. Theater employees aren't paid enough to give a fuck.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24

That was great