Re: American Psycho
I have read the book probably five times.
The movie was good, but certainly not what I was hoping for.
Great bits from the book (as I recall them, as I don't have it handy):
--He's in the kitchen, making meatloaf out of some hooker or debutante he killed the night before. He suddenly stops, catching himself tearing up. He goes on to explain that he is crying because of his frustration at having "never cooked anything before."
--He's fanatasizing about being normal, meeting a woman, etc..."We go to the park, have an ice cream, we buy balloons, we let them go."
Great bit from the movie:
--He appears in the background, in a see-through MacIntosh, wearing rubber gloves, and carrying an axe. If you look closely, it's an Armani axe.
If anyone has not read the book, go out and buy it. Forget the movie for the time being. Read the existing threads on the 80's in this forum, watch an episode of Family Ties (in case nobody could tell, Ellis has an obsession with this show), then read the book. It's perfect.
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