#mary herron

[cinematicmasterpiece]

american psycho (2000)

[deformesemanalidealtotal]

Zeitgeist

Vuelve Deforme Semanal Ideal Total a Radio Primavera Sound, que no es moco de pavo, para elucubrar en este primer episodio de su segunda temporada sobre el Zeitgeist. Isa Calderón y Lucía Lijtmaer han elegido este tema porque, efectivamente, quieren hablar del espíritu de nuestro tiempo, capturarlo. Pero en realidad no hablan nada del espíritu de nuestro tiempo, sino de otros tiempos!

↥ Descripción del capítulo–27 de Septiembre del 2020

Mencionado

Beatrix Kiddo Kill Bill

Hugh Laurie

Peggy Guggenheim //Victoria Ocampo ↴

La hermana menor –Mariana Enriquez

SCUM–Valerie Solanas (*) /🦍/ Up your ass – Valerie Solanas

I shot Andy Warhol–Mary Harron

Dorothy Parker//Jia Tollentino //Matamoros

Discurso Noam Chomsky

Ruth Ginsburg Documental

Intimidad – Hanif Kureishi

Nuestra parte de la noche – Mariana Enriquez //Bob Esponja🍍

On the road – Jack Kerouac

Laurel Canyon (Documental)//Ken Kesey//Ponche de ácido lisérgico – Tom Wolfe (Isabel Calderón)//Cary Grant//Altamont

Gimme Shelter – Hermanos Maysles y Charlotte Zwerin

Joan Diddion

Canciones:

Oye Papá, Oye Mamá Jeanette

Smile – Lily Allen

Nadie como tú – Christina Rosenvinge

Mama I've taken LCD – The Flaming Lips

[the-nightly-film]

October 18th, 2024

I've read a lot of Bret Easton Ellis this year so I checked out the movie American Psycho (2000) for the first time. I absolutely understand its cult standing and was satisfied with how they succeeded in capturing the essence of the book on film. If this remake Guadagnino is attempting gets made I can't even imagine how he could improve on what Herron and Bale created here.

[bleepsfromouterspace]

[zugzwangg]

American Psycho

American Psycho is Mary Herron's 2000 film based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name. The film crosses many genre's including horror, thriller and at times even dark comedy. The film, similarly to the book, garnered much controversy at the time of its premier but it has since become yet another cult favorite. 

The film follows the story of Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), a young professional working on Wall Street who values appearances, materials and the finer things. He is obsessed with being better than everyone else, from the restaurants he dines at to his business cards. While on the surface he is a Wall Street success, behind doors he is a serial killer. He begins to face problems when one of his victims, Paul Allen (Jared Leto) goes missing and he is questioned by detective Donald Kimball (Willem Dafoe). Throughout the story we go deeper into the mind of one of New York City's most devious serial killers. 

While this film isn't for everyone, it is one of my favorite movies due to the unexpected and appropriately over the top acting choices, directing and art direction. I have not read the book so I cannot say if it is well adapted, the screenplay has many memorable lines including "I have to return some videotapes." Patrick Bateman himself is such an interesting character and he is brought to life by the wonderful Christian Bale. Bale could have easily just turned Bateman into a cold, calculating, typical serial killer but instead he adds many interesting dimensions. This is especially notable in the scene where he kills Paul Allen, puts on his rain coat, turns on some Huey Lewis and the News and hits him with an axe. Bale gives a frightening performance, he is so emotionally detached committing his crimes that it becomes eerie. Not only is Bale's performance one of my favorite of any movie, the supporting cast including Jared Leto, Willem Defoe, Chloe Sevigny and Justin Theroux are also great. 

Mary Herron's directing also helps make this movie so memorable. She adds an interesting touch to the story, and once again, turns a film into something unique when it could have been yet another serial killer horror slasher film. The art direction is also quite memorable. The juxtaposition of Bateman's stark white apartment with not only his darkness, but the blood of his victims stays with you. 

Again, this is not a film for everyone, but if you can look past the sometimes gruesome scenes, American Psycho is a fun, smart and memorable watch. 

[weareadvocates]

When we were writing it .. the script was written with Guinevere Turner, who'd written this pioneering lesbian romantic comedy, Go Fish, and I had made I Shot Andy Warhol - and we thought - well we have the right to do this - we dare anyone to come tell us that we're misogynists. So we actually were probably the only people who would be able to approach that with confidence, because I think we saw what Brett had done was a satire of misogyny - and a critique, and a crazy, dark, dark comedy. - Director Mary Herron on those who found American Psycho misogynistic

Mary Herron's new film is The Moth Diaries, about lesbian vampires at a boarding school.