American Psycho

Titolo originale: American Psycho
Regia: Mary Harron |
Anno: 2000
Origine: Canada | United States of America |
Generi: Thriller Dramma Crime
Tag: new york city | based on novel or book | businessman | psychopath | dark comedy | satire | wall street | serial killer | chainsaw | big city | psychological thriller | character study | white collar | harvard business school | voice imitation | 1980s | american businessman | bloody | ambiguity | psychological horror | horror | baffled |
Cast: Christian Bale | Justin Theroux | Josh Lucas | Bill Sage | Chloë Sevigny | Reese Witherspoon | Samantha Mathis | Matt Ross | Jared Leto | Willem Dafoe | Cara Seymour | Guinevere Turner | Stephen Bogaert | Monika Meier | Reg E. Cathey | Blair Williams | Marie Dame | Kelley Harron | Patricia Gage | Krista Sutton | Landy Cannon | Park Bench | Catherine Black | Margaret Ma | Peter Tufford Kennedy | Mark Pawson | Jessica Lau | Lilette Wiens | Glen Marc Silot | Charlotte Hunter | Kiki Buttignol | Joyce R. Korbin | Reuben Thompson | Bryan Renfro | Ross Gibby | Christina McKay | Alan McCullough | Anthony Lemke | Connie Chen | Brett Alexander Davidson | Peter Loung | Joseph Oliveira | Leanne Poirier Greenfield | Somaya Reece | Kate Steen | Ronald Reagan |

New York, 1987: Patrick Bateman è uno yuppie ricco che lavora nell'ambiente di Wall Street come dirigente di una società finanziaria che si occupa di fusioni e acquisizioni. Nella vita privata Patrick è una persona meticolosa, che dedica molto tempo alla cura della propria persona per acquisire il riconoscimento sociale che nella società yuppie è strettamente associato all'apparenza ed al consumismo. Di giorno vive una vita basata su pranzi di lavoro, locali alla moda e riunioni tra amici, in tipica rappresentanza della classe sociale cui egli appartiene, ma che nello stesso tempo lo rende indistinguibile dalle altre persone della sua cerchia. La sua frustrazione esplode di notte, facendo emergere nel protagonista l'assoluto disprezzo degli emarginati, l'invidia nei confronti dei colleghi, e l'aridità affettiva verso le donne, fino a trasformarlo in un serial killer che conserva i corpi, o loro parti, in casa.

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Timothy Bryce: He makes himself out to be a harm [...] D
Patrick Bateman: That's a very fine chardonnay you [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Did you know that Ted Bundy's fir [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [voiceover] When I get to Paul Al [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [voiceover] I'm on the verge of t [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I think, um, Evelyn that, uh, we' [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Wasn't Rothschild originally hand [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Evelyn, I'm sorry. I just, uh... [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Hey, is that Donald Trump's car? D
[repeated line] Patrick Bateman: I'm not here. D
Patrick Bateman: There is an idea of a Patrick Bat [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Negative. Cancel it. D
Patrick Bateman: I like to dissect girls. Did you [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [with prostitutes] We're not thro [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Just cool it with the anti-Semiti [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I know my behavior can be... *err [...] D
[repeated line] Patrick Bateman: Just say no. D
Patrick Bateman: Jean, I'm not going to make it... [...] D
[last lines] Patrick Bateman: There are no more b [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I think if you stay, something ba [...] D
Donald Kimball: [about Paul Allen] And where did h [...] D
Timothy Bryce: [after snorting "cut" cocaine] It's [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [after being kicked in the face b [...] D
Courtney Rawlinson: Stop it, I'm... Patrick Batem [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Howard, it's Bateman, Patrick Bat [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [excusing himself from Detective [...] D
Courtney Rawlinson: Will you call me before Easter [...] D
Donald Kimball: Huey Lewis and the News. Great stu [...] D
Evelyn Williams: What about the past? Patrick Bat [...] D
Jean: What's that? Patrick Bateman: Duct tape. I [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [to Christie] Do you take credit [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I have all the characteristics of [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Come on, Bryce. There are a lot m [...] D
Patrick Bateman: What's wrong with that? It's tota [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Don't you want to know what I do? [...] D
Donald Kimball: When was the last time you were wi [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I'm fucking serious. It's fucking [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Mistletoe alert! D
[Just after breaking up] Evelyn Williams: Where a [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [voice-over] There is a moment of [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [narrating] I'm fairly certain th [...] D
[at Paul Allen's apartment, empty and painted whit [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [in bed] Don't touch the watch. D
[Looking at Paul Allen's business card] Patrick B [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I'm leaving. I've assessed the si [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [Ronald Reagan's on TV] How can h [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Hey, I'm a child of divorce, gimm [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Hamilton, have a holly-jolly Chri [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Not quite blonde, are we? More of [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Do you like Phil Collins? I've be [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I killed Paul Allen. And I liked [...] D
Paul Allen: This is really a beehive of, uh, activ [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I'm on a diet. Jean: What, you'r [...] D
Jean: Make someone happy. Have you ever wanted to? [...] D
Craig McDermott: }: I'm not really hungry, I just [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I hope I'm not being cross-examin [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Do you know what Ed Gein said abo [...] D
Jean: Are you dating anyone? Patrick Bateman: May [...] D
Timothy Bryce: Don't you know anything about Sri L [...] D
Luis Carruthers: Patrick, where did you get that o [...] D
Evelyn Williams: You hate that job anyway. I don't [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [faking a conversation on the pho [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [to drycleaner] If you don't shut [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Ask me a question. Club Patron: [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Pumpkin, you're dating an asshole [...] D
Courtney Rawlinson: Listen Patrick, can we talk? [...] D
Patrick Bateman: New card. What do you think? Cra [...] D
Evelyn Williams: What does Mr. Grinch want for Chr [...] D
Craig McDermott: Cheer up, Bateman. What's the mat [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Do you like Huey Lewis and The Ne [...] D
Craig McDermott: If they have a great personality [...] D
Patrick Bateman: New York Matinee called it "a pla [...] D
Luis Carruthers: Patrick? Is that you? Patrick Ba [...] D
Elizabeth: [to Christie the prostitute] What do yo [...] D
Patrick Bateman: He was into that whole Yale thing [...] D
Donald Kimball: I just have some questions about P [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I live in the American Gardens Bu [...] D
[about Paul Allen's mysterious disappearence] Pat [...] D
Patrick Bateman: You're dating Luis, he's in Arizo [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Did you know that Whitney Houston [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Your compliment was sufficient, L [...] D
Victoria: [referring to the bloodstains on Bateman [...] D
Timothy Bryce: Gorbachev is downstairs. McDermott [...] D
Patrick Bateman: Pumpkin, you're dating the bigges [...] D
Timothy Bryce: God, I hate this place. It's a chic [...] D
Patrick Bateman: I don't want to get you drunk, bu [...] D
Evelyn Williams: You're inhuman. Patrick Bateman: [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [Impersonating Paul Allen's voice [...] D
David Van Patten: They don't have a good bathroom [...] D
[first lines] Waiter #1: Our pasta this evening i [...] D
David Van Patten: What are you so fucking zany abo [...] D
[Recurring line] Patrick Bateman: I have to retur [...] D
ATM Machine: Feed me a stray cat. D
Harold Carnes: [to his party] Face it. The Japanes [...] D
Patrick Bateman: You're a fucking ugly bitch. I wa [...] D
Waiter: Would you like to hear today's specials? [...] D
Donald Kimball: I'm sorry. I should've made an app [...] D
[to Al, a homeless person] Patrick Bateman: Get a [...] D
Evelyn Williams: Thousands of roses and lots of ch [...] D
Patrick Bateman: [voice-over] Paul Allen has mista [...] D