If you thought that author Chuck Palahniuk didn’t have anything to say about the current political climate just because he’s not spouting off on social media or in news outlets, you’ve clearly missed the first two rules from his original breakthrough novel, Fight Club. Rather than meaninglessly talk about the state of the world, Palahniuk’s […]
Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club
Fewer films have developed a more rabid cult following than 1999's Fight Club. Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk and directed by David Fincher (The Social Network), this flick elevated male aggression to high art by tapping into a zeitgeist fomented by a decade of PC thuggery. Sure, cinema buffs can rattle on about […]
Fight Club
You take two cups of social discontent, mix it with battling inner demons, add a shitload of urban paranoia, and voila! An instant classic. Based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club represents “sticking it to the man” at its best. Influenced by sentiments of lack of freedom and experiences, Edward Norton’s character creates […]
Film Adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's Novel 'Choke' Could Use the Heimlich
Sex CrimeFilm adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Choke could use the Heimlich There’s a whole lotta fucking going on in Choke, Clark Gregg’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s first-person novel about a sex addict named Victor Mancini with severe Mommy issues—fucking in a cramped airplane bathroom, on a barnyard’s itchy haystack, in a grimy toilet […]
Welcome to Hell
I wish I could say I was cool enough to have known about Chuck Palahniuk before others had discovered him, but I had actually never heard of his first published novel, Fight Club, until I had seen director David Fincher's brilliant film version of it. A few days later, I bought the novel, read it […]