Post by FRANK the giant bunny on May 13, 2011 12:19:14 GMT -5
Now we get into the gritty side of Gnostic thought, the characters of this film are esentialily Existentialism, and the Gnostics are regarded as the forefathers of the Existentialists. This form of philosophy is very important and intricate within Gnosticism, there is a difference however between the two systems.
Unlike the Gnostic's the existentialists saw no way out of their present condition, at best all one could do is to keep doubting and combating the stifling moralistic/materialistic conventions which have been forced upon oneself. The Edward Norton character in Fight Club is desperate to find a way out of the dreary and suffocating life which he lives, like most people he has been conditioned to accept the conventions of society, and he wants out.
In the end he and the other members of Fight Club find salvation in anarchy, having tried all other avenues and finding nothing worth while. My favorite part of the movie is the Ying Yang coffee table which winds up getting blown to shit.
I like to think that the movie does in fact give us a glimpse of an actual Gnostic, within this realm of existentialists, this being the guy on the bus who bumps into the two main characters. All of the other characters found their gnosis by joining Fight Club, but here we have someone who has never been seen before, he is a Gnostic because he is already enlightened and needs no outside influence, like that of Fight Club.
"f*ck Martha Steward" -Fight Club