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Fight Club Premiere Audience Hated The Film (& Even Booed) – Looper
“Fight Club” is easily one of the most iconic films of its era. While David Fincher’s cult classic may have underwhelmed at the box office when it was initially released, strong DVD sales and lasting word of mouth about its insane plot twist helped to give the film a second life and a lasting cinematic legacy.
Still, this doesn’t mean that even industry veterans necessarily appreciated Fincher’s adaptation when it was first screened at the Venice Film Festival. According to an excerpt from the book “Best. Movie. Year. Ever.,” the film was incredibly divisive. In fact, “Fight Club” stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton recalled being the only ones laughing at that first high-profile screening.
“It gets to one of Helena’s scandalous lines — ‘I haven’t been f***ed like that since grade school!’ — and literally, the guy running the festival got up and left,” Pitt remembered. Meanwhile, as the audience descended into boos around them, the actors themselves were having the time of their lives. “Edward and I were still the only ones laughing,” Pitt said. “You could hear two idiots up in the balcony cackling through the whole thing.”
Like “The Thing” and “The Shining” before it, despite the pop cultural cache that “Fight Club” wields today, it was also lambasted by critics. Still, that didn’t stop legions of hardcore fans from helping to make it the cult classic that it is today.
To wit, Edward Norton recalled that fans began referring to him as “Sir” in public, the moniker his “Fight Club” alter ego, Tyler Durden, shares with his Project Mayhem followers. “These young guys walked over, and they were like, ‘Good to see you out, sir!'” Norton recalled. “I was like, ‘Whoa! People are having fun with this one.'”
Ultimately, it’s no big surprise that “Fight Club” divided viewers upon its initial release. Anyone who has read any of Chuck Palahniuk’s novels will know that, like Bret Easton Ellis, the writer is known for shocking scenes of sex, violence, dark humor, and depravity. However, it also tracks that these elements would appeal to a certain subset of viewers, like the readers that helped to make many of the author’s books bestsellers.
Still, David Fincher was cagey about being around people like this who acclimated to the film for the wrong reasons. “When my daughter was about 9 years old, I went to a school function,” the director recalled. “And she said, ‘Oh, I want you to meet my friend Max. ‘Fight Club’ is his favorite movie.’ I took her aside and said, ‘You are no longer to hang out with Max.'”
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Erin Blanchfield patiently awaits her next UFC assignment.
Although it’s not totally clear what that will be, Blanchfield (12-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) assumes an important matchup with Manon Fiorot (11-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) is likely. The two flyweight combatants have established themselves as top contenders in a division that awaits a championship rematch between champion Alexa Grasso and former champion Valentina Shevchenko while they both recover from injury.
“Yeah, it’s definitely stalling,” Blanchfield recently said during an online live stream for digital wallet platform HUMBL. “I feel like I’ve had a couple No. 1 contender fights now. But you know, I’m still pretty young and gained valuable experience in those fights. … Whether it’s an interim or not, I’ll beat (Fiorot), and then I should definitely get a title next.”
Although UFC CEO Dana White has indicated it’s next, no timeline has been revealed for Grasso (16-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) vs. Shevchenko (23-4-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC). Shevchenko had hand surgery in mid-September. Coincidentally, Grasso underwent hand surgery in early October.
Should there be further delays, Blanchfield wouldn’t mind seeing an interim title implemented. She’s healthy and ready to go, following a slight nasal fracture suffered in a unanimous decision win over Taila Santos in August.
“I haven’t been told about that yet,” Blanchfield said. I would definitely push for that. That’s something I’d definitely be interested in. I’m not sure when Valentina and Alexa are going to be ready to fight again. I know I think they’re on a similar timeline in their recovery. I would hope that if it ends up being longer, they’d have me and Manon fight for an interim.”
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By Brandon Downs, Cecilio Padilla
/ CBS Sacramento
SACRAMENTO COUNTY – Two men died after they were shot outside of a bar in Sacramento County early Sunday morning, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies responded to Sacto By Night at 7121 Governors Circle at about 1:45 a.m.
A group of people who were leaving the bar got into a fight outside, leading to a shooting, deputies said.
The victims, who were two men, died at the scene, deputies said. One of them was the owner of the bar.
Investigators with the sheriff’s office believe a group of gang members who initially refused to leave the nightclub at closing is at the center of the incident. Those gang members apparently got involved in a fight in the parking lot, investigators said, with the suspected shooter being one of those gang members.
Witnesses described a white vehicle that took off from the scene. Deputies said the CHP located a vehicle matching the description and detained four people from that vehicle.
The people detained have since been identified as being allegedly involved in the shooting. Several guns have been recovered.
According to the sheriff’s office, the names of the suspects will be released once homicide and related charges are filed.
Brandon comes to CBS13 from Action News Now (KHSL/KNVN) in Chico where he spent two years as the Digital Content Manager.
First published on November 26, 2023 / 3:05 PM PST
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