The most recent movie I can recall watching that deals with abnormal behavior is American Psycho directed by Mary Harron and staring Christian Bale. This has been one of my favorite movies (and books) for several years primarily due to its deep cultural satire. The movie follows the life of millionaire Patrick Bateman, who is secretly a psychotic serial killer. A series of abnormal, and disturbing, events are presented, including Bateman obsessing over his routine and physical appearance, plotting the murder of his colleague because of his business card, and enticing various women into erotic sex before murdering them. The novel does an even better job of portraying the degree of his abnormal behavior, as it is written from the perspective of Bateman’s jumbled, unorganized
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While these scenes of intense violence are the source of much of the film’s criticisms, American Psycho is actually a satire of an overly materialistic American society that is devoid of morals (Garner,
While these scenes of intense violence are the source of much of the film’s criticisms, American Psycho is actually a satire of an overly materialistic American society that is devoid of morals (Garner,