Fight Club (1999)

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 (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.