Daily Dialogue — November 2, 2014

Narrator: I want you to listen to me very carefully, Tyler.
Tyler Durden: Okay…
Narrator: My eyes are open.

The Narrator puts the gun into his mouth and pulls trigger.

— Fight Club (1999), screenplay by Jim Uhls, novel by Chuck Palahniuk

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Madness.

Trivia: The shot of The Narrator shooting himself was originally to have been shot practically using synchronized high speed photosonic cameras, a dummy constructed by makeup supervisor Rob Bottin and live footage of actor Edward Norton. However, the filmmakers couldn’t get the shot to look right, so at the last minute they decided to do the scene primarily CG instead of live. Ultimately, live footage of Edward Norton having 180psi of air shot into his mouth (to make his cheeks blow out) was used, but apart from the actual face, the only element of the shot which is real is the spurt of blood coming out of his mouth, everything else is CG.

Dialogue On Dialogue: In ‘killing’ Tyler Durden, this represents a moment of mental clarity in which Jack (Narrator) pierces through his madness.