Music According To Patrick Bateman

Last week I watched American Psycho, easily one of the greatest movies ever made. Ever. I knew I wanted to bang it up in a Retro Tuesday post, but short of putting up the entire movie, how could I, an unqualified talker of rubbish, sum up something as perfect as American Psycho. Then it hit me, I could kill two bird with one stone. Double up the post, firstly discussing the movie, and secondly, the soundtrack – which is representative of that time. And who better to do that than the lead character, Patrick Bateman.

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There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable… I simply am not there.

Anyone who doubts Christian Bale needs to watch American Psycho. I’m going to come clean. I lied earlier. I didn’t just watch it last week. I watched it twice. In four days. Anyway, no need to judge me, let’s get on with this. My favourite scenes in the movie are Patrick Bateman’s (Christian Bale) monologues, some of the most memorable being the music related monologues he gives shortly before he kills the person/s he’s delivering it to. The scenes are so incredible, possibly the most memorable for me. It’s like Bateman, who is a psychopath incapable of normal feelings, finds a way to fit in via music, yet his inability to feel leaves his reviews lacking that one important factor that enables music to bring people together – love. He talks about the albums like he’s reading a Rolling Stone piece. If you’ve seen the movie you know what I’m talking about.

Here’s a little recap of my favourite scenes in American Psycho – obviously the business card comparing scene is right up there, but let’s focus on the music.

To see awesome click this picture RIGHT NOW.

So awesome. Sorry about the link, it seems the video is restricted on YouTube. So silly.

I think those, and the business card scene are my best. Any you think are better?

Nash…
Out.