Saturday, October 27, 2007

Mark asked me the following question yesterday, so I thought I'd answer it here...

Q. Can you tell me why you so like the movie Fight Club?

I think it has a lot to do with the theme of loss of identity that seems so current in our culture. There's this sense that there has to be more that holds us together than what we own, our taste in furniture, or the daily grind.

The story has so many layers that I've found myself watching it (too?) many times and seeing new things. The idea of an antihero, whose dual personalities are both his salvation and his downfall, is far more convincing than any character Tom Cruise has ever played.