It's not easy for Hollywood's dark star David Fincher. He tells Xan Brooks about his trouble with aliens, his new movie Panic Room, and why he wants to be Brad Pitt.
September 2000
Orson Welles, James Stewart... Edward Norton?
Edward Norton's won plaudits playing venomous altar boys, eager lawyers, neo-Nazis and Brad Pitt's sparring partner in Fight Club. Now he's decided to try his hand at directing. Could this be a step too far?
August 2000
Brad Pitt fights on
Hot on the heels of roles in Guy Ritchie's Snatch and Fight Club, Brad Pitt is to continue his love affair with fight movies, with a plan to portray one of Britain's most notorious bare-knuckle boxers.
February 2000
100 film moments
The top 10 film moments
The top 10 film moments as voted for by Observer readers
November 1999
Fighting for their lives
Madeleine Bunting
Bare-knuckle Norton
Film censors cut Fight Club
The school of hard knocks
October 1999
Fight the good fight
Bruiser Brad beats the system
September 1999
Helena Bonham Carter
Andrew Pulver
The good...
A lead role in the already-controversial Fight Club, opposite Brad Pitt and under the stewardship of wünderkind director David Fincher (Seven, The Game).
Fury of fists
Fight Club has already been denounced as a film likely to inspire copy-cat violence. Sarah Gristwood talks to its director and stars
Bloody, but lightweight
Derek Malcolm gives his verdict on controversial film, Fight Club
