Comments on: Bret Easton Ellis Explains Why ‘American Psycho’ Is Unadaptable, Talks About His Film With Kanye West

By: Tango

Tango — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:18:57 +0000

The book is utter shit. The movie is brilliant.

By: Meho

Meho — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:18:57 +0000

Surprise surprise he doesn't like a movie thats directed by a woman.

BTW never read any of his novels nor do I want to. I only know him through "American Psycho". A great film.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:18:57 +0000

Author in "being unsatisfied with film adaptation of his work" shocker. No need to criticise him – it's natural that he would have a close attachment to such a project. He's spoken in the past about how scarily intense it was writing particularly the parts with the graphic violence. I know the film's great – who cares if he doesn't think so?

By: Y Billions

Y Billions — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:18:57 +0000

Talk about biting the hand that introduced most people to his work. Fuck you, dude, American Psycho isn't the Illiad. I bet Mary Harron's Lifetime Anna Nicole movie is still better than The Canyons.

By: CB

CB — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:18:57 +0000

He seemed a lot more supportive back in 2000 when he and Mary Harron and Christian Bale were guests. I've written an A+ English paper on the novel and I'm a massive fan of the film. Besides featuring a towering performance by Bale (that has really joined the pop culture pantheon of the Tony Montanas, The Dudes, Tyler Durdens, Hannibal Lecters, etc.), Harron actually GETS the novel; it's a post-modern, satirical analysis of the superficiality, greed and shallowness of the 1980s yuppie culture. Ellis uses Bateman's serial killer lifestyle as a backdrop to explore how far the yuppies were willing to go in order to get acclaim, attention, recognition, respect and satisfaction manifested in expensive apartments, exclusive clothes, restaurants, products, fitness work, etc. The actual horror is not somebody getting axed in the face, it's the decadent shallowness and materialistic me-culture that you cannot escape, quoting Dante's inferno: "This is not an exit"! It's the "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" of the 20th century. Sadly, its themes are still relevant in this fame-hungry, Facebook-Like-hungry, self-promoting modern age. God bless.

By: yo

yo — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:18:56 +0000

Pretty sure if he hasn\’t read the Illiad in Greek, he\’s not getting the same experience…….

By: Waldo

Waldo — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:18:56 +0000

Implying that The Illiad was" written [as] a novel because it is a novel" is ridiculous on its face. The Illiad originated from the oral tradition of storytelling. Thus the "novel" The Illiad is merely an adaptation of the oral story. B.E.E., as usual, is ridiculously off-base.