10 Great Movie Scenes: #5 - Fight Club
Posted by Scott on 21 Jul 2008 at 12:13 am | Tagged as: Movie Loner Musings
I’ve written more than enough praise about Fight Club so I’ll spare you an extended treatise detailing my love for this film. Safe to say it’s a smart examination of male alienation and the decline of masculinity in modern day society. Director David Fincher employs his particular moody style effectively in telling the story of a man who abandons his mundane life at the behest of his newfound “friend” Tyler Durden, an anti-establishment soap-maker with a grand plan.
In this scene, Tyler explains to his protege that someday he will die and until he realizes this simple fact he is a useless waste of humanity. Kick back and experience the pain of chemical burn. This is a scene from Fight Club:

