All-time favorites, part 1: Fight Club
I was obsessed with Fight Club—before I read the book or saw the movie—in that way that only happens when you’re 18. I expected it to change my life somehow. And, it did.
The anti-consumerist message went right along with my uncertainty about what I should do in college and what I wanted to do. The core theme—focus on the things that make you feel—helped me get over the existential funk I was going through at the time.
Fight Club, the book and the movie, are why I have an English degree. Fight Club’s influence is why I was in a Masters program for Creative Writing. Although its influence may have dissipated over the years, I wouldn’t be where I am without Fight Club.
The anti-consumerist message went right along with my uncertainty about what I should do in college and what I wanted to do. The core theme—focus on the things that make you feel—helped me get over the existential funk I was going through at the time.
Fight Club, the book and the movie, are why I have an English degree. Fight Club’s influence is why I was in a Masters program for Creative Writing. Although its influence may have dissipated over the years, I wouldn’t be where I am without Fight Club.
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posted by M S Martinez at 6/30/2010 12:16:00 PM
3 Comments:
Isn't it interesting to look back at what inspires us at 18,when we feel so grown up and adult?
all things considered, you chose very well.
i mean "bad as i wanna be" by dennis rodman was a bestseller the same year fight club came out.
Movie still rules. I still quote "I had to destroy something beautiful." Didn't Mark drive all the way down from a DECA event to join us at the Hoplex?
Might as well mention it again: Peter Jackson almost filmed this with Russel Crowe.
Curious to see what other flicks pop up on the list. The Devil Wears Prada?
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