American Psycho question?
11-13-04, 01:56 PM
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American Psycho a hallucination?
Watched it again for the first time in 4 years.
They never found Paul Allen's body in the closet when the realter was selling his apartment.
Was it all an hallucination or a dream?
They never found Paul Allen's body in the closet when the realter was selling his apartment.
Was it all an hallucination or a dream?
11-13-04, 04:11 PM
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Dude, there's movies from 40 years ago that people haven't seen yet and shouldn't be spoiled in a SUBJECT HEADER, of all places.
Imagine this for a subject line: (HUGE spoiler for Fight Club, which is 5 years old)
See what I mean?
Imagine this for a subject line: (HUGE spoiler for Fight Club, which is 5 years old)
Spoiler:
See what I mean?
11-13-04, 04:39 PM
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Originally posted by corycouger
The movie came out in 2000 so I assumed everyone that cared to see it would have seen it by now.
The movie came out in 2000 so I assumed everyone that cared to see it would have seen it by now.
You may want to try and change your thread title or delete it and start a new one - just a suggestion.
11-13-04, 07:04 PM
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Yes, you can go two ways.
He made it all up, or he didn't, and everyone was so stuck in their vapid selfish lives that they didn't notice/care. In the case of the realitor, she was so money motivated, she got rid of the body, knowing she could never sell the place if it was a murder scene.
He made it all up, or he didn't, and everyone was so stuck in their vapid selfish lives that they didn't notice/care. In the case of the realitor, she was so money motivated, she got rid of the body, knowing she could never sell the place if it was a murder scene.
11-13-04, 08:04 PM
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Originally posted by corycouger
The movie came out in 2000 so I assumed everyone that cared to see it would have seen it by now.
The movie came out in 2000 so I assumed everyone that cared to see it would have seen it by now.
I've been meaning to see Birth of a Nation and I think that movie is older than everyone who posts here.
, but how did others know Rosebud was Kane's final word when he died in the room alone
11-13-04, 10:25 PM
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It's all up to interpretation. I've read the book and seen the film, and neither is 100% certain on the subject. Some say that the murders, etc. all took place in Bateman's mind, some think it really happened. No one can say for sure except for the writer, and Ellis ain't telling.
11-14-04, 10:17 AM
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Originally posted by BizRodian
Kind of like the whole Is Deckard a replicant thing. Then Ridley Scott ruined it. That bitch.
Kind of like the whole Is Deckard a replicant thing. Then Ridley Scott ruined it. That bitch.
11-14-04, 12:17 PM
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Ellis who wrote the novel said in an interview that patrik makes everything up when he sits in his office. So i guess the screenwriter interpretaded the book wrong. So in the book he kill no one, in the film he does i guess. But i like to think of it like the book and that he does not kill anyone. Ellis said that the last phrace was the one that should give it away. "insides do matter" or something like this.
11-14-04, 01:26 PM
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Originally posted by Luther Heggs
Guinivere Turner, co-screenwriter of and actress in American Psycho said this in an interview with Ron Hogan in Bitch magazine:
Guinivere Turner, co-screenwriter of and actress in American Psycho said this in an interview with Ron Hogan in Bitch magazine:
Spoiler:
11-15-04, 02:59 AM
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I feel awfully picky and anal for making this post, but...
Paul Allen's body was never at his apartment. Patrick got rid of it before going back to the apartment to make it appear as if Allen went away on a trip.
As he enters the apartment, the narration goes, 'After disposing of the body, I took the keys from Paul Allens pocket.'
Those were the bodies of dead hookers in the closet. Get it right, man!
Paul Allen's body was never at his apartment. Patrick got rid of it before going back to the apartment to make it appear as if Allen went away on a trip.
As he enters the apartment, the narration goes, 'After disposing of the body, I took the keys from Paul Allens pocket.'
Those were the bodies of dead hookers in the closet. Get it right, man!
11-15-04, 05:08 AM
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I think it only happened in his head. No matter how self-absorbed you are, you're going to notice a naked guy with a chainsaw running around in a hall in the middle of the night. Also, the message on the ATM about feeding it a cat and the way he looks at the gun after shooting the cop car which then blows up are very surreal moments that couldn't happen.
