s Retrospect: Bloody Disgusting's Top 20 Films of the Decade...Part 4". Bloody Disgusting. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on February 8, 2010 . Retrieved January 3, 2010. a b Heaf, Jonathan (April 26, 2011). "Christian Bale: behind the mask". GQ . Retrieved March 2, 2015. The film only added to Belfort’s fame, leading even more people to see the acquisition of obscene wealth, with little regard for ethics, as the epitome of success. While Martin Scorsese may not have intended for it to have this effect, it’s clear that the film’s ambiguous moral compass has given it a dangerous legacy. Courtesy of Mary Cybulski, Paramount Pictures on IMDB Lionsgate TV's Kevin Beggs Talks Indie Studio's Expansion, Deal Strategy, Covid Impact, 'The Continental' Details & 'Saw' Series Rumors". Deadline.com. April 23, 2021. Greene, Andy (May 17, 2013). "Huey Lewis on 30 Years of 'Sports': 'Our 15 Minutes Were a Real 15 Minutes' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 3, 2014.

American Psycho (2000)". BFI. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016 . Retrieved October 28, 2018. Lazic, Manuela (April 14, 2020). "Twenty Years Later, 'American Psycho' Has Only Grown More Timely". The Ringer . Retrieved October 23, 2021. Although the film does invite us to sympathise with her, she spends most of her screen time being sexualised and objectified both by other characters and the camera. Belfort views her as a trophy to be won, and once he has ‘possession’ of her, he cares little about her feelings; women, to Belfort, exist for their looks. Courtesy of Mary Cybulski, Paramount Pictures on IMDB Schram, Jamie (February 10, 2016). "Serial Killer quoted in American Psycho doesn't want to leave jail". The New York Post . Retrieved October 3, 2019.The film is an adaptation of the satirical novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, which was published in 1991 amid significant controversy over its graphic depiction of violence against women. Ellis had been disappointed by the 1987 adaptation of his first novel, Less than Zero (1985), and did not expect that anyone would be interested in adapting American Psycho, which he considered possibly unfilmable. [7] Nonetheless, development of a film adaptation began in 1992, after Johnny Depp expressed interest and producer Edward R. Pressman bought the film rights. [8] Pressman, to Ellis' surprise, was "obsessed" with turning American Psycho into a film. [9] Ellis discussed the project with filmmaker Stuart Gordon but felt that he was unsuitable. [10] a b c d Eisenberg, Eric (July 23, 2020). "14 American Psycho Behind-The-Scenes Facts You Might Not Know". CinemaBlend . Retrieved April 13, 2022. Atkinson, Katie (September 29, 2014). "Watch Adam Levine Become an American Psycho in Maroon 5's 'Animals' Video". Billboard . Retrieved November 28, 2019. Ellis considered his controversial novel unfilmable due to its graphic nature, but producer Edward R. Pressman was determined to adapt it and bought the film rights in 1992. Stuart Gordon, David Cronenberg, and Rob Weiss considered directing the film before Harron and Turner began writing the screenplay in 1996. They sought to make a period film grounded in the 1980s, sharing the setting with the novel. The pre-production period was tumultuous; Harron cast Bale to play Bateman, but because distributor Lionsgate Films secured a contract with Leonardo DiCaprio in the role, Harron was dismissed and replaced with Oliver Stone. Stone made a number of important decisions that remained with the final film, most notably casting Chloë Sevigny. His partnership with DiCaprio was dissolved following creative differences, leading Lionsgate to rehire Harron under the condition she could cast Bale as the lead. Principal photography began in February 1999 in Toronto and New York City.

American Psycho (2000), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Nightcrawler (2014), to name just three of many, are films that have re-emerged with full force into the cultural mainstream. As well as all of them attaining both critical and commercial success, they have become some of the poster boys of a recent trend: the ‘literally me’ film. Bateman has lunch with Kimball, who reveals that a colleague of Bateman claims to have had dinner with him on the day of Allen's disappearance, cementing his alibi. Kimball remarks that the idea of one of Allen's friends murdering him for no reason is simply not believable, to which Bateman nervously smiles. Bateman brings Christie to Allen's apartment, where he drugs his acquaintance Elizabeth before having sex with her and Christie. When Bateman kills Elizabeth, Christie runs, discovering several female corpses as she searches for an exit. A naked Bateman chases her and drops a running chainsaw on her as she flees down a stairwell. Soon after, Bateman breaks off his engagement with Evelyn. a b c d Jagernauth, Kevin (April 1, 2016). "Bret Easton Ellis Says He Wrote A Script For 'American Psycho' For David Cronenberg, With Brad Pitt Attached To Star". IndieWire . Retrieved April 10, 2022. Marlene: I can’t remember if I typeset it with an old fashioned typesetter and had it output to negative film for the animator or if I set the type on a computer. American Psycho existed right on that cusp between the analog and the digital. Curiously, Pierce & Pierce apparently didn’t maintain a corporate design. Each of their many vice presidents got to have their own card made. As a IMDb contributor pointed out, the word “acquisitions” is misspelled on every single card. So much for classy.

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