Sunday, 21 September 2014

Fight Club - Todorov's Theory



On the other hand, you can't apply the theory to all films. There are films which you can't apply this narrative theory to, such as Fight Club.
1. The movies starts with Edward Norton trying to cure his insomnia.
2. He discovers that when he cries at these support groups he is able to sleep. This is an attempt to repair.
3. After some arguing Edward agrees to hit him and punches him in the ear. After Tyler punches Edward in the stomach and they start to fight. Afterwards they go back to Tyler's house, which is in terrible shape. Time goes on and they start to have other people fighting with them in the parking lot, until eventually they get to go into the basement of the bar to fight after it's closed and it is then called fight club. This is the recognition of disruption.
4. Tyler goes into his boss's office and tries to blackmail saying he won't tell any of the company's secrets if he pays him. An attempt to repair the damage of disruption.
5. Tyler eventually tells Edward that fight club has evolved into Project Mayhem. This is the new equilibrium.

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