• American Psycho


American Psycho
A cunning indictment of the materialism of the 1980s, AMERICAN PSYCHO is Mary Harron's (I SHOT ANDY WARHOL) and Guinevere Turner's (GO FISH) deft interpretation of the dark and violent Brett Easton Ellis novel of the same name. Christian Bale (VELVET GOLDMINE) plays Patrick Bateman, the personification of the "me" culture of Ronald Reagan's 1980s. Imprisoned in an inane corporate existence fueled by status symbols, small talk, and gossip, Bateman begins a bloody reign of terror on nearly all that cross his path. The film's gray and navy mise-en-scene is filled with chilly, vacant streets, hard-edged skyscrapers and cold interiors flecked with the latest technological gadgets and designer flourishes. Mary Harron's camera glides through these spaces with the undisturbed detachment of a shark. Bale is a razor sharp Bateman whose cool, predatory grace is only matched by the equally indifferent corporate world in which he lives. Even during its most hideous scene, when a naked, chain-saw-toting Bateman goes on a screaming rampage, AMERICAN PSYCHO manages to project a cold indifference that has terrifying undertones. Harron's film is a frightening denunciation of a consumer culture gone amuck with greed, materialism and a lack of nearly any charity whatsoever. Reviews Entertainment Weekly 06/24/2005 "[D]irector Mary Harron impressively mines the dark social comedy from this scathing satire of the 1980s."Box Office 04/01/2000 "...AMERICAN PSYCHO is really brilliant in the way it takes the viewer inside Bateman's world..." -- 4 out of 5 starsSight and Sound 05/01/2000 "...An ingenious adaptation....Excellent direction and a set of self-effacing performances..." Film Comment 03/01/2000 "...A mordantly funny and agreeably blatant satire with genuinely subversive bite..."Variety 1/31-2/6/2000 "...A satire of conspicuous consumption..."Premiere 10/01/2000 "...Dead-on, kitsch-free period detail and a wonderfully agitated performance by Bale..." -- 3 out of 5 stars - A Satisfying Rental Contributors Director: Mary Harron Star: Christian Bale Willem Dafoe Jared Leto Reese Witherspoon Samantha Mathis ChloAŸA® Sevigny Joshua Lucas Guinevere Turner Matt Ross William Sage Screenwriter: Mary Harron Guinevere Turner Source Writer: Bret Easton Ellis Producer: Edward R. Pressman Christian Halsey Solomon Chris Hanley Ron Rotholz Director of Photography: Andrzej Sekula Editor: Andrew Marcus Production Designer: Gideon Ponte Costume Designer: Isis Mussenden Composer: John Cale Keywords: Based On A Novel, New York City, Theatrical Release, Satire Home Search Cart Login Site Hosted by Buy Music Here. Ac 2000-2006, BMH Inc. US Patent No. 6,799,165. Patent Pending. Portions of content copyright 1948-2006, Muze Inc. All rights reserved. -- $7.99

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