Loneliness creates madness

Suzanne 2021-10-13 13:07:47

This is a black society satire that describes urban life in the United States in the late 1980s. Bateman is a favorite of Wall Street, a hot stockbroker, handsome, charming, and humorous in conversation. He is a young and promising man who makes countless dollars for his clients every day. But when night fell, the boundless terror of darkness awakened the other side of Bateman's dual character. He kidnapped the prey one by one to his luxurious apartment, tortured little by little, watching the blood slowly pouring out, the prey dying in pain, and an inexplicable pleasure attacked him.

He is a handsome Wall Street elite, narcissistic and sensitive compared to everything, doing his best to show perfection, from dressing to every word and deed, everything is exquisite to impeccable. It's just a standard performance social life, and the vanity and vanity indulging in materialism can't solve his inner sense of loneliness and alienation. The human heart, who has nowhere to relax under the torrent of material desires, sinks into the abyss of mania and emptiness. Only after madness can he return to normal and continue his prudent middle-class life during the day.

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Extended Reading
  • Jamir 2022-03-24 09:01:04

    It’s a split personality again but there is no explanation at the end; I don’t understand why the United States should be called a Wall Street mental patient; it turns out that he not only played batman but also played bateman haha

  • Melyssa 2022-03-23 09:01:04

    1. The core of the whole film lies in the end of the film. This is an absurd and exaggerated society. Of course, the absurdity is used to explain the absurdity or to explain the truth. 2. "I need to be quiet. In order for me to get peace, I will immediately sell the whole world with a kopek. Will the world collapse or will I not drink tea? I want to say that the world can collapse, but let I have tea anytime."

American Psycho quotes

  • Patrick Bateman: New card. What do you think?

    Craig McDermott: Whoa-ho. Very nice. Look at that.

    Patrick Bateman: Picked them up from the printer's yesterday.

    David Van Patten: Good coloring.

    Patrick Bateman: That's bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Rail.

    David Van Patten: It's very cool, Bateman, but that's nothing. Look at this.

    Timothy Bryce: That is really nice.

    David Van Patten: Eggshell with Romalian type. What do you think?

    Patrick Bateman: Nice.

    Timothy Bryce: Jesus. That is really super. How'd a nitwit like you get so tasteful?

    Patrick Bateman: [Thinking] I can't believe that Bryce prefers Van Patten's card to mine.

    Timothy Bryce: But wait. You ain't seen nothin' yet. Raised lettering, pale nimbus. White.

    Patrick Bateman: Impressive. Very nice.

    David Van Patten: Hmm.

    Patrick Bateman: Let's see Paul Allen's card.

    Patrick Bateman: [Thinking] Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God. It even has a watermark.

    Luis Carruthers: Is something wrong, Patrick? You're sweating.

  • Donald Kimball: I just have some questions about Paul Allen and yourself.

    Patrick Bateman: Coffee?

    Donald Kimball: No, I'm okay.

    Patrick Bateman: Apollinaris?

    Donald Kimball: No, I'm okay.

    Patrick Bateman: Can you bring Mr...?

    Donald Kimball: Kimball.

    Patrick Bateman: Mr. Kimball a bottle of Apollinaris. It's no problem.

    Patrick Bateman: So, what's the topic of discussion?