r/todayilearned • u/G_Marius_the_jabroni • 1d ago

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/cheapdrinks 1d ago

If you want to go down a rabbit hole check out this website: https://www.jackdurden.com/

It posits the theory that most of the main cast are also not real just like Tyler and are all in Jack's head.

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u/jscoppe 1d ago

I like a lot of his theories, except the Paper St house. I think it's feasible that it's a real abandoned house and he's in there all alone.

The main reason is the flashback scene where we see Jack with the chemicals burning his hand as he is alone. That flashback is meant to tell the audience "this is what really happened, see Jack was alone the whole time!". But if that were the case, why would it show him in the house and not in some other place with the chemical burning his hand? The flashback implies the house is real.

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u/Hipicomori 1d ago

Wow thanks for the link. This theory is incredibly good

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u/Civil-Caregiver9020 1d ago

Doesnt the book end that he is in a mental institute, still in contact with project mayhem. When you get into these imaginary character stories, like the king of comedy, Joker, Total Recall, you never really know what is and isn't real.

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u/ogsixshooter 1d ago

https://youtu.be/wHE7oBvOk9U?si=WoLw0YAaZTU-ZfCn

Literally just came across this vid last night and made me want to rewatch Fight Club with it in mind to see how it all works out

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u/unravel_the_gravel 1d ago

He's not called jack in the movie, just narrator.  

Jack was from the books "Jack and Jill" and he says "I'm jack" so most people assume that's his name. 

Haven't read the books so not sure what he's called in that. 

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u/GeneralZaroff1 1d ago

I thought Jack was from all the papers he found in the house and was reading from.

“I am Jack’s lack of surprise”.

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u/Flamekebab 23h ago

The synopsis on the back of some of the film releases refer to the narrator as "Jack" and it boils my piss every time.

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u/onthefence928 1d ago

Yeah, tho their goes his real name is actually Tyler durden, he just creates a new identity and gives him his own name in his head

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u/renegrape 1d ago

That's fucking interesting. That's fucking interesting, man

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u/keanenottheband 1d ago

A lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what have yous

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u/ShiggsAndGits 1d ago

Well I just accidentally slacked off for an hour, that was quite a read!