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Narrator's apartment
“Like everyone else, I had become a slave to the IKEA nesting instinct. If I saw something like clever coffee table sin the shape of a yin and yang, I had to have it. (…) We used to read pornography. Now it was the Horchow Collection.”
The narrator (Edward Norton)
The shooting starts in August 1998. The vast majority of the interiors are crafted at Fox Studios in Century City. It is here that set designer Alex McDowell builds over seventy sets. While the story is supposed to take place in Wilmington, Delaware, David Fincher films the entirety of the exteriors in and around Los Angeles.
Thus, the Promenade Towers hosts the apartment of the unnamed character played by Edward Norton. Embodying a certain pomp and circumstance, these buildings are perfect for underlining the character’s superficial nature as the story begins. His apartment is thus in his image while the architecture of the residential complex refers to his lack of personality. At least according to the scenario.
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When Fox executives see the film, their reaction is still cautious. They find Fight Club too violent and are convinced that it is also far too macho. The critics tear each other apart. David Fincher is at the center of the debates like Stanley Kubrick before him with Clockwork Orange.
Over time, however, Fight Club has gained its stripes and become a true cult object. It will later influence the series Mr. Robotwith whom he shares a brutally anti-consumerist morality.
The film runs on 1500 reels, three times the Hollywood average.
Promenade Towers Apartments
In the Bunker Hills neighborhood in the heart of Los Angeles, this private apartment complex was the first in downtown Los Angeles.
Jona Goldrich, Sol B. Kest and Nathan Shapell, three survivors of the Holocaust, initiated the construction of Promenade Towers in 1985. The project cost $60 million and was the first private apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles since 1970. The modernist-style complex consists of a 77-meter tower and a 69-meter tower. It also stands out thanks to the presence of numerous palm trees and exotic plants. In the 1980s, the residence was popular with students from the University of Southern California and was also home to Tommy Lasorda, the former manager of the Dodgers.
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By Gilles Rolland
Passionné de cinéma, de rock and roll, de séries TV et de littérature. Rédacteur de presse et auteur des livres Le Heavy Metal au cinéma, Paroles de fans Guns N' Roses, Paroles de fans Rammstein et Welcome to my Jungle : 100 albums rock et autres anecdotes dépareillées. Adore également voyager à la recherche des lieux les plus emblématiques de la pop culture.