Film Lore

You're young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic coffee tables and a fridge full of condiments. Yet you feel emotionally and spiritually empty. You eventually find comfort in going to support groups for lukemia and cancer victims when there's nothing wrong with you until they're hijacked from you by another faker. Then you meet Tyler Durden, a man that shows you that not only can you live without material needs but that self-destruction, the collapse of society and making dynamite from soap might not be such a bad idea either.

The Narrator - Edward Norton
The original and final Tyler Durden. This is infact what and who Tyler Durden originally was before the chaos of his alter ego (Brad Pitt) entered his life. The destruction of his apartment and all his worldly possessions forces this Tyler to start living in an abbandoned building in the middle of nowhere with a man he thinks he meets in a bar but is nothing more than his alter ego. Thinking that he is having a fight with this person to relieve pressure Tyler is soon joined by other males who also begin to have the same kinds of fights. This leads to the creation of Fight Club. A secret club for men where two men beat on each other till one submits to the other. As time goes by and Tyler(Norton) and who he believes is his new friend (Brad Pit) the fights of Fight Club and the chaos it brings sreads onto the streets of the U.S. Eventually things begin to take a turn for the worse and increased violence leads Tyler to question Fight Club. In the end he discovers that his co-creator of Fight Club is infact an alter ego of his, who is planning a massive bombing of several buildings. This forces the true Tyler to race against time to stop his alter ego from bring about the collapse of society it's self and also save the women he loves.

Tyler Durden - Brad Pitt
The Tyler Durden that we are lead to believe is a singular person is infact nothing more than the alter ego of the Narrator (Edward Norton). This side of Tyler is the inspiration that sets him on the road to firstly destroying his apartment and therefore his past life, and eventually leads him to starting up a club for men thats soul purpose is to let two men beat each other into submission. Fight Club soon escalates as this alter ego of Tyler takes it from the basements where the fights take place to the very streets of the cities of the U.S. What follows is nothing short of terrorisim and mass panic which eventually culminates in several key builidngs being blowen up. The destruction of these buildings results in the credit levels of people sinmply returning to zero therefore bringing about the end of class distinction. Shortly after achieving this feat though the Narator, now aware the Tyler is infact an alter ego of himself, manages to kill of this ego thus ending Fight Club completely.

Marla Singer - Helena Bonham Carter
Caught in the middle of Tylers two alter egos Marla has no idea what sort of life she has let herself get mixed up in. Meeting Tyler in a group meeting about feeling better about themselves the two find a common bond which leads Marla to enter into Tylers life not knowing that the ego she has fallen for is not the true Tyler Durden. Only at the end after Tyler finally expunges the bad half of himself does Marla begin to understand and accept the true Tyler into her life.