Spring Break
"Fight Club" with Freud
Jennifer Joyner
Issue date: 3/5/08 Section: Life & Style
The University Programs Cinematic Arts Committee will present the movie "Fight Club," followed by a lecture by UA communications professor Thomas Frentz 6:00 p.m. today at the Union Theater.
The movie "Fight Club," directed by David Fincher and starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter, is about a man whose life is empty until he meets a mischievous soap salesman.
Together, the two men form underground "fight clubs" to relieve tensions that are brought on by their surrounding environment, but these clubs soon spin out of control.
The film is adapted from a 1996 book written by Chuck Palahniuk of the same title. Although "Fight Club" is not a word-by-word translation of the book, it goes beyond the story, according to the Web site.
A lecture by Frentz will follow the film about the many Freudian influences that can be found within "Fight Club," according to a UP press release.
The Freudian influences are based on Sigmund Freud, an Austrian psychiatrist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who is the founder of psychoanalysis, according to an online article of the Columbia Encyclopedia.
Freud theorized that the symptoms of hysterical patients represent forgotten and unresolved infantile psychosexual conflicts, according to the American Heritage Dictionary Web site.
"Fight Club" is said to have Freudian influence because of the inner struggle with two personalities and the idea of masculine violence, according to the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture.
Frentz is a former president of the Southern States Communication Association, according to the UA Department of Communications Web site.
Frentz's research has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Critical Studies
in Mass Communication, Communication Monographs, Communication Quarterly, Western Journal of Communication, Philosophy and Rhetoric, and the Southern Communication Journal, according to the Web site.
He has co-authored a book published by the University of Chicago Press, titled "Projecting the Shadow: The Cyborg Hero in American Film," according to the Web site.
His research interests include film criticism, rhetorical theory and personal narratives, according to the Web site.
Frentz teaches film lecture, introduction to rhetorical theory, communication and popular culture, and communication research methods at the university.
The "Fight Club" event is free to all students, faculty, staff and guests.
"I love that movie and can't wait to go see it," said Jared Hickman.
"It seems like the university always has really good movies playing."
The movie "Fight Club," directed by David Fincher and starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter, is about a man whose life is empty until he meets a mischievous soap salesman.
Together, the two men form underground "fight clubs" to relieve tensions that are brought on by their surrounding environment, but these clubs soon spin out of control.
The film is adapted from a 1996 book written by Chuck Palahniuk of the same title. Although "Fight Club" is not a word-by-word translation of the book, it goes beyond the story, according to the Web site.
A lecture by Frentz will follow the film about the many Freudian influences that can be found within "Fight Club," according to a UP press release.
The Freudian influences are based on Sigmund Freud, an Austrian psychiatrist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who is the founder of psychoanalysis, according to an online article of the Columbia Encyclopedia.
Freud theorized that the symptoms of hysterical patients represent forgotten and unresolved infantile psychosexual conflicts, according to the American Heritage Dictionary Web site.
"Fight Club" is said to have Freudian influence because of the inner struggle with two personalities and the idea of masculine violence, according to the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture.
Frentz is a former president of the Southern States Communication Association, according to the UA Department of Communications Web site.
Frentz's research has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Critical Studies
in Mass Communication, Communication Monographs, Communication Quarterly, Western Journal of Communication, Philosophy and Rhetoric, and the Southern Communication Journal, according to the Web site.
He has co-authored a book published by the University of Chicago Press, titled "Projecting the Shadow: The Cyborg Hero in American Film," according to the Web site.
His research interests include film criticism, rhetorical theory and personal narratives, according to the Web site.
Frentz teaches film lecture, introduction to rhetorical theory, communication and popular culture, and communication research methods at the university.
The "Fight Club" event is free to all students, faculty, staff and guests.
"I love that movie and can't wait to go see it," said Jared Hickman.
"It seems like the university always has really good movies playing."
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