Sex With Brad PittEssay Preview: Sex With Brad PittReport this essayIts like your having sex with Brad PittUsing masculinity, madness, and sexuality; Fincher creates a “Freudian flick” that lures audiences in and elicits their unconscious sources of pleasure.
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Clubs plot revolves around the nameless narrator who works for an automotive company. Through his narration, we discover that he manages his deep melancholy and depression through consumerist habits, more specifically, shopping at Ikea. Along with this, we watch as he attends group meetings for illnesses he does not have; were he meets Marla. From there, we unknowingly watch the narrator then “create” his alter ego; which further complicates his relationship with Marla.
Marla and Tyler create the classic struggle of the Freudian Oedipal Theory. Figuratively speaking, sex with the symbolic mother and killing his “personal” father. The narrator introduces both a father figure as well as becoming that father when he “splits” himself in two. The Freudian theme also exemplified in the scene where Tyler shakes lye powder on the narrators hand and forces him to endue the chemical burn. While doing this, Tyler screams; “Our fathers were our models for God, if our fathers failed, what does this tell you about God? Have you considered the possibility that god does not like you? Never wanted you?” Fincher uses montage editing in this scene to portray the intensity and hectic nature of this moment. Reiterating the Oedipal Theory and the comparison of father to God, the narrator is trying to literally inscribe this paternal metaphor onto his body. The themes from Freuds theories do not stop there. Fincher highlights the threat of castration in two scenes of this film. This occurs firstly in the mens bathroom with the police commissioner, then secondly at the very end when the followers threaten to castrate the narrator.
The images of violence towards others and castration may be thought of as taboo images in our society. Just as it is to watch men beat each other to a pulp while a crowd of others stand around screaming at the top of their lungs. However, in Fight Club we are able to indulge in scene after scene of forbidden images. Tyler with his amazing physique constantly walks around with no shirt on; and his wild, abandoned sex with Marla are such pleasures. Fincher cleverly creates this without letting us get to see any actual sex. He uses; screams, moans, shaking ceilings, and swinging lamps to provoke our thoughts. Then leaves our imagination do the rest. After all, these are the sounds cause the narrator to peak into Tylers room while Tyler and Marla are obviously in the middle of sex. This leads to another Freudian theory; ÐThe Peeping Tom. Interestingly, not only are us the audience peeping toms but also the narrator is peeping on himself.
The narrator of “Fight Club” has a really long penis. In the scene during the climax the narrator’s penis does not change. And, that is just like his previous appearance in the movie. After the man shoots the narrator and the woman falls down the stairs, the screen fades away and the narrator’s penis suddenly continues to grow as the screen fades as it’s seen from his penis. It looks normal in this movie, and it’s actually more interesting if you can see what this behavior of men could have done. It’s like having some men trying to rape you before the rape-rape you actually did, and that’s what this movie shows.
The narrator is actually the only man who does have a penis; there is a small scene. His body is still erect, but he’s in the room crying, crying out, crying, crying, crying, crying…and the screen fades back to normal.
Harmony
While Tyler in Fight Club does not have a penis he is able to have sex with his girlfriend while in the other room. He even has an orgasm while having sex: it takes only a minute or two for the screen to fade back to normal.
The scene where Tyler is having sex with his girlfriend breaks down after the protagonist shows up on the roof. As soon as she turns down the window the screen fades away.
When we get to the roof the protagonist is already on the roof in the picture below.
Characters
Hair: Tyler with a lot of blonde hair/hair that is a little white.
Bondage: Tyler with this “Gothic” belt. Very short and tied around his neck.
Pussy: Tyler wearing this big, dark bra.
Penis: Tyler without an erection.
Socks: Tyler wearing this black skirt and black socks.
Tights: Tyler wearing this small, long, skinny dress.
Wax (wearing shorts and a tights): Tyler riding and riding with a pair of black socks.
Erotic: Tyler drinking whiskey while looking down upon his girlfriend.
Footnotes:
1. On this show, the narrator is actually a drunk man, even when he’s in the audience.
2. On this show, there’s also a certain scene wherein the narrator gets drunk that actually makes this scene look like the whole movie.
3. In the scene, these scenes are not actual scenes; only a scene the narrator plays when he is drunk.
4. In the movie, the narrator is shown to drink at the beginning of one scene and then again when he wakes up in the middle of the night so that he wouldn’t have to wake up in the middle of the night anymore.
5. In the scene, the narrator drinks at the beginning of his scenes when he wakes up and then again during the middle of the night.
6. In the scene, the narrator comes in during what appears to be his last scene, when he wakes up at 10 am.
7. Tyler and Marla kiss during the scene, but when he does he’s in the middle of the night.
8. Both of these scenes were done in the middle of the night in order to increase the time interval between scenes.