The First Rule of Freud Club Throughout the history of cinema, many films that have been created often relate to psychology in some way, shape, or form. More often than not, this relation is intended by the filmmaker in order to bring a further understanding of a particular topic to the audience. Cinema satisfies the basic human desire of escaping reality, as well as, exposing ourselves to many different ideas. These could be ideas that we never have thought about or ideas that we never have thought about on a deeper level. Reflecting upon these ideas may cause us to look at things from a different perspective and quite possibly learn more about ourselves and the world around us. The film that I chose to analyze from a particular psychological
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This is accomplished by establishing an entire belief system behind Project Mayhem, in an almost religious manner. The belief system entails that instead of fighting each other, the members would be fighting establishment and consumerism. He was able to sway the members into believing what they were doing was righteous. However, since Tyler is only a part of the Narrator, this meant that the Narrator had a strong superego as well at this point in the film. This was clearly seen when the Narrator attempted to do everything he could to stop the mayhem and destruction. He clearly understood that everything about Project Mayhem was wrong and realized that the other members of Project Mayhem were going to receive harsh consequences for their actions, but because he knew this, Tyler knew this as well. Tyler punishes the Narrator with guilt and shame for attempting to thwart his plans. At the very end of the movie, the Narrator is not able to stop the large scale destruction caused by Project Mayhem, but he finally able to take back control of himself from Tyler. He accomplishes this by shooting himself in the face, which immediately “kills” Tyler, but leaves himself severely injured. Tyler “died’ from this atrocity, simply because the act of attempted suicide is something that the superego would never do, and this indicated that he had lost control of the Narrator’s ego. After concluding my research, I realized that dissecting this film was definitely an educational
This is accomplished by establishing an entire belief system behind Project Mayhem, in an almost religious manner. The belief system entails that instead of fighting each other, the members would be fighting establishment and consumerism. He was able to sway the members into believing what they were doing was righteous. However, since Tyler is only a part of the Narrator, this meant that the Narrator had a strong superego as well at this point in the film. This was clearly seen when the Narrator attempted to do everything he could to stop the mayhem and destruction. He clearly understood that everything about Project Mayhem was wrong and realized that the other members of Project Mayhem were going to receive harsh consequences for their actions, but because he knew this, Tyler knew this as well. Tyler punishes the Narrator with guilt and shame for attempting to thwart his plans. At the very end of the movie, the Narrator is not able to stop the large scale destruction caused by Project Mayhem, but he finally able to take back control of himself from Tyler. He accomplishes this by shooting himself in the face, which immediately “kills” Tyler, but leaves himself severely injured. Tyler “died’ from this atrocity, simply because the act of attempted suicide is something that the superego would never do, and this indicated that he had lost control of the Narrator’s ego. After concluding my research, I realized that dissecting this film was definitely an educational