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Fight
Club
(20th Century Fox) Rated R
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Directed
by David Fincher
Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Produced by:Ross Grayson Bell,
Ceán Chaffin, Art Linson
Written by Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls
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I think it's
fair to say that turtles are popping back into their shells
this week as Fight Club comes to town. But I would
suggest to you that what they fear is the truth. What they
fear is a movie that has caused them to react, not by showing
gratuitous violence, but by slapping them in the face and
allowing them nowhere to run. Fight Club is a bit brutal
at times. But there is nothing, not a single moment, as violent
as a man having his head crushed in a table vise. There are
only two gunshots in the entirety of Fight Club, less
than in almost any episode of any cop show on TV.
I don't want to be unclear about this. In my opinion, the
idea of limiting art in any way in fear of creating dangerous
copycats is foolish and thoughtless. If you rail against censorship
in any arena, such as fighting the MPAA's demands on Eyes
Wide Shut, and you suggest that Fight Club should
not have been made, I believe that your view is completely
hypocritical.....
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