It is well known that there is no way to talk about a "battle club".
But Tyler Darden did not say anything about changing his ending.
And that's exactly what happened recently in China to David Fincher's 1999 film classic, starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter.
Movie buffs from China noticed last week that a version of "Fight Club" now available for viewing on the "Tencent Video" streaming platform received a small but substantial change, which completely changed the anarchist and capitalist message of the film.
As you may recall, in the film's ending scene (without Spoiler being too much of a work released 23 years ago) two of his characters are seen watching through a building window in an act of destruction and destruction, a result of Tyler Darden's plan (played by Brad Pitt) to bring about the elimination of civilization.
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The Chinese version of the film, however, offers a completely different ending, in which the course buildings are replaced by a black screen, with the caption: "Police quickly found out about the whole plan, arrested all the criminals and thus successfully prevented the explosion."
It was also reported that Darden (who is actually Edward Norton's alter ego and a character who lives mostly in his head) was sent to an "institution for the insane," where he received psychological treatment and later all charges against him were removed.
The alternative ending to the film angered many Chinese viewers, many of whom had previously watched pirated versions of the film, which of course contain the original ending.
"This is really exaggerated," wrote one of the angry viewers on the network.
"The Fight Club version of Tencent Video teaches us that they not only censor and delete scenes, they also change the plots of the films."
It is not clear if these are the Chinese authorities who ordered the alternative end, and on behalf of the said streaming service no response was given to things.
It should be noted that Hollywood production studios often release censored versions of films on their behalf, in order to pass the strict Chinese censorship regulations and thus gain access to millions of Chinese viewers.
In 2019, a number of scenes from the film "Bohemian Rhapsody" about Freddie Mercury and the band Quinn were deleted, depicting the band's lead singer's sexual exploits.
Chinese viewers were spared these significant biographical details from Mercury's life as a result of strict content laws in the country.
Deleting scenes from movies, TV series and video games is a common thing in China, where its government runs campaigns to clean up "unhealthy" elements from the cultural content imported into the country.
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