The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. So, let’s break it. Unleashed at the twilight of the twentieth century, David Fincher’s film was a commercial misfire—a Molotov cocktail thrown at an audience that didn’t know how to react. Yet, over time, it festered, becoming a cultural touchstone.
Our journey begins with a nameless Narrator, an everyman played by Edward Nort...
