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Six wild behind-the-scenes facts from David Fincher movie ‘Fight Club’ – Far Out Magazine
Though Fight Club was a box-office failure, its subsequent rise into the ranks of cult-favourite has led to it being one of the most highly-praised films of the 1990s. The film explored contemporary Western lifestyles’ inertia and toxic masculinity’s dangers. It was without a doubt controversial, but controversy creates conversation, and conversation can create change. The film also had many surprising facts from behind the scenes.
One of the many iconic scenes in the film comes when Tyler Durden and the unnamed narrator (Edward Norton) are out in a derelict part of town and are firing golf balls out into the abyss, though one actually manages to hit a truck. However, the scene wasn’t written into the script. The occurrence came to be when Brad Pitt and Norton were performing the act after having had a few drinks together. David Fincher spotted them with the golf clubs and thought it was the perfect chance to grab a bit of extra footage for the film.
The film is loved for the fact that it features an acting role for the late singer Meatloaf. Meatloaf’s character was written to be severely overweight, but Meatloaf – typically a portly man himself – had actually lost some weight prior to filming. So Fincher had to fill Meatloaf’s figure out with a fat suit, mainly focusing on the chest area.
If you thought that the film adaptation of Fight Club was bordering on the unacceptable, then you ought to read Palahniuk’s novel. In one particular scene, Helena Bonham-Carter‘s character, Marla, says, “I haven’t been fucked like that since grade school”, which implies that she had been assaulted during her youth. However, the original line, taken from the novel, was meant to be, “I want to have your abortion”. This was, rightly, felt to be distasteful, so it was removed. Producer Laura Ziskin actually thought that the original line was probably less offensive, but it was too late to change it back.
Seeing as much of Fight Club is about, well, fighting, its characters had to look as though they had been doing so. Brad Pitt heroically went to great lengths to achieve the right look, including chipping his front teeth intentionally at the dentist. This made Tyler Durden look like he was constantly scrapping, though it was down to Pitt’s deep dedication to his craft and portrayal of the psychotic illusory fighter.
Along with fighting, much of the physical action of the film focus on sex, particularly between Marla and Tyler Durden. In one part of the film, the narrator is enraged from hearing Durden and Marla constantly at it. To get the soundbites of them screwing, Helena Bonham-Carter and Brad Pitt reportedly spent three days recording sex noises so that David Fincher would have a wide variety of sonic-shagging to choose from for the final cut.
This wasn’t the only behind-the-scenes sex-focused fact from Fight Club, however. In a particularly trippy scene, we see Durden and Marla in a wild sex scene, but it was actually filmed using CGI and motion capture. Pitt and Bonham-Carter wore motion capture suits and took up a series of positions from the Kama Sutra. The resulting images were then morphed to give the scene its famous hallucinatory nature.
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September 26, 2023 | Men's Basketball
By: Wes Bloomquist
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Since putting on gloves at 13 years old, Canelo Alvarez has gone from red-haired rookie sensation to boxing royalty.
Born in Guadalajara, the Mexican star has won gold in four divisions and he’s the current undisputed super middleweight champion. He has beaten the best in boxing, including Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan, and Gennadiy Golovkin.
Now 33, the battle-hardened Canelo has transitioned into the “veteran” category and some feel his best years are behind him. He now seeks to prove his doubters wrong when he defends his titles against Jermell Charlo on September 30.
“I always believe that I’m number one, my whole career,” Canelo said at a media workout. “You need to believe in yourself, I still believe I’m number one. But I believe there is more than just one fighter alone at the top, there are a few. I still feel young and fresh. I never think about the end of my career. I just train and fight year after year. I still feel that I’m at my best.”
The Canelo-Charlo fight takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, a familiar home for Canelo, whereas Charlo is headlining there for the first time. The 12-round bout, plus undercard action, will air on Showtime PPV in the U.S. and DAZN in the U.K.
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Per Sports Interaction, Canelo is the -388 favorite, while Charlo, the undisputed super welterweight champion, is the +288 underdog. Despite those odds, Charlo, also 33, sees himself as the better fighter.
“This is the biggest fight in boxing, and I’m coming to leave it all in the ring like I do every time,” Charlo said. “I manifested this fight into existence and earned it with everything I’ve done in this sport so far. Canelo is a great fighter, but he’s gonna see what Lions Only is all about. When the fight’s over, people are gonna have to recognize that I’m the best fighter in the sport.”
Charlo is not worried about the weight gain, having to move up two weight classes to take on Canelo. Sparring big men and working alongside his brother Jermall, the WBC middleweight champion, Jermell believes this is the perfect time to fight Canelo.
Does Charlo have a fair point? Could Canelo be overlooking the supposedly smaller man?
Canelo already announced his intentions on The Breakfast Club to retire around 36-37. He even teased retirement if he lost to John Ryder in May, which is a fight he would go on to win by unanimous decision. A former pound-for-pound No. 1, Canelo has tough challenges ahead of him outside of Charlo, including David Benavidez and a potential rematch against light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.
Boxing great Bernard Hopkins believes Charlo is a different challenge for Canelo, who hasn’t fought below super middleweight since 2019.
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“His style is totally different from the styles that Canelo has fought. [Charlo is] younger, more determined to prove that Canelo’s time has been great, but it’s up,” Hopkins told Fight Hype via Boxing Social. “I just believe that Canelo will have to get him out of there early. The later the fight goes, the more Canelo will start showing not only his age but he’ll start showing the success he’s been enjoying for so long is starting to look different.
“I see hard-earned, skillful moments in that fight where [Charlo], who wants to prove himself, will come out and show us something that we knew he had, but he’s never had to show it till he steps in with Canelo. Canelo elevates Charlo. I just think he has the skills, and if he maintains that mentality, it can be really a nightmare for Canelo, based on style.”
Charlo was supposed to fight Tim Tszyu for super welterweight gold before a hand injury nixed a planned bout. He wants to become undisputed at 168, return to 154, and potentially take on pound-for-pound No. 1 Terence Crawford. Regardless of his upcoming plans, Charlo’s focus is solely on beating Canelo, the man who has had beef with both brothers.
Holding more gold and honoring family is enough motivation for Charlo. Though he has proven everyone wrong over the years, the current uncertainty surrounding Canelo may be the perfect time for the Louisiana-born Charlo to face the super middleweight king.
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