Talk:American Psycho (film)

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Maybe a little synopsis would be a useful addition? FireWire 07:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I added the distinction that Talking Heads were not in the film. Because that's true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MadMaxBeyondThunderdome (talk • contribs) 02:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Phil Collins

Isn't Sussudio missing from the soundtrack too? --81.105.251.160 20:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

You spin me...

Fixed the listing. The remix/cover is done by NYC industrial band, Dope.

== I disagree with the following==...

• In an early scene of the film, Patrick and his co-workers visit a strip club, where Patrick is scolded by a barmaid for trying to pay without cash at a cash bar. When she turns around he shouts, "You're a fucking ugly bitch. I want to stab you to death, then play around with your blood". She brings him his drink with absolutely no recognition of his threat. Also 10 minutes later is a similar scene in the laundretter when he says something similar and the women reacts to what he says.

I think she does here what he says by her facial reaction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.23.56.68 (talk) 23:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

Influences From Other Films

First off let me say I'm VERY new to contributions of any kind on Wikipedia, and since I will rarely make contributions, no offense, but I don't intend on reading the pages of information on how to properly add things to pages. This is not a diss to the process AT ALL, it's just, I'm not very up to date on certain HTML and computer talk, and am just your normal fan who likes to study wide-varieties of information, especially in film, and especially enjoy little trivia tid-bits that not everyone thinks about at first, but when you catch on it clicks in your brain and it's like, "Oh yeah! That is interesting!" So, with this said, I was surprised to have figured out one of those "Oh yeah!" moments myself that I'm surprised no one else has touched upon yet! So, before I share this little trivia fact, know that I'm completely cool with any of the major editors on the page sharing this info on the page (if they feel it's warranted of course,) in their own words just, if you could, give me a little side-note ;)

Well, anyways, I just saw American Psycho a couple of months ago, after wanting to for quite sometime, and loved it. A couple of months earlier, I saw another great underground flick, Resevoir Dogs, which I also loved but hadn't gotten the chance to check out. Now, undoubtedly, one of the iconic scenes in Resevoir Dogs is where Mr. Blonde gleefully, and to the tune of "Stuck in the Middle With You," tortures a cop bound in a chair eventually slicing off his ear. What made this so much more sick though, was the joy he took in this awful act, playfully dancing around and strutting across the floor to the music, while committing such a gruesome act. Now, American Psycho, also contained an iconic scene, that when I saw it, immediately brought me back to the infamous ear-cutting scene from Resevoir Dogs, and that was the death scene of Paul Allen, when Patrick Batemen flipped on "Hip to Be Square" and just gleefully and non-chalantly began preparing to brutally take an axe to the skull of Paul Allen. I mean, the way he just went on so casually about the true meaning of the song, at least from his perceptive, and the way he seemed to prance (for lack of another good verb that comes to mind right now) around the apartment, putting on the raincoat, grabbing the axe, and especially when he "glided" backwards, behind Paul Allen who was sitting down, with the axe in hand, the way Mr. Blond "danced" around the warehouse in Resevoir Dogs, was just SO similar and such a great homage (whether intentional or not) that it just sent chills up my spine. And both scenes were just acted so beautifully, I mean you could tell that both these characters were just completely out of their minds and that they were just thouroughly enjoying the build-up to slaughtering another human being.

Anyways, sorry if I've gone on too much, I just wanted to put this out there and see if anyone else sees what I'm talking aobut, because from what I've seen I haven't heard any references from American Psycho about Resevoir Dogs, or vica-versa, and to me, the two scenes were just really similar in many different aspects, and I thought it was a fun tid-bit worth mentioning

--NateDogg316 10:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Plot Summary

This article lacks a plot summary —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.195.119.37 (talk) 01:25, 11 May 2007 (UTC). TRUE TRUE--203.81.232.168 23:02, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I was just going to say that. Why doesn't this film have one? Most other films do. (Wikirocks2 (talk) 15:02, 8 December 2007 (UTC))

Christy/Christie

This name is spelled both ways in different parts of the articles. Does anyone know which is right? 69.129.193.162 16:43, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

The Debate of Patrick Bateman's Reality

The section contains original research; claims should be verified or removed. If the section is to remain - and it is not entirely clear that it is encyclopedic (or of specific relevance to the film) - it should be rewritten as properly-referenced prose, rather than an overly-long laundry list of evidence (which detracts from the rest of the article). (220.240.19.215 (talk) 01:52, 9 December 2007 (UTC))