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"It is only after you have lost everything that you're free to do anything," says Tyler Durden. The movie Fight Club, directed by David Fincher illustrates this quote throughout the entire movie. The audience sees the main character, who is only identified in the credits as "Narrator", go from a pencil-pushing, corporate man to living in a downtrodden house and helping to make soap. However, this movie shows the audience that the Narrator has lost …

…important, such as a nice home and a nice car. The movie Fight Club illustrates Tyler Durden's quote, "It is only after you have lost everything that you're free to do anything." Tyler Durden uses this line in the movie to show the Narrator and the audience that just because he has practically nothing, he can still become anything that he desires to be, even though he has lost almost all of his personal belongings.