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Post by RhodoraO on Dec 22, 2020 0:43:49 GMT
A brief comment from Bale on AP during promotion for 3:10 to Yuma: ew.com/article/2007/08/31/spotlight-christian-bale/"Bale remains proud of the controversial project: ”I don’t understand anybody who can’t find the humor. It’s twisted and sick. But it’s so ridiculous. Come on!”
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Post by RhodoraO on Dec 24, 2020 23:47:36 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Dec 27, 2020 18:28:44 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Dec 27, 2020 20:01:25 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Dec 28, 2020 0:17:46 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Dec 28, 2020 0:41:33 GMT
AP's hindsight reviews were a dime a doze around its 20th anniversary this year (2020), but this one stands out as a close examination of fragile masculinity: www.denofgeek.com/movies/american-psycho-vital-satire-of-masculinity/Special CB mention: "As impossible as it is to now imagine anyone else playing Bateman besides Bale—who gives one of the all-time great performances of horror, comedy, and any other genre with his preening, luxuriant depiction of narcissistic privilege— Harron had to walk away from the project at one point to convince the studio that Bale was perfect for the homicidal Harvard grad." Edit: The commentary section of the article also features a nice discussion of some points.
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Post by RhodoraO on Dec 28, 2020 1:01:03 GMT
Another really great analysis from the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/14/american-psycho-bret-easton-ellis-christian-baleCB focus: As Bateman, Bale exudes just the right kind of anti-charisma. It’s hard to play a character without a soul, so Bale focuses on giving a face to the void within. He disappears into the role in all but the most literal sense, and when his eyes aren’t completely vacant, they’re filled with a panic and fury that Bateman only knows how to extinguish through violence. Bale doesn’t want the audience to pity his Bateman, but as he becomes completely unmoored from reality, his misery comes through as strongly as his sociopathy. Bateman wants so badly to be the prototypical capitalist douchebag, but he’s getting worse and worse at faking the human part.
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Post by RhodoraO on Jan 15, 2021 8:02:40 GMT
A brief review of the movie by Noah Jupe where he overviews the movies he's been quarantining with: www.interviewmagazine.com/film/as-he-quarantines-for-his-next-film-noah-jupe-watches-the-classics"AMERICAN PSYCHO This movie left me with extreme anxiety. It was unnerving, edgy, shocking, and gruesome. It has a cracking cast, but Bale’s performance is on another level. He took me on a dark, dark journey. This grotesque piece of art was strangely yet surely cut together. I can’t say I enjoyed it, but it definitely had a powerful impact on my mind and was a punch to my gut. The cinematography in this movie is almost too beautiful. The scenes themselves have such an awkward tone. This really helps showcase Patrick Bateman’s state of mind. The direction was extremely interesting, especially as Bale created this almost brittle, plastic personality with such a dark undertone and such a chilling smile. If it wasn’t associated with such horrific acts, I would have said the soundtrack rocks."
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Post by RhodoraO on Jan 20, 2021 18:09:26 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Jan 20, 2021 23:19:21 GMT
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Post by The Low Dweller on May 9, 2022 19:50:13 GMT
i ran into this podcast about american psycho from 2017. it's quite long (4hrs) and features three interviews with people who were involved with the film. the audio quality on the interviews isn't the greatest but i managed to come back with three interesting tidbits that i don't remember hearing before:
roberta hanley (who alongside her husband founded muse productions, one of the production companies behind american psycho) claims that when mary harron and guinevere turner came onboard to rewrite the script they ended up using 85% of the previous draft which was written by her. she says that at the time she was very inexperienced which is why she didn't pursue a writing credit for herself on the film.
mary harron says that gretchen mol was set to play courtney but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by samantha mathis. (she later collaborated with harron on the notorious bettie page and with bale in 3:10 to yuma.)
guinevere turner says that paul giamatti was originally cast as luis and did a bunch of readings but dropped out also because of scheduling reasons.
after the interviews the podcasters go on to discuss some of the differences between a couple of the different drafts but don't go into great detail about them. would be interesting to know just how close hanley's draft was to the one that harron and turner wrote and how much merit there is to her claims that they basically stole her script. considering that she and her husband had already produced multiple films by the time american psycho came about it sounds odd that they didn't know what to do to ensure she got the credit she deserved.
as for the casting i think gretchen mol would've been a great courtney. paul giamatti is more difficult to imagine but then luis is is a bit different from the rest of the pack so i think it could've worked.
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Post by RhodoraO on Nov 27, 2023 1:39:21 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Nov 27, 2023 4:26:05 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Nov 27, 2023 4:56:15 GMT
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