Fight Club’s new, government-approved ending is very different in China
polygon.comDavid Fincher’s Fight Club has gotten a new ending in a new online release in China, Vice reports. In China, imported films are often tweaked to uphold the government’s views on law and order. ForFight Club’s pretty intense, pro-anarchy ending that meant for a serious overhaul.
The original ending of the 1999 film (ahem, spoilers ahead) sees the narrator (Edward Norton) realizing that his toxic friend Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) — who founded the titular fight club and turned it into a certifiable anarchist cult — is actually just his alter ego. Instead of stopping Tyler’s anti-consumerist plans, the narrator ends up destroying Tyler instead — and then reunites with female lead Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), as they stare out the window of a high rise and watch the buildings around them explode.
“You met me at a very strange time in my life,” he remarks as he takes her hand.
However, in the version of the film now available on Chinese streaming site Tencent Video, a black screen comes up before the building blows up. Instead of the explosions, text appears, revealing that the authorities successfully stopped Tyler’s grandiose plan for mass destruction.
“Through the clue provided by Tyler, the police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding,” reads the caption. “After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012.”
Chinese censors proves that they are not just good at deleting contents by adding a happy ending to Fight Club. I wonder whether this violates the copyright of the movie? https://t.co/8rjcBpnjLT pic.twitter.com/ExYnTEY6gC
It is not clear if the censorship was
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