The missing bodies that you refer to were Christian Bale's deterioration of reality around him. You ought to read the book that the movie's based on... it better captures the mindset of a white collar serial killer within its pages. Much more disturbing than the film, too.
Yes he does. However, the exact nature of his actions become more and more twisted/convoluted as he loses grip with reality. Kind of like Poe's Telltale Heart.
I think that question is more open to opinion, as it's really hard to determine at what point illusion gets confused with reality.
I've read plenty of discussion on this, and several people have been of the opinion that in the movie, Patrick Bateman had been hallucinating everything from the beginning (given the medication he had been constantly taking). The book doesn't present it quite this way, which is why I stand by my opinion that some of the murders are real.
In the end however, Easton's main objective was to create a satire of the materialist/business boom atmosphere of the 1980's... meaning all of the murders are pretty much symbolic, be it real or illusion.
POG hit on something here with this thread. This really can generate some intelligent discussion.
The book gave me the impression that the kills were real, but the film made me think that they were all a delusional fantasy. It confused me for a bit, but I would go for the book before the film, so, real it is.
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American Psycho
Mar 2nd, 2004 01:21 AM
