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WJEC A2 Film Studies FM4 Section C Single Film Critical Study Fight Club Exemplar »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Fight Club, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Analysis
Despite the gesture of destroying symbols of corporate power at the end, Fight Club is a film about power and control, not liberation. How far do you agree? Fight Club is a pre millennium, 1999 film directed by David Fincher. Fincher admits to wanting to create a discourse on corporate power, advertising and a crisis in masculinity which is developed also through the novel’s homoerotic connotations. The film’s screenplay was developed by Jim Uhles and as such, remains close in narrative…
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Fight Club Case Study »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Film Noir, Fight Club, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Thriller, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
A2 Film Studies Section C: Close Critical Study Synopsis and Character Profiles Fight Club is based on a surprisingly short novel by Chuck Palahniuk, where it is suggested the desire for meaning drives civilisation. The film takes this as it essence, but offers a broader range of more complex representations. In terms of narrative, the film is initially about the life of a disillusioned office worker - played by the narrator, Edward Norton – he works for a car insurance company, who appraise…
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Fight Club Screening Questions »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Fight Club, Drama, A Level, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies
Associated Resources Screening Questions Pre-FM4 Close Study of Fight Club.doc For each of the following films, you will need to be able to make notes on, compare and explain the following texts in relation to Fight Club. Using American Beauty / Being John Malcovich / The Matrix you need to be aware of both the micro and macro features in relation to: Narrative and Narrative Themes, Ideology Changing Representations of Masculinity Genre and Genre Conventions Audience Responses, Critical and…
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