"A stylized version of our IKEA present. It is talking about very simple concepts. We're designed to be hunters and we're in a society of shopping. There's nothing to kill anymore, there's nothing to fight, nothing to overcome, nothing to explore. In that societal emasculation this everyman is created. We wanted a title sequence that started in the fear center of the brain. [When you hear] the sound of a gun being cocked that's in your mouth, the part of you brain that gets everything going, that realizes that you are fucked - we see all the thought processes, we see the synapses firing, we see the chemical electrical impulses that are the call to arms. And we wanted to sort of follow that out. Because the movie is about thought, it's about how this guy thinks. And it's from his point of view, solely. So I liked the idea of starting a movie from thought, from the beginning of the first fear impulse that went, Oh shit, I'm fucked, how did I get here?"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
David Fincher, "Gavin Smith goes one-on-one with David Fincher", Film Comment, October/November 1999 issue.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fight_Club_(film)
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Fight Club (film)
68 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Fight Club (film) →
Related Quotes
"People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden."
"When the fight was over, nothing was solved, but nothing mattered. We all felt saved."
"If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?"
"Strangers with this kind of honesty make me go a big blubbery one."
"You wake up at SeaTac, SFO, LAX. You wake up at O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, BWI. Pacific, mountain, central. Lose an h…"
"I am Jack's... complete lack of surprise."
"Look, nobody takes this more seriously than me. That condo was my life. Ok? I love every stick of furniture in that p…"
"On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."
"I felt like destroying something beautiful."
"Bob had bitch tits."