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WORDS WITH CHUCK:
My interview
with Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club and the upcoming Choke
By John
C. Lyons
Film Critic
In the latest in ErieEntertainment's MASSIVE INTERVIEW SERIES, we spend some quality time with author Chuck Palahniuk who was in town recently for a conference on his work that was held at Edinboro Univerity of Pennsylvania. The event brought together Palahniuk fans from throughout the United States in the first ever academic conference on his work. Palahniuk is currently on a book tour promoting the release of his fourth novel Choke.
When I had first heard that Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the book behind one of my favorite films of all time, Fight Club, was coming to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, I could not believe it. I knew that I absolutely had to get involved as much as possible and that the experience would be rewarding. I can tell you now, after the conference, that I never expected "Postcards From the Future: the Chuck Palahniuk Project" to be so much fun.
I actually got to spend some good quality time with Chuck, between one of Edinboro's fine establishments, my office and at the conference. Chuck is a really cool guy and he is fast approaching celebrity status. It is all quite amazing for this Portland, Oregon native who once worked as Service Documentation Specialist for a freightliner. He took some time out of his packed schedule to chat with me about Fight Club, the making of the film, future projects and movies in general.
