Thursday 14 January 2010

Psychological thriller

Fight club follows all the regular conventions of a psychological thriller. It typifies the genre, The main character Edward Norton has a split personality and believes he is two separate people. As the audience you have no idea until the very end. The whole film is a mind trip which adheres to the general rules of this sub genre. The narrative is often sporadic and non linear which is a common rule of psychological thrillers.At the very end of the film you see the plot twist and its shown in a series of flashbacks and montage footage. Edward Norton is constantly questioning his existence and leads him to set up Fight club. Fight club is a prime example of a psychological thriller as it follows all the rules of the genre.


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