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Essential Videos Bret Easton Ellis's novel American Psycho, a dark and violent satire of "me" culture of the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, is certainly one of the most controversial books of the 90s, and that notoriety fueled its best - Seller status. This elegant, sophisticated adaptation by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) may be able to ride the crest of fame, before the release of the film, Harron has waged a ratings battle (ironically, from the representations of gender rather than violence), but when the director said: "We're rescuing [the book] from its bad reputation." Harron and co-screenwriter Guinevere Turner (Go Fish) overcome many of the objections of Ellis's novel, which shall bear the most extreme violence off the field (sometimes barely), suggesting the reign of terror of yuppie killer Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) with splashes of blood and personal souvenirs. Bale is razor sharp as the hum of the company preening white tiger costume designer voice and sal…
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Perhaps the greatest compliment you can pay to Edward Norton is that his Oscar nominated performance in American History X nearly convinced that there is a bit of logic to the principles of white supremacy. If this statement does not horrify, you Norton is completely immersed in his role as a neo-Nazi skinhead that his character eloquent defense of racism is disturbing persuasive - at least on the surface. Looking lean and mean with a swastika tattoo and a mind full of hate, Derek Vinyard (Norton) has inherited from his father, racism, and that learning has been intensified through his service Cameron (Stacy Keach), an adult playing and teachers rogue tyrant increasingly devoid of young band from Venice Beach, California, all hungry for an ideology that fuels their brooding alienation. The basic message of the film - that hate is learned and can be unlearned - is expressed by the younger brother of Derek, Danny (Edward Furlong), whose brother in hero worship…
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