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Fight Club: 25 Years On

Fight Club: 25 Years On

David Fincher’s controversial adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel still packs a punch, but is it the classic some claim?

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Mar 14, 2024
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I’m breaking the first and second rules of Fight Club by writing this retrospective, but since David Fincher’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel is currently on re-release in UK cinemas, it seems a good time to do so. A lot has changed in Western culture over the last twenty-five years. In 1999, Fight Club struck something of…

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