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Why The 'Fight Club' Special Edition DVD Is Almost Better Than the Movie

We can't talk about Fight Club. First two rules and all that. But we can discuss at length how great this movie's special edition is, and how well it still holds up for filmmakers. They don't make movies like Fight Club anymore. Or DVDs like its special edition, for that matter. 20 years ago today, David Fincher solidified himself as the director for a generation of aspiring filmmakers who hung Tyler Durden posters on their walls or wore his quotable dialogue on their wrinkly T-shirts. Fincher, with the release of Flight Club's two-disc special edition DVD, also positioned himself as a pioneer of the format at a time when it was at its peak (thanks to robust sales). Fincher's Seven and Fight Club are among the best special editions ever made, as Fincher extended his taskmasker rep (and love for film and the filmmaking process) to the home entertainment experience. He wanted to bring fans of the film as close to the making of it as possible; almost like an interactive museum tour of the film's development stages -- from pre-production to marketing. Read More...

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Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 15 October, 2019

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