Looking for connections between Mr. Robot and Fight Club
I noticed that the music playing during the last arcade scene in ep9 of Mr. Robot is a rendition of the song "Where is my mind" by the Pixies, which is the closing music for Fight Club.
The other obvious connection is the fact about a character in another character's head.
Did anybody notice any other references to the movie?
Best Answer
Yes there are connections with fight club for Tone and camera movement (as explained in this article) and also the very basic concept of talking to himself.
There are also connections with other movies as you can see in the link.
Also according to this article:
In the film, Edward Norton’s narrator tells us an entire story — then proves to be unreliable because of mental illness. In “Mr. Robot” … well, no spoilers here, but you get the point. Both are brilliantly-created pieces of pop culture that serve to entertain, thrill and disturb. And both seem to ultimately have a similar message: Sometimes, it seems, your worst enemy can be your own mind.
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Is Mr. Robot copying Fight Club?
Fight Club was one of my big inspirations for the show. I think the nod or the acknowledgement with \u201cWhere Is My Mind\u201d at the end of episode 9 was, yes, in part letting the audience know that we're very much aware that Fight Club was an inspiration, but at the same time, we make no apologies about it.What does Fight Club symbolize?
The 1999 American film Fight Club, directed by David Fincher, presents social commentary about consumerist culture, especially the feminization of American culture and its effects on masculinity.What does Brad Pitt represent in Fight Club?
Pitt was returning after a long day filming Meet Joe Black, an odd movie where Pitt plays the titular peanut-butter-obsessed embodiment of death. Now Fincher had a new concept for Pitt to embody: Tyler Durden, who is rule breaking, personified.What is wrong with the main character in Fight Club?
Plot. The Narrator, an automobile recall specialist, is unfulfilled by his job and possessions and suffers from chronic insomnia. To cure this, he attends support groups, posing as a sufferer of diseases. His bliss is disturbed when another impostor, Marla Singer, begins attending the same groups.Mr. Robot vs Fight Club | Critiquing Capitalism
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Answer 2
The movie Fight Club has been cited as an inspiration for Mr. Robot's plot. The whole dissociative identity disorder, clearing the world of debt were the prime points that the series takes from Mr. Robot.
"Where's my mind" was also added as a tribute to Fight Club in the sound track.
However, using the key plot points from Fight Club, director Sam Esmail built the series by using a lot of techniques and elements from various other movies and series from the past.
For more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.Robot(TV_series)#/Influences
Answer 3
Elliot's whole f*%k society rant in the first episode could be considered a more violent and direct version of Tyler Durden's single serving friends monologue - Single serving friends speech from Fight Club (movie)
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