But to those who watched the film several times, and indeed read the book, Fight Club began to make sense, and it became clear it was more than a portrayal of bare-chested men beating each other bloody in secret, underground, unlicensed boxing clubs. Looking past the brief but still shockingly brutal violence of the actual "fight clubs", the story touches upon issues such as rebellion, schizophrenia, insomnia, anger, depression, death, homelessness, obsessive behaviour, alienation and crime.
The men who become members of the fight club are seen as victims of the dehumanisation and alienation of modern society. But the afflictions above affect all of us, young or old. While adults have life experience and various support networks to draw from - perhaps even underground, unlicensed boxing clubs - young people are not immune to the conditions above and may identify with the film's confusion and loneliness.
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