Hunter, american psycho is largely a critique of the shallow and vicious aspects of capitalism. He found a tom cruise interview, as related by director mary harron. American psycho study guide from litcharts the creators. Patrick bateman first appears briefly in elliss 1987 novel the rules of attraction, in which his brother, sean bateman, is a main character and narrator. Top gun referenced by bateman when conversing with tom cruise in an elevator. American psycho characters from litcharts the creators. The movie is based off of a book with the same title. The bloody banality of american psycho book people buy without any real intention of reading. Capitalism, violence, and sexuality american psycho by bret easton ellis and dracula by bram. Tom cruise deepfaked into american psycho sex scene futurism. The book was banned in multiple countries upon its release and decried almost universally by feminist groups of the early 90s. American psycho study guide contains a biography of bret easton ellis, literature essays, a complete etext, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. The musical trades, too, in lame, 80s popcultureinspired sight gags, as in a scene devised solely to make fun of tom cruises height. An excellent showcase for christian bales skills as an actor.
Patrick is resentful when a date named patricia is. Christian bale based his patrick bateman on tom cruise for. Christian bale based his performance of patrick bateman off of a 1993 interview that tom cruise did on the late show with david letterman. Who other than tom cruise has inspired christian bale. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of american psycho by bret easton ellis.
The musical, which opens thursday at the gerald schoenfeld theatre as in the novel the show is based on, cruise is the butt of jokes. The next day, patrick runs into tom cruise in the elevator of his building. Christian bales inspiration for his role as a deadbehindtheeyes sociopath in the film american psycho was none other than tom cruise, the films director revealed in an interview with. American psycho makes a tiny tom cruise joke page six. In brett easton elliss 1991 book, on which the movies based, bateman clearly idolizes trump, who at the time was just a businessman rather than a. American psycho by bret easton ellis features a number of different late1980s american pop culture references to films, music, and fashion of the era that are cited by the protagonist, patrick bateman. He works on wall street, has a pretty girlfriend, and spends most of his life in trendy restaurants and clubs.
He is wellconnected, often able to score reservations at exclusive restaurants, and, like his friends, is interested in attractive women, who he discusses and treats as nothing more than objects. Christian bale talks american psycho to charlie rose. Meanwhile, the eventual film version was immediately under protest. Cruises mannerisms to bring patrick bateman to life in american psycho. The sociopath character in american psycho was modelled on the reallife tom cruise, the 2000 films director has revealed. Trump is also overtly referenced in the movie american psycho. In a new interview with black book, director mary harron dryly shares the revelation that christian bales inspiration for his prettydamnlegendary performance in her american psycho was none. Til christian bale cites the mannerisms of tom cruise as his inspiration for patrick bateman in american psycho. In his secret life, however, bateman is a serial killer murdering a variety of people, from colleagues to the homeless to prostitutes.
Craig mcdermott is a fellow wall street banker and another member of patrick bateman s main social circle. American psycho, the musical, has more frills than. Mary harrons american psycho 2000 is a lot of things. Although in the book, american psycho, courtney while lying in bed does ask patrick if. A satire about the glittering rot of 1980s america. The scene with tom cruise is just wonderfully, almost woosterishly funny. Patrick, a 26yearold mergers and acquisitions turk, has a bottomless expense account, a society fiancee reese witherspoon, and. Harvey wrote that he lands somewhere between tom cruises hypersmug top gun dash and pierce brosnans. The songs blandly drop the names of expensive brands and. The book and the film versions of american psycho have one thing in common, and thats the controversy that surrounds them. Bale said that he saw this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes. Matt damon and christian bale get real about weight loss, batman vs. In the novel american psycho by bret easton ellis, patrick bateman reveres donald trump.
In a new interview with black book, director mary harron dryly shares the revelation that christian bales inspiration for his prettydamnlegendary performance in her american. A youtube channel that makes celebrity deepfakes just put tom cruises face onto christian bales body in the 2000 film american psycho. The films director, mary harron, told black book magazine that bale initially struggled. Tom cruise the art of the onscreen murder was never staged with such graphic gusto as when mary harron filmed christian bale slicing and dicing his way through the excess of 80s wall street in american psycho. Cruise isnt mentioned in the movie, but in one of the funniest scenes in the book, patrick bateman meets cruise in an elevator and incorrectly asserts that he enjoyed him in the movie bartender. A youtube channel that makes celebrity deepfakes just put tom cruise s face onto christian bales body in the 2000 film american psycho. Tom cruise inspired christian bales american psycho. Christian bale stumbled onto a tom cruise appearance on the late show with david letterman. Yuriko nakaoreuters, pr even by tom cruises standards, this hasnt been a particularly great week for tom cruise.
Christian bale based his performance of patrick bateman in. Almost 10 years after the film american psycho reintroduced the world to actor christian bale in the most devilish of ways, that films director, mary harron, is now opening up about bales inspiration for the character in a new interview with black book. American psycho the film did you know christian bale based his performance as patrick bateman on tom cruise. In that respect, its like stephen hawkings a brief history of time which, alas, wasnt quite brief enough to actually be read, except that a copy of hawkings bestseller strategically placed on a coffee table implicitly conveys that the owner of said copy is intellectually curious enough. Christian bales patrick bateman was inspired by tom cruise and other american psycho facts 1. Patrick bateman is the titular villainous protagonist of bret easton ellis 1991 controversial novel american psycho, and its film and stage adaptations. Mary harrons 2000 adaptation of bret easton ellis novel american psycho has become an enduring cult classic, with the film looming even larger in the publics imagination than the controversial book. Dangerously skirting an nc17 rating throughout its production, it is a. In elliss 1998 novel glamorama, both patrick bateman and christian bale the. Tom cruise posted on october 19, 2009 by hillary weston the art of the onscreen murder was never staged with such graphic gusto as when mary harron filmed christian bale slicing and dicing his way through the excess of 80s wall street in american psycho. So tom cruise was christian bales model for alphamale killer patrick bateman in american psycho. Shocking the reader in american psycho and a clockwork orange. Tom cruise, domhnall gleeson, sarah wright olsen, et al.
Bret easton ellis is known for featuring his characters across several different novels. American psycho ends with an audacious romantic twist not in the original book albeit romance tempered with heavy irony. American psycho by bret easton ellis books the guardian. Patrick bateman is a fictional character and the protagonist, as well as the narrator, of the novel american psycho by bret easton ellis, and its film adaptation. Christian bale based his performance of patrick bateman in american psycho off tom cruise in an interview with the director, mary harron, once said in regards to discussing the character with bale. The sign seen at the end of the book simply reads this is not an exit.
Willem dafoe shot each of his scenes three different ways. He lives in 1980s manhattan and works on wall street. The movie was originally going to be in black and white and rated x. Do you think tom cruise is truly an american psycho, or just another misunderstood. The very image of a yuppie, he is obsessed with his health, cleanliness, appearance, money and music collection. Tom cruise als american psycho ist beangstigend gut. It is the story about the archetypal 80s businessman. Tom cruise will probably not enjoy american psycho. American psycho offered a chilling look at 80s yuppie culture and cemented christian bales transition from child star to one of hollywoods greatest contemporary actors. Sean also appears briefly in his brothers novel, american psycho. Tom cruise we hope that no one is really as soulless as patrick bateman, but christian bales performance in 2000s american psycho was so frighteningly believable he must have had some reallife inspiration. Bret easton ellis on patrick batemans legacy author reflects on controversial book s surprising afterlife, from a cult movie to a new musical.
American psycho essays are academic essays for citation. Tom cruise deepfaked as american psychos patrick bateman. Til christian bale cites the mannerisms of tom cruise as. The book ends as it began, with bateman and his colleagues at a new club on a friday night, engaging in banal conversation. We talked about how martianlike patrick bateman was, how he was looking at the world like somebody from another planet, watching what people did. American psycho is a novel by bret easton ellis first published in 1991. Christian bale says his american psycho character patrick.
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