How useful has a particular critical approach been to gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation of your chosen film?

Fightclub, my chosen film, can be understood appreciated in a greater depth by understanding them through a Freudian analysis and by looking at the film as a Crisis of Masculinity.

The crisis of masculinity allowed the support group scene in particular, to be seen with a deeper meaning.  We see Edward Norton's character from a long shot, through a window with safety glass, walking up the stairs towards the support group. The glass, with the crosses through it, separates Norton, showing he is distanced from us, possibly suggesting his masculinity is suppressed. However, the safety glass could also allude to how the support groups help him. Additionally, the camera pans from the glass when he appears in front of the group. This suggests, here, with other emasculated men, he fits in, with the mid wide shot joining the group. The low key lighting implies they are hiding, ashamed at the sort of men they have become. As well as that, he places a name tag on him with a different name, showing he has lost his identity