Luca Guadagnino’s ‘American Psycho’ Has Found Its Patrick Bateman

New Patrick Bateman. What do you think? Oh. Really amazing. let’s see Austin ButlerPatrick Bateman. Look at that sweet accent out of Memphis Elvis Presley. Delicious fish from it. Oh my goodness, it even got an Oscar nomination. Yes, that’s right, the Oscar-nominated star Baz LuhrmannHe has been tapped to play the famous serial killer in the popular director Luca GuadagninoA new look at iconography Bret Easton Ellis a novel, American Psycho. Butler won Jacob Al-Wardi For the role, according to Variety, which reported the news, which is funny because they both played it Elvis Presley newly. However, their views on Huey Lewis and the News Not known yet.

The film will be written Scott Z. Burns (sink), It won’t be a med-to-death remake Christian Bale A classic, but a new version of the novel. Bale played Patrick Bateman, a spoiled brat working on Wall Street, who became a serial killer out of boredom and, despite his best efforts, was still completely invisible to everyone around him. The novel is full of eroticism and Guadagnino is no stranger to the sensuality that follows his work Call me by your name, O united ones and gayso we can see more of Bateman’s dirty sides, likely after a great dining experience at Dorsia.

Is the first “American Psycho” worth watching?

It’s a cult classic. He begs to be looked at. Bale’s performance is extremely engaging, and many lines from the film, especially the infamous business card scene, have become staples in popular culture. Collider reviewed the film 25 years later and praised its direction Mary Herronwho fought hard for Bill’s casting.

Mary Harron directs the piece with a very sharp and specific vision to frame everything as completely ridiculous. It’s not different

Fight club

or

The Wolf of Wall Street

at that
It presents a very harmful form of masculinity
Through intelligent writing and direction,
He urges the viewer to see him as unhinged, delusional, and truly pathetic.
Bale can say a thousand words with a simple gesture, never holding back from what would be awkward or uncomfortable for a less skilled or confident actor. And he puts himself up there with proverbs

Jack Nicholson

and

Anthony Hopkins

for whom
The most powerful weapon when playing crazy people is unpredictability
.

American Psycho It is streaming on Netflix in the US. Stay tuned for more updates on the Austin Butler edit.

In 1987 New York City, handsome young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a heinous serial killer by night. The cast consists of a detective (Willem Dafoe), a fiancé (Reese Witherspoon), a mistress (Samantha Mathis), a co-worker (Jared Leto), and a secretary (Chloë Sevigny). It’s a biting, satirical comedy that examines the elements that make a man a monster.

release date

April 14, 2000

exit

Mary Haroun

Operating time

101 minutes

The book

Bret Easton Ellis, Mary Harron, Jennifer Turner

budget

7 million dollars

studio(s)

Lionsgate

Distributor(s)

Lionsgate

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