You did a good job with the psychoanalysis... I never thought of it as a psychological movie as much as a philosophical movie before.
As per post-modernist philosophers (Jean Baudrillard and Umberto Eco), this movie addresses symbolic exchange, consumerism, our obsession with the spectacular, fragmented individuality and loss of individualism.
One thing you missed is the connection between Tyler (a la Brad Pitt) and his references to his father. Tyler is a manifestation of Jack's father... who left his mother and went around the country "starting franchises":
Quote:
JACK
Oh, yeah.
(nodding)
I didn't know my dad. Well, I knew
him, till I was six. He went and
married another woman, had more kids.
Every six years or so he'd do it
again -- new city, new family.
TYLER
He was setting up franchises. My
father never went to college, so it
was really important that I go.
JACK
I know that.
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I thought that the insight into the pattern established there gave more insight into the movie than every other scene.