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LIST PRICE
$19.98
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Format: DVD
Jun 2005
Unrated
Recording Mode: Dolby Surround
102 min.
Color
Extra Info: Uncut
UPC: 031398176374 |
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Movie Description
A cunning indictment of the materialism of the 1980s, AMERICAN PSYCHO is Mary Harron's (I SHOT ANDY WARHOL) and Guinevere Turner's (GO FISH) deft interpretation of the dark and violent Brett Easton Ellis novel of the same name. Christian Bale (VELVET GOLDMINE) plays Patrick Bateman, the personification of the "me" culture of Ronald Reagan's 1980s. Imprisoned in an inane corporate existence fueled by status symbols, small talk, and gossip, Bateman begins a bloody reign of terror on nearly all that cross his path. The film's gray and navy mise-en-scene is filled with chilly, vacant streets, hard-edged skyscrapers and cold interiors flecked with the latest technological gadgets and designer flourishes. Mary Harron's camera glides through these spaces with the undisturbed detachment of a shark. Bale is a razor sharp Bateman whose cool, predatory grace is only matched by the equally indifferent corporate world in which he lives. Even during its most hideous scene, when a naked, chain-saw-toting Bateman goes on a screaming rampage, AMERICAN PSYCHO manages to project a cold indifference that has terrifying undertones. Harron's film is a frightening denunciation of a consumer culture gone amuck with greed, materialism and a lack of nearly any charity whatsoever.
Industry Reviews
"...A satire of conspicuous consumption..."
Variety - p.34 - Dennis Harvey
"...An ingenious adaptation....Excellent direction and a set of self-effacing performances..."
Sight and Sound - p.42 - Tony Rayns
"...A mordantly funny and agreeably blatant satire with genuinely subversive bite..."
Film Comment - p.72 - Gavin Smith
"...AMERICAN PSYCHO is really brilliant in the way it takes the viewer inside Bateman's world..." -- 4 out of 5 stars
Box Office - Annlee Ellingson (04/01/2000)
"...Dead-on, kitsch-free period detail and a wonderfully agitated performance by Bale..." -- 3 out of 5 stars - A Satisfying Rental
Premiere - p.88 - Kerrie Mitchell
"[D]irector Mary Harron impressively mines the dark social comedy from this scathing satire of the 1980s."
Entertainment Weekly - Jeff Labrecque (06/24/2005)
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Other Editions
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VHS, Sep 2000 - $0.75 Save 94%
DVD, Sep 2000 - $1.50 Save 94%
DVD, Sep 2000 - $0.75 Save 97%
VHS, Sep 2000 - $0.75 Save 94%
VHS, May 2003 - $7.99 Save 20%
DVD, May 2003 - $1.45 Save 92%
VHS, May 2003 - $0.95 Save 90%
UMD, Mar 2006 - Not in stock. Add to Wish List
Blu-ray Disc, Feb 2007 - $4.99 Save 83%
DVD, Apr 2008 - Not in stock. Add to Wish List
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