She saw him as who he was rather than what he was. She was the only person in his circle who wasn't vapid and superficial.
Because he realized at the last minute that she was different from all the other fake money and power hungry prostitutes around him, she was a genuinely decent woman finding her way through life and didn't deserve his wrath. The scene showed that he had a sliver of humanity buried deep within his psyche.
damn. I thought it was just because the phone rang.
Because he realized at the last minute that she was different from all the other fake money and power hungry prostitutes around him, she was a genuinely decent woman finding her way through life and didn't deserve his wrath. The scene showed that he had a sliver of humanity buried deep within his psyche.
Ted Bundy is mentioned in this scene. IIRC Bundy once spared a woman he could easily have murdered, and when asked why just said "the reasons weren't there," so this scene might be referencing that
Of all the vile archetypes which have ever manifested on the human plane, the common American pseud is the most fricking repugnant. I have never once encountered any other living thing whose head I want to kick in as viciously as I do Harmony Korine's.
You must not be familiar with Jeff Koons and "his" "art" or it's fan. I say "his" because he literally just tells other people to make the "art" for him.
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I am, but the difference for me is that Koons is a mere pseud who pays at least lip service to independent creation, while Korine is a fricking thieving poser.
to tease the scene from the book where he nailguns her to the floor and fricks her face while she bleeds to death
also to establish his more gruesome (and easily linked to him) murders were just fantasies. also to establish ambiguity on whether he actually killed anyone.
Because she was actually there. The others were not. He doesn't kill people. He just forgot what was real and fake and almost did something "real" when his life and identity is all about its unreality or hyperreality. The film is about how the American elite live in a simulation of lies so complete they can hardly notice the truth, but it's also about film audiences and the sick fantasies they indulge in, and how that becomes more essential to them than reality. It seems like it's a criticism of all those around him who can't notice his crimes even if he admits it. The scene with his assistant confirms that there is a reality, and he gets scared when he realizes his fantasy has actually gotten close to touching it. Because of his close call, he indulges in a cartoonish explosion of impossible bloody fantasies. His real crisis is that he has a boring job and nothing he says or does means anything.
This is just my pseud theory, but Patrick lives in such a vapid world, full of superficial people who can't see him and whom he can't see, in which everyone is disposable, every opinion just virtual signaling and every relationship an extension of their own status, that any semblance of authenticity scares the hell out of him. There are only two people in the film Patrick is unwilling to kill, despite intending to; Jean and that homosexual man. In both cases they were people who showed him affection in some way, and he cannot deal with that because it is so foreign to him. Everyone else is just coasting through life lost in their own egotistical bubble, but those two actually showed interest in him and he didn't understand how to deal with it. Patrick is an extremely lonely person whose persona as a serial killer, either real or fake, is a failed attempt to become someone real, but the moment he is seen as such by someone else he can't handle it and he crumbles. Patrick is a sad lonely man trying to be someone and failing at it.
Incorrect. Genuine sentiment isn't alien to him, it doesn't align with his world view. He is bitter, superficial and cynical and believes everyone else to be the same in order to justify making his violent and sadomasochistic fantasies a reality. When someone shows some humanity, it is impossible for him to lie to himself so he just gets frustrated. Bateman is not some cool lonely guy, he is an over socialized, nepo psychopath fricking loser, and if ask me, a real jerk.
She wasn't a vapid prostitute.
damn. I thought it was just because the phone rang.
she got dubs.
unlike you
*hacks you with a chainsaw*
She actually liked him unlike other morons.
she had an innie pussy. If she had beef flaps it would be different
She saw him as who he was rather than what he was. She was the only person in his circle who wasn't vapid and superficial.
Wore something pretty [finally]
Because he realized at the last minute that she was different from all the other fake money and power hungry prostitutes around him, she was a genuinely decent woman finding her way through life and didn't deserve his wrath. The scene showed that he had a sliver of humanity buried deep within his psyche.
Tight pussy
Fricking Hollywood morons.
i wanna see a woman in rl who makes her hair this neat on her own
He can't hurt people who gave genuine feelings for him.
Samething with Luis.
Impressive. Very nice.
Let's see Paul Allen's digits.
>OH MY GOD! IT WAS YOU, PAUL!
>YOU WERE THE AMERICAN PSYCHO ALL ALONG!
Ted Bundy is mentioned in this scene. IIRC Bundy once spared a woman he could easily have murdered, and when asked why just said "the reasons weren't there," so this scene might be referencing that
Dubs
Where do you find a woman like her, bros?
he knew chloe is a wife material
He never really killed anyone
What.
>the charges officer?
Actually he didn't hurt anyone.
Because he forgot he needed an air compressor for a pneumatic nail gun and was too embarrassed
That is what I was referring to here. Old joke is old but still, frick sake.
This is a certified bad b***h
Right place, right race, right time.
>right race
israeli?
Affirmative.
She has good boobs, good puss, and sucks a mean dick
>sucks a mean dick
She was acting!
best acting I've ever seen!
Of all the vile archetypes which have ever manifested on the human plane, the common American pseud is the most fricking repugnant. I have never once encountered any other living thing whose head I want to kick in as viciously as I do Harmony Korine's.
calm down vincent
>Harmony Korine
I enjoy his love/hate affair with David Letterman. He eventually got banned from Late Night. In fact, I'm gonna watch it again now.
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You must not be familiar with Jeff Koons and "his" "art" or it's fan. I say "his" because he literally just tells other people to make the "art" for him.
I am, but the difference for me is that Koons is a mere pseud who pays at least lip service to independent creation, while Korine is a fricking thieving poser.
Sexy yenta.
This is not the spoiler I was hoping for.
but its the one you needed right now
>my 12 foot tall amazon wife after I impregnated her with my 5 incher
to tease the scene from the book where he nailguns her to the floor and fricks her face while she bleeds to death
also to establish his more gruesome (and easily linked to him) murders were just fantasies. also to establish ambiguity on whether he actually killed anyone.
That was a different girl.
A girl who was also rather nice and undeserving of what could probably be the worst death in the book.
You mean the hooker he first shoved a live rat into after dousing her with acid and then pulled out her lungs or something?
She was unvaxxed. Unlike you gullible morons.
he didnt ler her go
if you watched the movie till the end (something I know your zoomerbrain cant handle) you would know it never happened it was all in his head
My interpretation was that she was the only one he was actually gonna kill. That was real, the rest imaginary.
Did you know Patrick's brother is the lead in the film "Rules of Attraction"?
or the realtor covered up all the murders because not selling the condo would've financially ruined her
because she cute
The nail gun isn't hooked up to an air compressor lol
... holy shit it wasn't in the book either. its specifically an air powered nail gun, not powder or electric, and he doesn't have an air compressor.
Ya that's what I'm saying, numbnuts. It's an air powered gun and there is no air compressor. U moronic er sumthin?
its an indication its all fantasy in the book too, rather than simply ambiguous. or at least that particular scene.
so the reason he doesn't kill her is because he doesn't have an air compressor. does he pull the trigger in the movie?
>why did he let her go?
Because she bit his finger so
always choose a dte submissive 6/7 over a vapid egotistical 8/9. He knew she must be protected
Because she was actually there. The others were not. He doesn't kill people. He just forgot what was real and fake and almost did something "real" when his life and identity is all about its unreality or hyperreality. The film is about how the American elite live in a simulation of lies so complete they can hardly notice the truth, but it's also about film audiences and the sick fantasies they indulge in, and how that becomes more essential to them than reality. It seems like it's a criticism of all those around him who can't notice his crimes even if he admits it. The scene with his assistant confirms that there is a reality, and he gets scared when he realizes his fantasy has actually gotten close to touching it. Because of his close call, he indulges in a cartoonish explosion of impossible bloody fantasies. His real crisis is that he has a boring job and nothing he says or does means anything.
This is just my pseud theory, but Patrick lives in such a vapid world, full of superficial people who can't see him and whom he can't see, in which everyone is disposable, every opinion just virtual signaling and every relationship an extension of their own status, that any semblance of authenticity scares the hell out of him. There are only two people in the film Patrick is unwilling to kill, despite intending to; Jean and that homosexual man. In both cases they were people who showed him affection in some way, and he cannot deal with that because it is so foreign to him. Everyone else is just coasting through life lost in their own egotistical bubble, but those two actually showed interest in him and he didn't understand how to deal with it. Patrick is an extremely lonely person whose persona as a serial killer, either real or fake, is a failed attempt to become someone real, but the moment he is seen as such by someone else he can't handle it and he crumbles. Patrick is a sad lonely man trying to be someone and failing at it.
All of this was already said in the thread and has also long been part of the scholarship on the novel and film.
Incorrect. Genuine sentiment isn't alien to him, it doesn't align with his world view. He is bitter, superficial and cynical and believes everyone else to be the same in order to justify making his violent and sadomasochistic fantasies a reality. When someone shows some humanity, it is impossible for him to lie to himself so he just gets frustrated. Bateman is not some cool lonely guy, he is an over socialized, nepo psychopath fricking loser, and if ask me, a real jerk.
He regained control and was afraid to go to jail.
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