Jed Hartman on Nostr: The Chinese government “dramatically altered the ending of the movie [_Fight Club_] ...

The Chinese government “dramatically altered the ending of the movie [_Fight Club_] to conform with local censorship rules”; but Chuck Palahniuk notes that that changed ending is (presumably unintentionally) somewhat similar to the way the original novel ends.

Palahniuk also talks about his books being banned in various places in the US. And: “A lot of my overseas publishers have edited the novel so the novel ends the way the movie ends.”

(Article from early 2022.)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fight-club-author-chuck-palahniuk-says-chinas-censored-ending-is-actually-truer-to-his-vision-1235082239/