American Psycho

Originally posted by siriuswriter
I think the official explanation is that he wasn't taking his medication - and so the thoughts inside his head became full-on delusions and hallucinations. When he calls his lawyer from the payphone, you can see him downing a mouthful of pills.

Also, the scene where the detective goes to see Bateman for the second time, they actually did three takes - one with Willem Dafoe acting as if he knew Bateman was innocent, one where Willem Dafoe knew Bateman was guilty, and a last one where Willem Dafoe acted as if he was covering a regular suspect. Then they edited all of them together.

No, the official explanation from the director, the screenwriter and the author of the book was that Bateman DID kill all those people, but everyone around him were all too coked out/drunk/self-absorbed/stupid to care. Take the scene where he goes back to the apartment. The more or less official explanation is that the apartment owner found Paul's body and quietly disposed of it without alerting the cops because that would decrease the chance that she'd be able to sell it again.

The detective scenes are irrelevant to the story.

Christian Bale is a great actor. He actually plays every character well. You can see in his acting how much time he put into understanding the character and portraying it on film.

one of my favorite actor.s

Originally posted by Dr Will Hatch
Take the scene where he goes back to the apartment. The more or less official explanation is that the apartment owner found Paul's body and quietly disposed of it without alerting the cops because that would decrease the chance that she'd be able to sell it again.

The detective scenes are irrelevant to the story.

I noticed that, too (the upscale apartment seller trying to create "hush" towards Patrick's presence in that apartment.

This is what I could not tell: was she trying to hush up the situation because she was part of a clean-up crew sent in to renovate and clean up so no one would know the wiser (like the cleaner in Breaking Bad) or was it your idea that she didn't want to draw any negative attention to that apartment because she didn't want it to drop in value and tarnish the reputation of their interconnected group?