Fight Club Author Chuck Palahniuk Comments On China's Censorship Of The Movie
The author behind the novel from which David Fincher's highly discussed film Fight Club drew inspiration, Chuck Palahniuk, commented on the reported news that China had drastically changed the ending of the original 1999 film. After more than two decades since the film's release, the decision was made due to local censorship rules, highlighting the authorities as victors in the brand-new ending.
The original ending of 20th Century's Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter, left audiences in shock when it officially debuted in theaters. The narrator, Norton, realizes that Pitt's persuasive Tyler Durden is his alter ego, which prompts him to kill the character off because of his malicious actions. Afterward, an injured Norton watches explosions erupt throughout the city, indicating that the plan issued by his subversive alter ego had begun to unfold. While entertaining, this chaotic ending proved to be an issue for China, whose censorship rules indicate that criminals must be disciplined on-screen to reestablish the tranquility of society.
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To meet their guidelines, China erased the chaotic ending and replaced it with a black screen with text informing viewers that the police thwarted the plot hatched by Durden, who was then sent to a «lunatic asylum» and discharged in 2012. The reported news of the alternate Fight Club ending sparked outrage among many over the Chinese government's need to censor the film's content, but while speaking with TMZ, Palahniuk indicated that the Chinese ending aligns more closely with how his novel concluded. «The irony is that the way the Chinese have changed it is
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