Fight Club - tasks for Tuesday

Hi all
Below is a past paper question from Section C: Single Film: Close Critical Study....

"Consider debates that have arisen in the critical reception of your chosen film, either at the time of its initial release or now or both."

Clearly to answer a question such as this you need a good understanding of the critical reception the film recieved, both at the time it was released and subsequently.
To that end, you should spend the bulk of this lesson READING reviews and essays on Fight Club. While you are doing so - TAKE NOTES headed up with the reviwers name and date it was written - then add bullet points on the things they are critical of or positive about. What key debates did the film stir up? ARe there common themes/criticisms here? If so what? What is your view on it?

Remember to bring these notes on Wednesday, along with the other reading I gave you to do on FC.

Here are a few to get you started....but cast the net wider and read some more.

Roger Ebert review is here
Another review here, this one from culutre vulture.net.
And another here
Another here, a positive one, discussing some of the bad reviews it got (ironically hosted on the Roger Ebert site, written by Jim Emerson, who made this....


Condensed Fight Club from Jim Emerson on Vimeo.

ps - don't forget to comment on Wall-e and Oldboy posts - and complete your blockbusters games!!