Fight Club (1999)

About this event

Join us as we dive into **Chuck Palahniuk**’s cult novel \*\*\*Fight Club \*\*\*(1996) and David Fincher’s incendiary 1999 film adaptation. Palahniuk’s darkly comic novel follows an insomniac office worker whose search for meaning grows into a dangerous underground movement, skewering consumerism, masculinity, and alienation. Fincher’s stylized, bruising adaptation turns that interior story into a bold visual spectacle, using unreliable narration, editing, and performance to sharpen—and sometimes reshape—the novel’s violence, satire, and ending. We’ll **read the book separately and watch the movie together**—and then discuss each medium and the adaptation process. [PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM FOR FOOD](https://forms.gle/H2pmgWzZHFrr2r3w8) (even if you don't want pizza; it helps to know how many seats to set up and what refreshments to get) **Agenda** * 6:00–6:30 – Book discussion * 6:30–7:40 – Start first half of film * 7:40–8:00 – 20-minute intermission + “thoughts so far” discussion * 9:10–9:35 – watch second half of film * 9:35–10:00 – Final group discussion comparing the novel and film you can leave whenever you want! **try not to get here later than 6:30** because one of us will have to come let you in and will have to pause the movie. but you can come during intermission without disruption.