Brad Pitt and Edward Norton’s cult classic Fight Club has always been the subject of intense scrutiny since its release, and although it’s been over 20 years since it hit the big screens, it’s still going strong. the news due to the controversies surrounding Director David Fincher.
The basic theme of the film revolves around criticism of capitalism, consumerism, toxic masculinity and anarchism. The end of the film shows Norton’s Tyler Durden and Helena Bonham Carter’s Marla watching skyscrapers explode around the city.
While the final scene was one of Fight Club’s most iconic featuring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, it was reported that it was altered when it aired on streaming services in China to the point where it simply didn’t remove scene but tweak to show Tyler being captured to prevent explosions and then sent to an “insane asylum”.
According to Vice, Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video provided a caption indicating the change in Brad Pitt and Edward Norton’s Fight Club ending. “Thanks to the clue provided by Tyler, the police quickly figured out the whole plan and arrested all the criminals, successfully stopping the bomb from going off,” a caption read.
“After the trial, Tyler was sent to an insane asylum for psychological treatment. He was released from the hospital in 2012,” he continued. It is unclear whether the change stems from the heavy rules of censorship on movies, shows and video games by the Chinese government or if it is a decision made by Tencent Video.
According to the same publication, a source close to them revealed that Fight Club was “edited by the copyright holder, then approved by the government before being sold to streaming sites for distribution”. What is uncertain is whether his theatrical release of the Brad Pitt and Edward Norton star at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2017 was edited the same way or not.
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