American Psycho

nature of humans in our society. American Psycho captures the epitome of a shallow society that has reached its state of oblivion. Although the book stirred many controversies with its publication releases, it nonetheless became a social phenomenon outrage. However, If we see beyond the violence and the murders, the book becomes a wild satire, where it can be seen as an entertaining commentary on the consumerist society we are living in today. When American Psycho was first published it was met with

The film American Psycho focuses on the wealthy and handsome banker Patrick Bateman. It’s 1987 and Patrick has everything he could ever want; He is successful, rich, and engaged. However, Bateman’s unsatisfied hunger for success, perfection, and material items also match up to his hunger for murder. Patrick feeds this obsession by surrounding himself with shallow people, dining at fancy restaurants, and keeping up his appearances with daily workouts and beautification routines. This film reflects

American Psycho was adapted from the novel by Bret Easton Ellis in 2000. The film is narrated by its main character, the American psycho, Patrick Bateman. This man is a cunning Wall-Street socialite by day, murderous psychopath by night. The audience is told from the beginning of the film that Bateman is slowly losing control of his restraint, “Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don’t know why. My nightly bloodlust has over-flown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy

banned or censored. American Psycho is a book published in 1991 by Bret Easton Ellis which is heavily censored. This book cannot even be sold to anyone under 18 and must be wrapped in plastic. This fictional book was written for adults that like black comedy and the thrill of a gruesome and violent book. American Psycho is a book about a murderous rich man that is censored for a few very good reasons but still should be able to be bought and sold by the public. American Psycho all starts in New York

‘American Psycho’, written by Bret Easton Ellis (1991), conveys the wealthy lifestyle of Patrick Bateman who is a Manhattan businessman. As it is written from Bateman’s perspective, the story follows his routine at work, his meetings with his acquaintances and also his inner thoughts and feelings which slowly unveil to be psychotic and gruesome. The theme of personal identity is constant within the novel, as shown through Bateman’s character. Being a businessman working in Wall Street during the

Bateman is in a way sickened by the everyday all-American life he leads, while the reader is sickened by the flip side of Patrick Bateman.      From the beginning of the novel Bateman seems content with his life style. He seems perfectly happy with the daily lunch tickets at Nell’s, the Yale Club, etc

American Psycho is a movie adaptation directed by Marry Harron released in the year 2000 that was based off of the 1991 novel of the same name authored by Bret Easton Ellis. The movie focuses on the main character Patrick Bateman who is an investment banker in New York in the era of the early 1980’s. Patrick is a perfectionist whose life by day seemingly rotates between his picture-perfect job, his superficial relationship with his fiancée Evelyn, and his shallow interaction with his co-workers and

The film American Psycho (2000) turns the gothic narrative on its head, striking horror in serial killers as they transcend back into the reality of humanity. It explores (through the device of genre and film motifs) what it means to be a monster. The film is a narrative addressing duality of human nature, where the protagonist, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), is a wealthy high-class businessman by day and a twisted serial killer by night. All that Bateman wishes is to fit in to society and keep

American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000) is a film about a wealthy and materialistic Wall Street investment banker, Patrick Bateman. Bateman leads a double life as a serial killer and as the film progresses, his homicidal behaviours begin to take over his life making his psychotic nature evident to those around him. “My need to engage in homicidal behaviour on a massive scale cannot be corrected, but I have no other way to fulfill my needs.” Towards the end of the film, after breaking up with his fiancé

unnoticable. Since film making became possible, people have been producing movies with a character that has some sort of psychological or mental disorder. Within the last 20 years, American Psycho, Shutter Island, and The Black Swan, have all had strong in their message and meaning in the mental disorder community. American Psycho and The Black Swan deal with borderline personality disorders in both of the main characters, while Shutter Island is more about post traumatic stress disorder and dissociative