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Gleiberman, Owen (April 14, 2000). "American Psycho". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 28, 2009 . Retrieved April 8, 2009. Bateman has lunch with Kimball, who reveals that a colleague of Bateman claims to have had dinner with him on the day of Allen's disappearance, cementing his alibi. Kimball remarks that the idea of one of Allen's friends murdering him for no reason is simply not believable, to which Bateman nervously smiles. Bateman brings Christie to Allen's apartment, where he drugs his acquaintance Elizabeth before having sex with her and Christie. When Bateman kills Elizabeth, Christie runs, discovering several female corpses as she searches for an exit. A naked Bateman chases her and drops a running chainsaw on her as she flees down a stairwell. Soon after, Bateman breaks off his engagement with Evelyn. Turan, Kenneth (April 14, 2000). "American Psycho". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 15, 2019.

Buchanan, Kyle (May 18, 2010). "Bret Easton Ellis on American Psycho, Christian Bale, and His Problem with Women Directors". Movieline . Retrieved March 28, 2013. American Psycho (2000), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Nightcrawler (2014), to name just three of many, are films that have re-emerged with full force into the cultural mainstream. As well as all of them attaining both critical and commercial success, they have become some of the poster boys of a recent trend: the ‘literally me’ film.American Psycho" Achieves "R" Rating From MPAA". February 28, 2000. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000 . Retrieved June 10, 2019.

In all three of the films I’ve mentioned, the protagonists use and abuse the women around them, often through forms of sexual harassment. Being able to attract the most beautiful woman in the room may be desirable, but it might be worth examining how much of these characters’ desire is based on objectification, a desire to possess, or viewing women as mere status symbols. By glorifying these ‘literally me’ films and characters, even their worst traits can be romanticised. Greene, Andy (May 17, 2013). "Huey Lewis on 30 Years of 'Sports': 'Our 15 Minutes Were a Real 15 Minutes' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 3, 2014. The font used for opening titles and the business card of Bateman’s colleague Paul Allen is Copperplate Gothic. It’s a typeface with tiny flare serifs designed by American artist and type designer Frederic W. Goudy in 1903, with additional weights added by Clarence C. Marder of ATF.Schram, Jamie (February 10, 2016). "Serial Killer quoted in American Psycho doesn't want to leave jail". The New York Post . Retrieved October 3, 2019. American Psycho premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. [36] The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) initially gave the film an NC-17 rating for a scene featuring Bateman having a threesome with two prostitutes. The producers excised approximately 18 seconds of footage to obtain an R-rated version of the film. [37] [38] Home media [ edit ]