\n\u201cThe irony is that the way the Chinese have changed it is they\u2019ve \naligned the ending almost exactly with the ending of the book, as \nopposed to Fincher\u2019s ending, which was the more spectacular visual \nending,\u201d he said. \u201cSo in a way, the Chinese brought the movie back to \nthe book a little bit.\u201d
The author also said that he saw the irony in the angry response from\n many Americans to China\u2019s actions, given that his books are banned in \nmany locations across the U.S.
\u201cWhat I find really interesting is that my books are heavily banned \nthroughout the U.S.,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Texas prison system refuses to carry\n my books in their libraries. A lot of public schools and most private \nschools refuse to carry my books. But it\u2019s only an issue once China \nchanges the end of a movie? I\u2019ve been putting up with book banning for a\n long time.\u201d
He also said that having his work revised in ways he can\u2019t control is nothing new to him.
\u201cA lot of my overseas publishers have edited the novel so the novel \nends the way the movie ends,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I\u2019ve been dealing with this \nkind of revision for like 25 years.\u201d
If you’ve never read it, Fight Club the novel is damn near a shooting script for the film aside from the end and I think the scene with threatened castration is more directly against the narrator when he starts asking questions and takes place on a parked bus? Anyway, most authors would kill for that kind of fidelity in screen adaptation
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