Which twist? I thought that they were the same person was too obvious in the film
That's the twist I was thinking of (there's another one?), and I did think it was more obvious in the film than in the book, but like I say, I'm not sure whether I'd have worked it out if I hadn't read the book. The little flashes of Tyler appearing out of the corner of the narrator's eye were cool, not sure I'd have picked up on them if I hadn't read the book.
I didn't really like the bit about the bomb at the end, it was too hollywood for me (even though it's probably in the book!),
Well, it's sort of in the book, but nowhere near as Hollywood-ish. In the book (IIRC -- somebody will correct me now) he says that they've set the bombs, but he only knows this because Tyler knows this, so I guess it's possible that the bombs aren't actually set at all. And you certainly don't see the buildings all blow up as he clutches Marla's hand, love against a backdrop which clumsily externalises the narrator's inner turmoil, TORN APART by the quack quack moo, post-Lacanian mirror/self, watching himself through a glass darkly, baaaaaa.
ANY-way.
I get annoyed that you get the impression that fucked up people aren't worth doing art about unless they threaten to blow up something in the 'sane' world.
I hadn't thought of it like that, but I sort of see what you mean. On the other hand there's plenty of art about fucked-up people who don't threaten to damage anything (except perhaps themselves).
[I keep thinking of more books I want to push in your direction, but I don't want to drown you in books that you won't have time to read, because I know that (for me at least) it ends up just being really guilt-inducing when you borrow books and don't get round to reading them. Not that I actually mind if people borrow my books for years, so long as I get them back eventually. Anyway.]
I thought that she (I forget her name) would turn out to be part of him too.
I hadn't thought of that. "I am Jack's inner bitch", or something.
When I was failing to get to sleep last night I spent some time trying to work out whether "Marla Singer" was an anagram of "malingers", but it isn't quite. It took me a long while to work out, though, because I was shattered and I kept losing count of the "a"s.
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Date: 2003-01-20 10:06 am (UTC)That's the twist I was thinking of (there's another one?), and I did think it was more obvious in the film than in the book, but like I say, I'm not sure whether I'd have worked it out if I hadn't read the book. The little flashes of Tyler appearing out of the corner of the narrator's eye were cool, not sure I'd have picked up on them if I hadn't read the book.
I didn't really like the bit about the bomb at the end, it was too hollywood for me (even though it's probably in the book!),
Well, it's sort of in the book, but nowhere near as Hollywood-ish. In the book (IIRC -- somebody will correct me now) he says that they've set the bombs, but he only knows this because Tyler knows this, so I guess it's possible that the bombs aren't actually set at all. And you certainly don't see the buildings all blow up as he clutches Marla's hand, love against a backdrop which clumsily externalises the narrator's inner turmoil, TORN APART by the quack quack moo, post-Lacanian mirror/self, watching himself through a glass darkly, baaaaaa.
ANY-way.
I get annoyed that you get the impression that fucked up people aren't worth doing art about unless they threaten to blow up something in the 'sane' world.
I hadn't thought of it like that, but I sort of see what you mean. On the other hand there's plenty of art about fucked-up people who don't threaten to damage anything (except perhaps themselves).
[I keep thinking of more books I want to push in your direction, but I don't want to drown you in books that you won't have time to read, because I know that (for me at least) it ends up just being really guilt-inducing when you borrow books and don't get round to reading them. Not that I actually mind if people borrow my books for years, so long as I get them back eventually. Anyway.]
I thought that she (I forget her name) would turn out to be part of him too.
I hadn't thought of that. "I am Jack's inner bitch", or something.
When I was failing to get to sleep last night I spent some time trying to work out whether "Marla Singer" was an anagram of "malingers", but it isn't quite. It took me a long while to work out, though, because I was shattered and I kept losing count of the "a"s.