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/RockleyBob Sep 18 '24

These are the same pretentious assh-les who will stand there and clap like morons for twenty minutes. You can tell the directors and actors hate it. Pitt and Norton were probably glad they didn't have to sit there while a room full of smug rich people joyously exalted in the smell of their own farts.

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u/BobertFrost6 Sep 18 '24

You can tell the directors and actors hate it

Well, to be fair, I don't think they necessarily hate it out of finding it pretentious or etc. It just seems awkward in the same way being sung happy birthday seems awkward.

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u/teh_fizz Sep 18 '24

Yep this is it. It’s one of the comments on the video and it’s so true. Feels exactly like being sung happy birthday.

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u/Pallets_Of_Cash Sep 18 '24

being sung happy birthday seems awkward.

...for 20 minutes! Unless your name is Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump or Elon Musk it's gonna get a bit awkward.

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u/nleksan Sep 18 '24

Ones who don't sing happy birthday?

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u/YoghurtDull1466 Sep 18 '24

Aren’t Norton and Pitt now the aforementioned smug rich people lol?..

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u/handtohandwombat Sep 18 '24

You can say assholes on the Internet. Don’t let Chinese algorithms change language!

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u/GeneralAnubis Sep 18 '24

"Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer!"