Revision Questions

How does Fight Club depict consumer lifestyle in America during the 1990's? To what extent does Fight Club embody post-modern ideas about identity and the self?

• Ed Norton's home is presented as an IKEA catalogue with all his belongings labelled and priced- this highlights the extent of his consumerism, and how all he owns are simply materialistic copies
• When the apartment is blown up, Tyler Durden states 'what you own ends up owning you', showing that society is overcome by consumerism and materialistic posessions that aren't needed
• Ed Norton's character defines himself by his material posessions, representing men who are overwhelmed by the impulse to 'consume'

How does Inglorious Basterds challenge the conventions of the War Film genre?

• Historically inacurate events e.g Hitler being killed in a fire 
• Modern & spaghetti western music as oppose to music from the 1940's time period (David Bowie's 'Cat People')
• Comedy is created in the over-the-top acting such as the 'scalping' parts of the film (also historically inaccurate)

How does Matthew Vaughan's disregard for binary opposites help make the film postmodern?

• Kick Ass's nemesis Red Mist is not all powerful and villianous as he befriends Kick Ass and at times seems to side with Kick Ass. He is seen as vulnerable and powerless in front of his father
• Hit Girl seems like your typical Side Kick but she seems to take more control than her father Big Daddy, arguably making him the Side Kick but visually the roles seem the opposite