Fight Club Tried To Warn You
Fight club and American Psycho have been warning us, the idea of what it means to be a man is destabilizing in modern society. Recently a lot of characters have gained renewed interest among young men calling them literally me : Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver, Ryan Gosling from Drive, Tyler Durden from Fight Club, Lou Bloom from Nightcrawler and ofcourse Patrick Bateman from American Psycho. In this video essay we will dive deeper into the psyche of men in order to get a grip on why men find them so relatable and understand the socalled crisis of Good Time, Fallen Angels and Another Round are now showing on MUBI in the Netherlands. Get 30 days free at 0:00 Crisis of Masculinity 0:38 Conformity 2:29 Hypermasculinity and The Sigma male 8:03 Alienation Story, narration and editing by Eloi du Cinema. My instagram: Business Inquiries: The rights
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