Synopsis
“People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden,” narrates a young man we will know only as The Narrator (Edward Norton) as someone holds a gun barrel in his mouth. Minutes before he’s about to witness dozens of other office buildings explode in a controlled demolition, he explains how he [...]
Entries from September 2008
Fight Club (1999)
September 30th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Tags: Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Femme fatale · Paranoia
Spirited Away (2001)
September 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Synopsis
As a sullen 10-year-old girl named Chihiro (Daveigh Chase) mopes in the backseat of her parents’ car, her mother (Lauren Holly) tries to cheer her up. “Quit whining. It’s fun to move to a new place. It’s an adventure.” Winding up through the hills, her father (Michael Chiklis) seems to get them [...]
Tags: Alternate universe · Animation · Beasts and monsters · Coming of age · No opening credits
Clea DuVall
September 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Clea Helen D’etienne DuVall was born September 25, 1977 in Los Angeles. She grew up – in her words – in “the shitty parts of Hollywood.” An only child, DuVall spent a good deal of adolescence by herself, memorizing scenes from Annie, The Empire Strikes Back, or The Jerk and performing them for her parents. [...]
Tags: United Federation of Character Actors
A River Runs Through It (1992)
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Synopsis
As an old man threads a fishing line on the Big Blackfoot River, a narrator (Robert Redford) begins: “Long ago, when I was a young man, my father said to me, ‘Norman, you like to write stories.’ And I said, ‘Yes, I do.’ Then he said, ‘Some day when you are ready, [...]
Tags: Based on book · Brother/brother relationship · Coming of age · Father/son relationship · Master and pupil · Small town · Sports · Train









