With a tepid two liter bottom of Mt. Dew by the computer, main-lining that high fructose CRACK into my system. …time for a computer bender. I usually need something more. I guess I should pop in a movie too. I remember the first time I saw Fight Club. It grabs you by the balls and won’t let go, starting with a grinding industrial musical track that just seems to cliche of late 1990’s movies now. …you know, that kind of Prodigy / Chemical Brothers / Fatboy Slim kind of noise that was always on the ‘alternative’ stations of the period. It was an amazing grinding synth dose of high octane auditory meth, to crank up, and to piss off the neighbors or parents, …or maybe slow down the inner monologue just enough to crank out a 20 page paper that was due for some stupid class the next morning. …maybe an all nighter playing video games until passing out on the keyboard.
Brian- This one is cool. There aren't too many movies that, every now and then, I think and rethink for no reason out of the blue. Fight Club is one of them. I usually don't have too much stomach for punk-violence, having grown up in a pretty docile part of the world, even with their near-extinct tigers. But Fight Club stands out as one of those all-timers, and I can't always figure out why. Maybe it's the epic twist at the end with Norton's character. Maybe it's Pitt's convincing lead. Maybe it's the underground secrecy that screams: everyone should join a secret society. Either way, I remember in a new group-gathering I went to once: People were asked what each of their favorite movie was. And one person said Fight Club. And immediately, the next person said Fight Club. And the next person. And the next. Hilariously, this reminded me of the circle they'd stand around in the movie itself. Perhaps there's something about collective Nihilism that says: if we go down, we'll go down together. Which I guess mirrors the collective Lift, too: If we rise, we'll rise together. Don't know which is truer. But I'm guessing the reality is somewhere in between the two. This is a nice reminder. :)
Brian- This one is cool. There aren't too many movies that, every now and then, I think and rethink for no reason out of the blue. Fight Club is one of them. I usually don't have too much stomach for punk-violence, having grown up in a pretty docile part of the world, even with their near-extinct tigers. But Fight Club stands out as one of those all-timers, and I can't always figure out why. Maybe it's the epic twist at the end with Norton's character. Maybe it's Pitt's convincing lead. Maybe it's the underground secrecy that screams: everyone should join a secret society. Either way, I remember in a new group-gathering I went to once: People were asked what each of their favorite movie was. And one person said Fight Club. And immediately, the next person said Fight Club. And the next person. And the next. Hilariously, this reminded me of the circle they'd stand around in the movie itself. Perhaps there's something about collective Nihilism that says: if we go down, we'll go down together. Which I guess mirrors the collective Lift, too: If we rise, we'll rise together. Don't know which is truer. But I'm guessing the reality is somewhere in between the two. This is a nice reminder. :)