Fight Club has been in our lives since the last century. It feels as vivid as it did in theaters in 1999 but now it has finally been upgraded to 4K. The adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s scribe on combating apathy and misguided rebellion is as vital as ever.
The Paper Street hovel hone base for Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and Narrator (Edward Norton) is where the real deep shadows come in. Then the basement they rent for fights. But there is shadow even in the support group meetings.
Back then David Fincher shot on film so you can still see the film grain, with its green tint evoking fluorescent oppression.
The surround probably existed for previous releases but it is full and lush. During the opening titles, sinews and synapses slither behind you as the Dust Brothers’ score plays. City sounds fill the room below the office building and outside the support groups. At the Narrator’s office, phones ring and swirl around the room.
The mental cave has a cold hum and the penguin slides around your left. Distant helicopters fly right to left. Kitchen bustling in Tyler’s banquet job, the dripping house and even listening to sex noises utilize full surround. The rolling metal ball rumbles into the coffee shop as if you’re right in its path.
Most connected accounts are movie-only, but Fandango has bonus features and deleted scenes. A sound design feature is from the 2009 Blu-ray, when Ren Klyce only had two Oscar nominations. The 10th anniversary Guy Movie Hall of Fame award on Spike TV also includes behind the scenes of Fincher, Norton and Pitt preparing their remarks.
“Work” appears to be all of the original DVD bonus features running consecutively for 75 minutes. Those were multi-angle comparisons back when that was a selling point. Now they’re just historical record.
All the commentaries don’t appear to be included in any digital edition but they are still on the physical 4K.