ellis's themes

Rating: Null/10 (8 June 2003)

so much hostility about this film and the rules of attraction. thought i'd throw my thoughts into the mix. i'm only partly through reading american psycho so i'm commenting on the movies. the point i took from both films is how unsatisfying life can be, how empty the things that we are told matter turn out to be. this is reflected in how the bateman brothers end their respective films. patrick concludes his whole confession means nothing and in seans case avary leaves us with a blank screen and silence as the one thing that he couldn't stop thinking. personally i loved both films, seeing them as the futility of mans struggle to find meaning in materialism, consumerism and hedonism. anyway, thats my thoughts and i'd like to hear from anyone who's read more of ellis' work.