The Phantasm of Revolution from Fight Club to Mr. Robot.
In the following paper we explore the utopian theme of revolution in two filmic works of art: the movie Fight Club (1999), directed by David Fincher, and the very recent TV series Mr. Robot (2015), created by Sam Esmail. We will argue that Fight Club is an existential meditation on simulation, dehum...
| Publicado en: | Caietele Echinox Vol. 29; pp. 314 - 322 |
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Echinox Cultural Foundation
2015
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