Directed by Mary Harron.
Starring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Cara Seymour.
For me American Psycho joins a number of films in the past year that nail my experience(s)/mindset.
The other films on this list?
Fight Club
American Beauty
Magnolia
It has been said by more than one person that the books I read are all the same. Sometimes the speaker will qualify--
the books aren't about the same thing, but the "tone" and "outlook"(bleak) are the same.
I found that all of the films listed above had similar themes, similar outlooks, etc, but in my deconstruction the endpoint is hope.
To American Psycho, pointedly: the "eighties" (the actual main character in American Psycho, not the lead "role") was my time in the corporate world.
I remember showing off my business card design. I remember nouvelle cuisine, audiophilia, and yes, Huey Lewis and the News.
American Psycho is black comedy in the vein of Natural Born Killers, without that film's air of voyeurism.
I'm tempted to read the book!
Could this body be the next Batman?
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