Fight Club · 1999 — 第 18 / 19 章 · 5'02" · B2

Tyler Warns Marla to Leave Town, Explained:leave town

Tyler warns Marla that her life is in danger and tries to put her on a bus out of the city, while Marla tells him exactly what she thinks of him: "you're intolerable." In the same night he calls the police to confess, but the officers who arrive already belong to Project Mayhem.

あらすじ

Tyler finds Marla and warns her that her life is in danger, telling her to leave town and stay away from major cities. Marla refuses, lists what she likes about him, and then says he is intolerable; she walks out. Later he calls the police to arrest him, describing Project Mayhem and its plan to destroy the credit-card records.

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in dangerleave townget on the busasshole tax

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このシーンの表現

leave town

go away from the city for now

He skips explanation and starts with exile.

If the reporters find the house, leave town for a week.

このシーンの他の表現

  • in danger

    at real risk of being harmed

  • get on the bus

    board the bus and go

  • asshole tax

    a fee charged for being cruel

  • get his balls

    castrate him as punishment

  • you'd say that

    your denial was already predicted

このシーンのメモ一覧

70 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · B1open one's mouthNo, no. Fifteen seconds, please! Fifteen seconds, don't open your mouth.
表現 · B2come to realize somethingWhat I've come to realize is that I really like you, Marla.
表現 · A2care about someoneI care about you and I don't want anything bad to happen to you because of me.
表現 · B1in danger

at real risk of being harmed

He turns a confession of care into an evacuation order.

Your life is in danger.
発音in danger

Stress danger; keep in light.

Your life is in danger.
表現 · B1leave town

go away from the city for now

He skips explanation and starts with exile.

- What? - You need to leave town for a while.
表現 · B1get out of somewhereGet out of any major city. Just go camping...
表現 · B2involve someone in something- I've involved you in something terrible. - No. Shut up!
表現 · A2not safe- You're not safe. - Shut up!
表現 · B2seek professional helpYou have very serious emotional problems for which you should seek professional help.
文法 · B2for which you should seek professional help

pied-piping relative: The formal relative makes care sound like a clinical order.

You have very serious emotional problems for which you should seek professional help.
表現 · B1not do something anymoreI can't do this anymore.
表現 · B1leave someone alone- Marla, you don't understand! - Leave me alone!
表現 · B1never want to see someone again- I never want to see you again! - If that's what it takes...
表現 · B2if that's what it takes- I never want to see you again! - If that's what it takes...
表現 · B1hold it right thereHold it right there! Shut up!
表現 · B1never bother someone againTake this money and get on this bus. I promise I will never bother you again.
スラング · B2asshole

a cruel or selfish person — Harsh insult; keep it private and rare.

I'm not paying this back. I consider it asshole tax.
表現 · B1stay out of somewhereFine. Remember, stay out of major cities for a couple of days, OK?
表現 · B2the worst thing that ever happened to someoneYou're the worst thing that ever happened to me.
表現 · B1be responsible for somethingI am the leader of a terrorist organization responsible for numerous acts of vandalism and assault all over this city.
表現 · B2spring upChapters have sprung up in five or six other major cities already.
表現 · B1back to zeroIf you erase the debt record, then we all go back to zero.
文法 · B1If you erase the debt record

real conditional: The if-clause names an intended act, not a hypothetical.

If you erase the debt record, then we all go back to zero.
表現 · B2set an example- It'll set quite an example. - You're making a big mistake!
表現 · B1make a big mistake- It'll set quite an example. - You're making a big mistake!
発音you'd say that

Reduce you'd; let say carry the trap.

- You said you'd say that. - I'm not Tyler Durden!
表現 · B2be out of one's mindAre you fucking out of your minds? You're police officers!
スラング · B1out of your minds

completely crazy — Angry and informal; not for official speech.

Are you fucking out of your minds? You're police officers!
表現 · B1keep one's mouth shutKeep your mouth shut.

「Tyler Warns Marla to Leave Town」を読み解く

What's really going on

The warning scene is built on a reversal: the man who is dangerous tells the woman she is in danger, and she answers with the plainest description of him in the film. "There are things about you I like," Marla says, before listing what she cannot stand, ending with "you're intolerable" and "you're the worst thing that ever happened to me." Tyler's protection is real in his own terms — he does put her on a bus — but the scene keeps showing that the person who needs saving is not only Marla. In the second half, his confession to the police is equally self-contradicting: he offers himself up as the leader of a terrorist organization, describes the body in the garden and the nitroglycerin, and explains the plan to erase the debt record. What he cannot account for is that the Project Mayhem members have rehearsed him: he says the lines they expected, and the officers turn out to be theirs. The confession becomes another trap.

Theme

BetrayalTyler tries to protect Marla while running the very organization that put her in danger, and his confession is met by his own members.
IdentityHe surrenders as the leader, denies he is Tyler Durden, then admits it, and cannot break out of the lines written for him.

このチャプターで学べること

  • 'in danger' carries more than its dictionary gloss.
  • 'leave town' changes the pressure of the reply.
  • The surrounding lines set the social temperature.

発音のポイント

  • in danger — Stress danger; keep in light.
  • you'd say that — Reduce you'd; let say carry the trap.
Your life is in danger.

The plain warning that opens the scene: not a threat but an attempt to move Marla out of harm's way.

You have very serious emotional problems for which you should seek professional help.

Marla's blunt verdict on Tyler, delivered like a diagnosis, which undercuts his claim to be the one protecting her.

You're the worst thing that ever happened to me.

Her parting line: the relationship is framed as damage, and she leaves rather than keep arguing.

If you erase the debt record, then we all go back to zero.

His explanation of the target: destroying the credit records would wipe everyone's financial history and restart them at nothing.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Tyler want Marla to leave town?

Because he believes she is a target now that Project Mayhem has grown. Getting her out of the city is his way of keeping her safe, even as he keeps the organization running.

Why does Marla refuse to go?

She has had enough of him. She admits there are things she likes about him, but calls him intolerable and says he needs professional help, then walks out with the worst line she can land.

Why does Tyler call the police and confess?

He wants the whole thing stopped and turns himself in as the leader, naming the headquarters, the body, and the plan. It is an attempt to end Project Mayhem from the top.

Why do the police turn on him?

Because they are members of Project Mayhem. They already know what he will say, repeating that he said he would say it, which turns the confession into a scripted trap.

What does 'asshole tax' mean in this scene?

It is Marla's joke about the money: she will not pay it back and treats it as a fee for having dealt with him. It ends the exchange on her terms rather than his.

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