Fight Club is the last whisper of the elapsing 20th century, trying to avert the 21st on some crucial societal issues it shall oppose, a 99th-year prediction for the century to come. A violent synthesis between moral existentialism and ethical nihilism. We could not say that, behind this, over violent movie, a coherent philosophy should be found. It has in his architecture, some structural ideas such as: the critique of consumerism, the lack of identity, and more.

Tyler explains how to achieve true freedom in this new kind of world, extolling any kind of attachments end. That true freedom is approached only when all is lost ( all- meaning every consumer’s good, etc… ). This scathing review of consumerism reprimands the manner consumerism has damaged modern moral values, notions of, what is good and what is bad, moral values have become an elementary echo of consumerism.

Tyler explains that life is only truly lived in its intensity, intensity is life, living is not hurting but suffering the shit out of you. Living is not just having an accident, it is having heavy accidents, they are near-life experiences. What you call life would be a simple illusion of it.

Furthermore, this movie seeks to illustrate an entire generation. “Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history. No purpose or place. We have no Great War, No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars, but we won’t. We’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.” Living a terribly simple life, heavily hard in its simplicity. Craving for a way to break free from this vicious cycle filled by misconceptions, this virtual routine ritual transforming us into white-collar slaves. Fight Club is a demonstration of our modern society anti-thesis.

More than a generational movie, it is a movie about men, an era experienced from a man perception, this man hailed movie explains how consumerism has ruined masculinity.

It is a backlash to modern masculinity, attempting to praise back some archaic male virtues, as courage, war over peace, fighting for a better life, and introduces Tyler Durden as the perfect men figure.

It is a kick in your ass to put your life in order, because “This is your life, and it’s ending one minute at a time.”.

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Analysis by Djamalkhan Elmurzaev