Fight Club
Dir: David Fincher
1999
*****
David Fincher's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's cult best seller has changed modern cinema forever. Not only has it raised the bar in editing and cinematography but it's also stuck its two fingers up at lazy producers and the concept of the Blockbuster action movie. A movie has always got to make a profit, but it should never be the main drive behind a production. Fightclub opened up a lot of eyes in the industry as to what could be achieved. It's also one of few productions that defied the critics by filming an 'Un-filmable book', and to its credit, many young and gifted film-makers have followed suit and underground/Cult literature is finding its way into cinemas. Fincher had never really received the credit that was due him, even after the success of Seven. Now I think it's safe to say he is one of the top directors working today. Fightclub is a modern classic and an important, seminal masterpiece and quite possibly the last great film of the twentieth century.