David Fincher reveals why he hasn't watched Fight Club in 20 years and 'doesn't want to' anytime soon
Topics: Film and TV
Callum Jones
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Topics: Film and TV
David Fincher says he hasn't watched Fight Club in over 20 years - and he doesn't plan on changing that anytime soon.
While the veteran director may be doing the media rounds right now for his latest movie The Killer, Fincher is often asked about one of his most famous projects.
It is, of course, the 1999 film Fight Club, which was pretty controversial back in the late 1990s and heading into the noughties.
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Despite that, Fight Club did pretty well at the time, bringing in a whole bunch of money - $102 million to be exact - and is sitting at a rather impressive 79 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes to this day.
Starring the likes of Edward Norton, a young Brad Pitt and Jared Leto, Fight Club really was a must see back in the day.
And while the film was certainly a success for Fincher, he hasn't watched it in many years - and doesn't plan on changing that anytime soon.
In a recent interview with GQ, the director admitted: "I haven't seen it in 20 years. And I don't want to."
As a result, Fincher was asked if he's against watching his old movies back, to which he replied: "No— yes. It's like looking at your grade school pictures, or something. 'Yeah, I was there'."
Fight Club certainly made the headlines in China after the country censored the ending to the film - which sparked backlash from fans across the globe.
And unsurprisingly, Fincher was also not happy with the decision, as he explained in an interview with Empire in 2022.
He said: "If you don’t like this story, why would you license this movie? It makes no sense to me when people go, ‘I think it would be good for our service if we had your title on it… we just want it to be a different movie'.
"The f***ing movie is 20 years old. It’s not like it had a reputation for being super cuddly.”
Elsewhere in the GQ interview, Fincher was also asked on his thoughts regarding AI - because, of course he was.
"I think AI's a really powerful tool," he said.
"And for my money, I have not heard an AI Beatles song that compares to 'Eleanor Rigby'.
"So until somebody plays an AI song that knocks me out… maybe that's just where we're at now, and I may be eating my words in a year, but I think ultimately, the thing that we respond to in poetry, and writing, and songwriting, and photography, is the personal bent.
"The thing that's making it…"