Re: Fite Klub Sucks

["Chris Doss" <itschris13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If anybody's read the book from which the film was adapted, any opinions on
that?  Might be interesting to see how the content and structure were
altered to tailor it to Hollywood . . .

>From: "George Windau" <gwindau@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: marxism-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Fite Klub Sucks
>Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 03:20:57 PDT
>
>Perhaps there may be a better way to analyze the film "Fight Club".
>Marxists
>generally realize that art does not spring from a vaccuum and that art,
>even
>film art, is a reflection of the times.  In this case, FC represents the
>vague perceptions of Hollywood about the tenor of the times. Whether FC is
>pro-fascist or pro-anarchist really is not the issue. Why? Because to
>Hollywood there are both manifestations of things that they choose not to
>understand/explain, only to cash-in on. Black masks and symbolic violence
>against corporate targets are the images of the times.
>
>But Hollywood has no insight into the ideology of Left Anarchism. Thus they
>choose to capture what they see and portray it in simplistic terms that
>they
>think an unsophisticated audience will swallow.  Somehow, cultism and
>masochistic male-militarism are the only underlying dynamics that Hollywood
>can relate too. Thus the most amazing accomplishment of FC is that it says
>absolutely nothing while appearing to be profound, controversial and
>topical. It is nothing more than psuedo-political fantasy that describes
>nothing, challenges even less and provides an arsenal of cliches that young
>male-people can regurgitate so as to appear to be in tune with the spirit
>of
>the time.
>
>Is FC left or right?  The answer is 'Yes', it is both and neither. But it
>is
>pure Hollywood. In other words it is crap. Ah, but it is not 'soporific'
>crap! It is 'disturbing crap' and that is why it appears to be significant
>when it really is not.
>
>Oh, and BTW, it makes no sense to mention the 'sexist' nature of film by
>describing the stereo-typed role of the lead female character.  The
>anti-feminist tone of the film is the great selling point of the product.
>Thus, feminism is just one more 'touchy-feely' 12-step program to be
>targeted and ridiculed (along with mindless consumerism) for all of the
>'little males' with sexual identity problems who will devour all of the
>'easy-to-repeat' cliches.
>
>FC is nothing more than 'ready-to-wear' pseudo-politics and
>psuedo-philosophy that seems to describe, but not explain, the collapse of
>the political center and the falling wage rate in the great service economy
>of the US. Good films that say something controversial and
>'anti-establishment' don't get made . . . at least not in Hollywood. I
>advise you to puke on the FC copy that you rented and then throw it through
>the window of your video store. It really does not matter if you use your
>'left' or 'right' arm when you hurl this video tape that you 'hurled' on.
>Remember:'Real Men' never forget to wear their black masks when they do
>this
>sort of important political work. That's what I learned from Fite Klub!
>
>Adios
>George
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